Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship
Round 3: Thruxton, 6-7 May
Matt Neal scored his 60th BTCC win at Thruxton, while Rob Collard and Colin Turkington recorded BMW’s 99th and 100th victories respectively.
Pole-sitter Neal delivered a faultless lights-to-flag performance in the opening race, drawing level with Andy Rouse’s tally of 60 BTCC wins – the equal-second most victories in history.
Collard then claimed his first-ever triumph at Thruxton in a truncated second encounter that included two stoppages. Then came another magic milestone as Turkington – having powered to two BTCC titles in BMW machinery – fittingly secured the memorable century for the German manufacturer.
Results – race one
1 Matt Neal (GBR) Halfords Yuasa Racing 16 laps
2 Gordon Shedden (GBR) Halfords Yuasa Racing +0.290s
3 Jack Goff (GBR) Eurotech Racing +1.372s
Race two
1 Rob Collard (GBR) Team BMW 6 laps
2 Gordon Shedden (GBR) Halfords Yuasa Racing +0.212s
3 Tom Ingram (GBR) Speedworks Motorsport +0.507s
Race three
1 Colin Turkington (GBR) Team BMW 16 laps
2 Tom Ingram (GBR) Speedworks Motorsport +2.576s
3 Jack Goff (GBR) Eurotech Racing +4.081s
Provisional championship standings
1 Tom Ingram – 131 points
2 Gordon Shedden – 114
3 Colin Turkington – 112
4 Rob Collard – 103
5 Adam Morgan – 96
F4 British Championship certified by FIA – powered by Ford EcoBoost
Round 3: Thruxton, 6-7 May
Carlin's Jamie Caroline made history at Thruxton by becoming the first driver to win all three races in one British F4 meeting. The Pirtek-backed racer is in the ascendancy with seven wins already this season – two more than any driver achieved in 2016.
Caroline started race one from third position but fell back to seventh with an off-track excursion. However he clawed his way back up the field, at one point passing three cars on the same lap en route to victory.
Caroline secured arguably the hardest-fought victory of his career in the second race, after a tussle with Double R Racing's Linus Lundqvist left everyone on the edge of their seats. Just hours later the championship leader was at it again; a trademark opening lap saw him propel his way into a lead from which he never looked back.
Results – race one
1 Jamie Caroline (GBR) Carlin 20m 02.312s / 112.87mph
2 Alex Quinn (GBR) Arden +2.085s
3 Karl Massaad (LEB) Double R +4.730s
Race two
1 Jamie Caroline (GBR) Carlin 20m 05.985s / 112.52mph
2 Linus Lundqvist (SWE) Double R +3.880s
3 Oscar Piastri (AUS) Arden +5.405s
Race three
1 Jamie Caroline (GBR) Carlin 17m 29.231s / 113.17mph
2 Logan Sargeant (USA) Carlin +5.494s
3 Oliver York (GBR) Fortec +6.243s
Provisional championship standings
1 Jamie Caroline – 185 points
2 Oscar Piastri – 99
3 Oliver York – 78.5
4 Logan Sargeant – 77
5 Patrik Pasma – 75
Avon Tyres/TTC Group MSA British Hill Climb Championship
Rounds 5 & 6: Harewood, 6-7 May
Trevor Willis missed out on a perfect tally of six wins out of six when he understeered wide in round five qualification at Harewood, paving the way for Will Hall to win the round.
Willis was back on form in round six with a win as Hall dropped back. Alex Summers and Scott Moran were highest scorers on the day with 16 points each, with Summers the most consistent in third each time.
Results – round five
1 Will Hall (2.0 Force-AER/XTec WH) 50.48s BTD; 2 Scott Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) 50.59s; 3 Alex Summers (2.5 DJ-Cosworth Firestorm) 50.62s; 4 Sean Gould (1.6 Gould-Suzuki GR59) 50.59s; 5 Richard Spedding (1.6 GWR-Suzuki Raptor) 51.70s; 6 Jason Mourant (4.0 Gould-Judd GR55) 52.16s; 7 Ed Hollier (1.6 Empire-Suzuki 00 Evo) 52.49s; 8 Les Mutch (1.6 GWR-Suzuki Raptor) 52.80s; 9 Eynon Price (1.6 Gould-Suzuki GR59) 52.92s; 10 Harry Pick (1.0 OMS-Suzuki 2000M) 55.27s; DNF Wallace Menzies (3.3 Gould-Cosworth GR59M) & John Chacksfield (1.3s OMS-Suzuki 28)
Round six
1 Willis 50.53s: 2 Spedding 50.77s; 3 Summers 51.07s; 4 Moran 51.24s; 5 Menzies 51.51s; 6 Hollier 51.86s; 7 Gould 51.91s; 8 Hall 52.15s; 9 Mutch 52.58s; 10 Mourant 52.86s; 11 Graham Wynn (3.5 Gould-Cosworth GR55) 53.59s; 12 Simon Fidoe (1.0 Empire Wraith) 53.74s.
Provisional championship standings
1 Trevor Willis – 50 points
2 Richard Spedding – 37
3 Will Hall – 36
4 Wallace Menzies – 33
= Scott Moran – 33
MSA British Car Trial Championship
Round 5: Warwickshire Car Trial, 7 May
Barrie Parker won the Warwickshire Car Trial at Burton Dasset in extremely dry conditions. The club managed to set plenty of challenges, which saw Parker win for the second time this year and extend his championship lead.
Reigning champion Henry Kitching finished second overall, having only won the last on the last round from Trevor Moffatt in a similar Corsa. Wray Jacobs won the front-wheel-drive class in fourth overall.
Last year's winner Dick Glossop finished second in class by a point from Mark Hoppe on seventh overall. All the class places were extremely closely battled over with every point counting.
Results
1 Barrie Parker (Westfield) 83.3
2 Henry Kitching (Vauxhall Corsa) 89.3
3 Trevor Moffat (Vauxhall Corsa) 93.1
