Turkington wins from pole

The Team RAC driver had initially lost the lead, on the first lap, to his teammate Tom Onslow-Cole, who had also started on the front row of the grid.

However, five laps later the Northern Irishman regained the lead and held it to the flag to claim his third victory of the year in the BMW 320si.

He was chased throughout by Team Dynamics' Gordon Shedden, who brought his Honda Civic home in second place, while Onslow-Cole completed the podium finishers in third.

Vauxhall's Tom Chilton finished fourth, having started from the same slot on the grid, ahead of Mat Jackson, who had battled his way up from ninth.

There was disaster for reigning champ Matt Neal, who appeared to be late on the brakes going into the first corner on the opening lap. He made contact with championship leader Jason Plato, who recovered from the spin and fought his way back up to ninth. But Neal suffered a puncture in the incident and finished the race a lap down after a trip to the pits.

Plato's title rival Fabrizio Giovanardi struggled at start, dropping from fifth to eighth, but crossed the line in sixth place.

Classified:

Pos  Driver               Car         Time
 1.  Colin Turkington     BMW         22:05.217
 2.  Gordon Shedden       Honda        +  0.706
 3.  Tom Onslow-Cole      BMW          +  1.515
 4.  Tom Chilton          Vauxhall     +  1.917
 5.  Mat Jackson          BMW          +  2.616
 6.  Fabrizio Giovanardi  Vauxhall     +  4.306
 7.  Darren Turner        SEAT         + 14.386
 8.  Mike Jordan          Honda        + 14.613
 9.  Jason Plato          SEAT         + 14.982
10.  Tom Ferrier          SEAT         + 23.769
11.  Jason Hughes         MG           + 24.093
12.  Erkut Kizilirmak     Vauxhall     + 36.689
13.  Matt Allison         SEAT         + 36.920
14.  John George          Honda        + 44.658
15.  Richard Marsh        Alfa Romeo   + 47.674
16.  Martyn Bell          BMW          + 47.869
17.  Simon Blanckley      Honda        + 48.224
18.  Fiona Leggate        MG           + 50.433
19.  Matt Neal            Honda        +  1 lap

Not classified:

     Driver               Car          Laps
     Eoin Murray          Alfa Romeo   15
     David Pinkney        Alfa Romeo    7
     Chris Stockton       Lexus         2