Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship
Rounds 19-21: Knockhill, 12-13 August
Jason Plato and Ashley Sutton claimed a win apiece, while Speedworks Motorsport’s Tom Ingram came out victorious in the final encounter at Knockhill.
Plato converted his 50th BTCC career pole position into a commanding lights-to-flag victory in the opener, as he signalled his return to form in style. Sutton and Colin Turkington completed the podium.
Sutton then secured his fifth win of the 2017 BTCC season as he pipped Plato in race two. Turkington completed the top three.
Ingram won the final encounter around the tight 1.3-mile circuit. Reigning champion Gordon Shedden grabbed a hugely popular second place finish, while Turkington completed his podium hat-trick with third.
Colin Turkington moved to the top of the BTCC standings after scoring a podium hat-trick at the Scottish circuit.
Results
Round 19
1 Jason Plato (GBR) Adrian Flux Subaru Racing 24 laps
2 Ashley Sutton (GBR) Adrian Flux Subaru Racing +0.216s
3 Colin Turkington (GBR) Team BMW +0.902s
Round 20
1 Ashley Sutton (GBR) Adrian Flux Subaru Racing 22 laps
2 Jason Plato (GBR) Adrian Flux Subaru Racing +0.238s
3 Colin Turkington (GBR) Team BMW +3.198s
Round 21
1 Tom Ingram (GBR) Speedworks Motorsport 27 laps
2 Gordon Shedden (GBR) Halfords Yuasa Racing +1.167s
3 Colin Turkington (GBR) Team BMW +1.556s
Provisional championship standings
1 Colin Turkington (Team BMW) – 265 points
2 Ashley Sutton (Adrian Flux Subaru Racing) – 261
3 Gordon Shedden (Halfords Yuasa Racing) – 253
F4 British Championship certified by FIA – powered by Ford EcoBoost
Rounds 12, 19-21: Knockhill, 12-13 August
Oscar Piastri, Jamie Caroline and Oliver York shared the victories in the British F4 rounds at Knockhill.
Piastri made it win number four of the season in Round 19, from a hard-charging Caroline and team-mate Ayrton Simmons.
Caroline extended his championship lead, winning the rescheduled Round 12 race from Oulton Park. He was followed home by team-mate Logan Sargeant who ensured Carlin recorded their second one-two finish of the campaign. Karl Massaad completed the podium.
York took his maiden British F4 win in Round 20 of the season and brought home Fortec Motorsports’ first win of the campaign. Sargeant chased down York in second, while Hampus Ericsson provided fans with a thrilling display of defensive driving to hold on to the final podium place.
TRS Arden wrapped up their Knockhill weekend in style with an emphatic one-two-three finish, as Piastri took his fifth win of the campaign from Alex Quinn and Simmons.
Results
Round 12
1 Jamie Caroline / GBR / Carlin 20m 38.924s / 80.99mph
2 Logan Sargeant / USA / Carlin +1.893s
3 Karl Massaad / LEB / Double R +6.458s
Round 19
1 Oscar Piastri / AUS / Arden 20m 29.443s / 77.90mph
2 Jamie Caroline / GBR / Carlin +0.321s
3 Ayrton Simmons / GBR / Arden +2.440s
Round 20
1 Oliver York / GBR / Fortec 20m 27.563s / 81.74mph
2 Logan Sargeant / USA / Carlin +0.800s
3 Hampus Ericsson / SWE / Fortec +9.397s
Round 21
1 Oscar Piastri / AUS / Arden 18m 21.962s / 86.92mph
2 Alex Quinn / GBR / Arden +1.334s
3 Ayrton Simmons / GBR / Arden +2.216s
Provisional championship standings
1 Jamie Caroline – 334 points
2 Oscar Piastri – 288.5
3 Logan Sargeant – 234
Avon Tyres/TTC Group MSA British Hill Climb Championship
Rounds 23 – 26: Shelsley Walsh, 12-13 August
Wallace Menzies, Scott Moran and Will Hall won rounds 23-26 of the championship at Shelsley Walsh.
Menzies won Saturday’s two rounds, a third victory in succession following his Wiscombe Park victory.
Six-time champion Moran, took round 25 on Sunday but in the final round Hall claimed his maiden Shelsley victory and with it, the best time of the whole weekend.
Moran will only appear in one more event this season – the finale at Loton Park – but he is one of six drivers already guaranteed a top ten number for 2018. Series leader Trevor Willis may not have posted a win but 30 points from the weekend pushes him ever closer to a second championship.
Results
Round 23
1 Wallace Menzies (3.3 Gould-Cosworth GR59M) 23.69s BTD
2 Scott Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) 23.80s
3 Trevor Willis (3.2 OMS-RPE 28) 24.03s
Round 24
1 Wallace Menzies 23.77s
2 Will Hall (2.0 Force-AER/XTec WH) 23.83s
3 Scott Moran 24.01s
Round 25
1 Moran 23.42s
2 Menzies 23.44s
3 Willis 23.55s
Round 26
1 Hall 23.21s BTD
2 Moran 23.50s
3 Menzies 23.66s
Provisional championship standings
1 Trevor Willis – 188 points
2 Wallace Menzies – 153
3 Richard Spedding – 134
ARR Craib MSA Scottish Rally Championship
Round 6: Grampian Forest Rally, 12 August
David Bogie and Kevin Rae took a commanding victory in Aberdeenshire, but all eyes were on Euan Thorburn and Paul Beaton whose second-place finish was enough to net them their second MSA Scottish Rally Championship title.
The Skoda Fabia R5 crew won the event by 58 seconds from Thorburn and Beaton’s Fiesta R5, with Jock Armstrong and Paula Swinscoe completing the SRC podium.
Bogie was quickest through all six of the event’s stages, with just 24 seconds separating the battling Thorburn and Armstrong.
Results
1 David Bogie/Kevin Rae (Skoda Fabia) 41m17s
2 Euan Thorburn/Paul Beaton (Ford Fiesta R5) 42m15s
3 Jock Armstrong/Paula Swinscoe (Subaru Impreza) 42m39s
MSA British Cadet Kart Championship
Round 8: Larkhall, 12-13 August
Oliver Gray took pole in timed qualifying at Larkhall and held it after the heats, but the big news this weekend is that Taylor Barnard’s winning streak is over after a DNF in the first final.
Irishman Alex Dunne took the lead at the start of final one after Gray started on pole, and won ahead of Maxwell Dodds. In Final 2 Dunne again led from start to finish ahead of Dodds while Barnard stormed through the field, gaining 24 places to third.
Results
1 Alex Dunne (Synergy) 13m08.38s
2 Maxwell Dodds (Tony) +1.46s
3 Taylor Barnard (Synergy) +2.04s.
