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Donington Park BTCC: Colin Turkington gives Team BMR VW another win

British Touring Car champion Colin Turkington made it two wins for Team BMR in as many races at Donington Park

Turkington got ahead of poleman Gordon Shedden at the start to lead the opening lap but was tagged into a slide by the Honda driver at Redgate next time round.

The two banged wheels as they navigated the Craner Curves, causing Shedden to drop behind Andrew Jordan and hit the MG as he straightened up for the Old Hairpin.

Further back a clash between Alex Martin and Warren Scott at the bottom of the Craner Curves necessitated a safety car, and when racing resumed Turkington moved clear immediately as Jordan sought to look after his soft tyres, which had hurt several drivers in the opening encounter.

The MG driver was largely successful in his endeavour, holding a podium spot for the majority of the race, but Shedden replicated team-mate Matt Neal's decline from race one and tumbled down the order as the Civic Type-R again appeared to take more out of the soft Dunlops than the others.

While the 2012 champion fell to 14th, Jordan did his best to keep Adam Morgan's Ciceley Mercedes, Rob Collard's WSR BMW and race-one winner Jason Plato's BMR VW at bay for second.

Morgan started third but dropped back at the start, though once he cleared Jack Goff, who bravely and briefly got his MG ahead with an around-the-outside pass down the Craner Curves, he started attacking Jordan with earnest.

Morgan got inside Jordan on the back straight in the closing stages, with Neal making it three-abreast on the outside, and Neal took to the gravel after bouncing off the kerb and making contact with Morgan, pushing him wide.

Neal maintained his momentum and attacked Jordan over the line, diving past at Redgate and easing clear in his ballast-free Civic to claim second.

Behind, Morgan regrouped and on the penultimate lap tagged Jordan at McLeans, sending the MG sideways and allowing Rob Collard to nip ahead into third.

But Morgan outdragged the WSR BMW and dived by at the chicane, with Jordan following Morgan past Collard (via the gravel) to grab fourth.

Collard also fell behind Plato, who struggled with 75kg of ballast after dominating the opener, but just held off the charging Josh Cook in the Power Maxed Racing Chevrolet Cruze. Cook then drew reverse-grid pole for race three.

Goff eventually crossed the line eighth as both MGs held on despite running the soft tyres, while Collard's team-mates Sam Tordoff and Andy Priaulx completed the top 10.

Infiniti's Derek Palmer Jr failed to take part and is likely to miss the finale after his Q50's engine suffered a terminal main bearing failure.

His team-mate Richard Hawken, making his BTCC debut this weekend, finished last of the runners in 24th.

RESULTS - 18 LAPS:

Pos Driver Team Car Gap
1 Colin Turkington Team BMR Volkswagen 22m58.065s
2 Matt Neal Honda Honda 2.501s
3 Adam Morgan Ciceley Racing Mercedes 8.832s
4 Andrew Jordan MG MG 10.484s
5 Jason Plato Team BMR Volkswagen 10.693s
6 Rob Collard WSR BMW 10.982s
7 Josh Cook Power Maxed Chevrolet 10.991s
8 Jack Goff MG MG 12.002s
9 Sam Tordoff WSR BMW 12.150s
10 Andy Priaulx WSR BMW 12.320s
11 Dave Newsham Power Maxed Chevrolet 13.666s
12 Aron Taylor-Smith Team BMR Volkswagen 14.514s
13 Tom Ingram Speedworks Motorsport Toyota 14.695s
14 Gordon Shedden Honda Honda 17.086s
15 Jeff Smith Eurotech Honda 17.387s
16 Aiden Moffat Aiden Moffat Racing Mercedes 19.452s
17 Hunter Abbott Rob Austin Racing Audi 25.108s
18 Rob Austin Rob Austin Racing Audi 25.210s
19 Martin Depper Eurotech Honda 26.380s
20 Kieran Gallagher Team Hard Toyota 37.303s
21 Simon Belcher Handy Motorsport Toyota 54.977s
22 Stewart Lines Houseman Racing Toyota 58.907s
23 Alex Martin Team Parker Ford 1m06.987s
24 Richard Hawken Infiniti Infiniti 1m15.832s
- Mike Bushell AmD Ford Not classified
- Daniel Welch Welch Motorsport Proton Retirement
- Warren Scott Team BMR Volkswagen Retirement
- Andy Wilmot Welch Motorsport Proton Not started
- Derek Palmer Jr. Infiniti Infiniti Not started

RACE THREE GRID:

Pos Driver Team Car
1 Josh Cook Power Maxed Chevrolet
2 Rob Collard WSR BMW
3 Jason Plato Team BMR Volkswagen
4 Andrew Jordan MG MG
5 Adam Morgan Ciceley Racing Mercedes
6 Matt Neal Honda Honda
7 Colin Turkington Team BMR Volkswagen
8 Jack Goff MG MG
9 Sam Tordoff WSR BMW
10 Andy Priaulx WSR BMW
11 Dave Newsham Power Maxed Chevrolet
12 Aron Taylor-Smith Team BMR Volkswagen
13 Tom Ingram Speedworks Motorsport Toyota
14 Gordon Shedden Honda Honda
15 Jeff Smith Eurotech Honda
16 Aiden Moffat Aiden Moffat Racing Mercedes
17 Hunter Abbott Rob Austin Racing Audi
18 Rob Austin Rob Austin Racing Audi
19 Martin Depper Eurotech Honda
20 Kieran Gallagher Team Hard Toyota
21 Simon Belcher Handy Motorsport Toyota
22 Stewart Lines Houseman Racing Toyota
23 Alex Martin Team Parker Ford
24 Richard Hawken Infiniti Infiniti
25 Mike Bushell AmD Ford
26 Daniel Welch Welch Motorsport Proton
27 Warren Scott Team BMR Volkswagen
28 Derek Palmer Jr. Infiniti Infiniti
29 Andy Wilmot Welch Motorsport Proton


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