Plato wins Silverstone race one

The SEAT driver started from pole position and led the race from start to finish, with enough of a cushion over Mat Jackson to prevent the BMW man from making an assault on the lead.

Jackson's was the drive of the race. After starting 14th, he had made it up to sixth by the end of the opening lap and, after carving through a few more cars, made a decisive move for second place on Darren Turner at Copse on lap 20. He fell short of victory by just half a second.

Turner was third and Colin Turkington was fourth after passing Giovanardi's Vauxhall with three laps to go.

Behind Giovanardi, who was the top Vauxhall driver, came his teammate Matt Neal, Turkington's teammate Stephen Jelley - who scored the best BTCC finish of his career in seventh - and Adam Jones.

Jones was one of the few drivers to start the race with slick tyres on the front of his car, and had to make an unscheduled pit stop early on to change to wets all round.

Steven Kane looked to be on for a great finish after leaping up from sixth on the grid to second by the first corner of the race, but the BMW driver's race ended in the Woodcote gravel early on while battling with Neal.

Pos Driver                 Car                 Time    
 1. Jason Plato            SEAT           30:29.829
 2. Mat Jackson            BMW               +0.545
 3. Darren Turner          SEAT              +6.194
 4. Colin Turkington       BMW               +6.327
 5. Fabrizio Giovanardi    Vauxhall          +7.739
 6. Matt Neal              Vauxhall          +8.202
 7. Stephen Jelley         BMW               +9.328
 8. Adam Jones             SEAT             +13.619
 9. Andrew Jordan          Honda            +15.228
10. Harry Vaulkhard        Chevrolet        +22.558
11. Tom Onslow-Cole        Vauxhall         +23.248
12. Tom Chilton            Honda            +25.286
13. Gordon Shedden         Honda            +27.684
14. Jason Hughes           Honda            +31.950
15. Michael Doyle          Honda            +34.039
16. Rob Collard            BMW              +44.359
17. Martyn Bell            Vauxhall         +47.408

Retirements

    Erkut Kizilirmak       Vauxhall         23 laps
    John George            Honda            23 laps
    Chris Stockton         SEAT             22 laps
    Mike Jordan            Honda            17 laps
    Alan Taylor            Honda            13 laps
    Steven Kane            BMW                1 lap

Fastest lap, Jackson 1:04.144 on lap 14