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Jake Hill admits disbelief at early points lead 6 days ago Jake Hill admitted that he was surprised to come away from the opening weekend of the BTCC season as championship leader on the back of an impressive showing on track at Thruxton. The MB Motorsport driver had been left with work to do after qualifying in seventh spot after being baulked on his final flying lap of the session but recovered well to grab a podium finish in the opening race as he took third behind Josh Cook and Tom Ingram. Hill then repeated the result in race two and went into race three running on slick tyres despite th...

Turkington accepts blame for Sutton BTCC Thruxton clash Autosport 5 days ago © JEP / Motorsport Images Colin Turkington, Team BMW BMW 330i M Sport Colin Turkington holds his hands up to the mistake that caused him to spin Ash Sutton out of the lead of Sunday’s opening British Touring Car Championship round at Thruxton. Turkington was attempting to defend second place from Josh Cook into the Complex on the first lap when his West Surrey Racing-run BMW 330i M Sport tapped the rear of Sutton’s Laser Tools Racing Infiniti Q50, dropping the reigning and two-time title winner to the tail o...

Andy Neate, Tom Ingram, Colin Turkington hit with Thruxton penalties 7 days ago Andy Neate, Tom Ingram and Colin Turkington were all handed penalty points after a dramatic opening weekend of action in the British Touring Car Championship at Thruxton. The WSR driver was also handed three penalty points on his licence as a result. Neate and Ingram were both penalised for incidents in race two, with the former deemed to have been at fault for the incident at the start that resulted in him going off heavily at turn one with the CUPRA of Glynn Geddie and the Honda of Jade Edwards.

15 hours ago Ash Sutton insisted that “nursing a car that wanted to kill me” had been key to him securing the first pole position of the BTCC season at Thruxton. Sutton had topped the times in free practice at the wheel of his Infiniti Q50 having set the fastest time in FP1 and was the early pace setter in qualifying in continuing to wet conditions. However, as a dry line started to appear on track, a number of rivals switched to slick tyres, leaving the Laser Tools Racing man to follow suit. It would prove to be the right call as times tumbled late on, with Sutton saving his best until l...

Ash Sutton snared the first pole of the 2021 BTCC season after a dramatic drying session at Thruxton. Although conditions started with all drivers on wet rubber as light rain continued to fall across the circuit, it became clear towards the final ten minutes that the time was arriving to switch onto dry tyres. What … More »