Turkington dominates Knockhill BTCC Race 1 from pole to flag

Turkington dominates Knockhill BTCC Race 1 from pole to flag

Team BMW's Colin Turkington has again shown his class and determination by winning Round 19 of the 2024 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship, securing a commanding a lights-to-flag triumph at Knockhill.

 

His 70th career victory in the opener at Croft last time out was supposed to signal his championship charge, although the remainder of the day in North Yorkshire didn't quite go to plan, but Turkington has ensured his season remains on-track with a dominant performance here at Knockhill.

 

"It always looks easy when you're six seconds up the road," said Turkington. "It was still difficult out there but when I saw there was a battle going on behind for second place, it enabled me to stride away into the distance. I'm very pleased to get on the top step here."

 

Josh Cook (LKQ Euro Car Parts with SYNETIQ) grabbed a brilliant second place – coming to Knockhill following a first victory of the season at Croft – as the Toyota man made a great move on Team BMW's Adam Morgan in the Scottish curtain raiser.

 

Morgan claimed a first podium of the season with a pace and confidence that suggests the likeable Lancashire racer should be chasing more silverware during the remainder of the season.

 

Evans Halshaw Power Maxed Racing's Árón Taylor-Smith was muscled out of second in a scrap with Morgan and Cook, but fourth place again represented a good result for the Irishman.

 

It's not often you would say that Jake Hill (Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport) and Ash Sutton (NAPA Racing UK) would be content with fifth and sixth respectively, but the title chasing duo responded well after a difficult qualifying yesterday and both are nicely poised for the next two bouts.

 

Dan Rowbottom (NAPA Racing UK) was relegated to seventh at the finish, aiding team-mate Sutton's charge, whilst Rob Huff (TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK), Dan Cammish (NAPA Racing UK) and Mikey Doble (Evans Halshaw Power Maxed Racing) rounded out the top ten.

 

Championship leader Tom Ingram (Team BRISTOL STREET MOTORS) endured a bruising encounter and a rare DNF, meaning the title race has closed up even further with two races remaining today.

 

Race 1 - Knockhill - Classification:

P/    No/    Name/    Entry/    Laps/    Time/    Gap/    Best/    On/
1    20    Colin TURKINGTON    Team BMW    24    20:53.082        51.300    3
2    66    Josh COOK    LKQ Euro Car Parts with SYNETIQ    24    21:01.390    8.308    51.555    4
3    33    Adam MORGAN    Team BMW    24    21:02.199    9.117    51.443    3
4    40    Árón TAYLOR-SMITH    Evans Halshaw Power Maxed Racing    24    21:03.155    10.073    51.563    2
5    24    Jake HILL    Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport    24    21:03.585    10.503    51.765    4
6    1    Ashley SUTTON    NAPA Racing UK    24    21:06.042    12.960    51.961    5
7    32    Daniel ROWBOTTOM    NAPA Racing UK    24    21:06.847    13.765    51.648    6
8    12    Rob HUFF    TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK    24    21:07.158    14.076    51.877    7
9    27    Dan CAMMISH    NAPA Racing UK    24    21:08.114    15.032    51.996    5
10    88    Mikey DOBLE    Evans Halshaw Power Maxed Racing    24    21:09.359    16.277    52.257    5
11    11    Andrew WATSON    TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK    24    21:14.051    20.969    51.936    4
12    77    Sam OSBORNE    NAPA Racing UK    24    21:15.852    22.770    51.833    8
13    222    Chris SMILEY    Restart Racing    24    21:20.363    27.281    52.228    5
14    3    Tom CHILTON    Team BRISTOL STREET MOTORS    24    21:21.955    28.873    52.545    13
15    18    Daryl DELEON    Duckhams Racing With Bartercard    24    21:26.837    33.755    52.622    6
16    16    Aiden MOFFAT    LKQ Euro Car Parts with SYNETIQ    24    21:29.273    36.191    52.544    4
17    14    Ronan PEARSON    Team BRISTOL STREET MOTORS    24    21:34.102    41.020    52.600    5
18    29    Scott SUMPTON    Restart Racing    24    21:39.821    46.739    52.852    6
19    22    Nick HALSTEAD    Team BRISTOL STREET MOTORS    24    21:45.781    52.699    53.224    6
DNF    80    Tom INGRAM    Team BRISTOL STREET MOTORS    10    9:11.509    14 Laps    52.477    5


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