Giovanardi clinches second BTCC title

Mat Jackson won the race up front, while Giovanardi secured his second consecutive championship with his main rival Jason Plato only managing fifth place.

Giovanardi went off at Paddock Hill Bend on lap two, as did Adam Jones, and the pair triggered another accident that eliminated Jason Hughes and John George as they rejoined the track.

Jackson sprinted into the lead at the first corner, ahead of polesitter Stephen Jelley, and never looked back.

It was Jackson's fourth win of the year and moved him into third place in the championship, as well as closing the gap to Colin Turkington in the Independents' chase from 22 to 15 points.

Turkington finished fourth, having benefitted from a gearbox problem that eliminated Team RAC teammate Jelley early on and a momentary lack of pace from SEAT's Darren Turner, who dropped from third to sixth on lap 17 between Paddock and Druids.

The stars of the race, though, were the Motorbase BMWs of Rob Collard and Steven Kane. Both carved through the field to third and fourth on lap 16 before Kane reversed the positions with a demon move on the brakes at Paddock.

Kane then put an equally brave move on Turner at Druids before the SEAT's brief slow moment elevated Collard, putting two Motorbase cars on a BTCC podium for the first time.

Behind the BMW 1-2-3-4, Plato held off Matt Neal's Vauxhall, Turner, Tom Chilton, Tom Onslow-Cole, and Andrew Jordan, who completed the top ten in his Honda.

Pos Driver                   Car                  Gap    
 1. Mat Jackson              BMW            22:20.106
 2. Steven Kane              BMW               +2.101
 3. Rob Collard              BMW               +7.780
 4. Colin Turkington         BMW               +7.914
 5. Jason Plato              SEAT             +10.147
 6. Matt Neal                Vauxhall         +11.002
 7. Darren Turner            SEAT             +11.331
 8. Tom Chilton              Honda            +11.769
 9. Tom Onslow-Cole          Vauxhall         +12.120
10. Andrew Jordan            Honda            +14.538
11. Adam Jones               SEAT             +15.262
12. Mike Jordan              Honda            +18.196
13. Gordon Shedden           Honda            +19.578
14. Fabrizio Giovanardi      Vauxhall         +20.750
15. Michael Doyle            Honda            +20.870
16. Harry Vaulkhard          Chevrolet        +22.382
17. Martyn Bell              Vauxhall         +36.551
18. Erkut Kizilirmak         Vauxhall         +43.362
19. Alan Taylor              Honda             +1 lap

Retirements

    Chris Stockton           SEAT              8 laps
    Stephen Jelley           BMW               4 laps
    Jason Hughes             MG                 1 lap
    John George              Honda              1 lap


Fastest lap, Kane 49:703 on lap 11