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Turkington Wins Race Two

Colin Turkington claimed his second British Touring Car victory of the year in drying conditions at Mondello Park

The Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch driver survived a first corner skirmish with Dan Eaves and Rob Collard to take the lead from the fast-starting Honda Civic Type-R of Tom Chilton on lap three.

Chilton had gambled on further rain and started on wets, but despite charging from ninth to first in the opening half-lap soon realised that slicks were the way to go and came into the pits.

Front-row starters Yvan Muller (Vauxhall) and Jason Plato (SEAT) gambled on slicks at the start, although both were served with 30 second stop/go penalties for changing tyres after the three-minute board had been shown. Both returned near the back of the field, with Muller pushing on to take sixth place and Plato concentrating on pole position for race three by finishing tenth.

At the front, Turkington survived a mid-race charge from Eaves, who like the Northern Irishman was running on a mixture of slicks on the front and wets on the back, to take a relatively comfortable victory.

Eaves' teammate, Matt Neal, took the final podium place after staying patient on slicks in the early stages of the race and passing the fast-starting MG ZS of Rob Collard in the closing stages. Collard, struggling with rear suspension damage, put up no serious defence into the final corner, and settled for a solid fourth place.

Local hero Gavin Smith, driving the third Sport Hatch, was set for his best result of the year before suffering a left-front puncture, the result of debris, in the closing stages.

CLASSIFIED:

Pos  Driver            Team                   Time
 1.  Colin Turkington  Vauxhall Astra         26:59.042
 2.  Dan Eaves         Honda Integra          +   5.143
 3.  Matt Neal         Honda Integra          +  11.626
 4.  Rob Collard       MG ZS                  +  27.498
 5.  Luke Hines        SEAT Toledo Cupra      +  33.373
 6.  Yvan Muller       Vauxhall Astra         +  51.295
 7.  Jason Hughes      MG ZS                  +  57.187
 8.  Tom Chilton       Honda Civic Type-R     +  57.394
 9.  James Pickford    SEAT Toledo Cupra      +1:02.705
10.  Jason Plato       SEAT Toledo Cupra      +1:05.069
11.  Ian Curley        Lexus IS200            +1:45.380
12.  Richard Williams  Lexus IS200            +1:46.086
13.  Fiona Leggate     Vauxhall Astra Coupe   +1:55.427

NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS

     Driver            Team                   On Lap
     Gavin Smith       Vauxhall Astra           12
     James Kaye        Honda Civic Type-R        4
     Mark Proctor      Vauxhall Astra Coupe      4

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