Turkington Claims Donington Pole
Colin Turkington beat out his more famous rivals to claim the first pole of the British Touring Car Championship season on the Donington National Circuit

Turkington set a time of 1:12.092 to steal pole from Matt Neal by just five hundredths of a second, with the poleman's Vauxhall teammate Yvan Muller a further three hundredths behind.
While the first three drivers were separated by less than one tenth of a second, SEAT's lead driver, and Muller's fierce rival, Jason Plato was more than half a second of the pace, which was only good enough sixth on the grid.
The first three rounds of the series will be run tomorrow, April 9.
BTCC Championship Round One Qualifying, Donington National Circuit:
Pos Driver Make Time Gap MPH Laps 1. Colin Turkington Vauxhall Astra 1:12.092 97.74 14 2. Matt Neal Honda Integra 1:12.149 +0.057 97.66 19 3. Yvan Muller Vauxhall Astra 1:12.173 +0.081 97.63 19 4. Dan Eaves Honda Integra 1:12.421 +0.329 97.29 20 5. Rob Collard MG ZS 1:12.548 +0.456 97.12 20 6. Jason Plato SEAT Toledo Cupra 1:12.639 +0.547 97.00 17 7. James Kaye Honda Civic Type-R 1:13.029 +0.937 96.48 13 8. Luke Hines SEAT Toledo Cupra 1:13.119 +1.027 96.36 14 9. Gavin Smith Vauxhall Astra 1:13.129 +1.037 96.35 15 10. James Pickford SEAT Toledo Cupra 1:13.132 +1.040 96.35 18 11. Richard Williams Lexus IS200 1:19.510 +7.418 88.62 15
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