Plato wins again in second race

Plato led from start to finish, as he did in race one, with a perfect day for SEAT only ruined when his teammate Darren Turner lost a sure second place to a left-front puncture on lap 15.

Turner's misfortune, combined with a slide onto the grass from Team Halfords Honda driver Gordon Shedden two laps later, handed second place to Colin Turkington, who came home three seconds behind Plato.

The Team RAC driver was forced to work for his position by Vauxhall's Fabrizio Giovanardi, though. After going off onto the grass at the Esses earlier in the race, champion Giovanardi battled back up from 17th, but could not find a way by the skilfully-driven BMW of Turkington.

Giovanardi's excellent fightback saw his championship lead increased to 28 points, albeit ahead of Plato now, rather than Matt Neal, who recovered to fifth despite a mid-race spin after contact with Steven Kane.

Kane and teammate Rob Collard made it a great race for Motorbase BMW as they finished sixth and fourth respectively, while Mat Jackson was another to carve his way through the field, the BMW Dealer UK driver finishing seventh from 15th on the grid.

Jackson will start the final race of the day from the front row, but it will be Shedden, who finished eighth, on pole by virtue of the reverse grid rule.

Pos  Driver               Car       Time
 1.  Jason Plato          SEAT      25:39.832
 2.  Colin Turkington     BMW        +  3.169
 3.  Fabrizio Giovanardi  Vauxhall   +  3.700
 4.  Rob Collard          BMW        +  4.797
 5.  Matt Neal            Vauxhall   +  5.674
 6.  Steven Kane          BMW        +  7.302
 7.  Mat Jackson          BMW        +  7.516
 8.  Gordon Shedden       Honda      +  7.845
 9.  Mike Jordan          Honda      +  8.354
10.  Adam Jones           SEAT       +  8.697
11.  Stephen Jelley       BMW        +  9.183
12.  Jason Hughes         Honda      + 13.173
13.  Michael Doyle        Honda      + 13.391
14.  Tom Onslow-Cole      Vauxhall   + 13.779
15.  Tom Chilton          Honda      + 14.742
16.  John George          Honda      + 18.296
17.  Harry Vaulkhard      Chevrolet  +  1 lap
18.  Martyn Bell          Vauxhall   +  1 lap
19.  Darren Turner        SEAT       +  1 lap

Retirements:

     Alan Taylor          Honda     16
     Erkut Kizilirmak     Vauxhall  5
     Andrew Jordan        Honda     3