Sutton "Over The Moon" With Maiden BTCC Title
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Ashley Sutton is “over the moon” with his first British Touring Car Championship title, after beating rival Colin Turkington in the final race of the season.
Hyundai will enter four cars for Wales Rally GB at the end of October, though the team’s lineup in the Australia season finale continues to be unclear.
Ashley Sutton wrapped up his first BTCC title with a podium finish, while Rob Austin went on to win the final race of the season.
Colin Turkington has escaped with only a £500 fine following an incident with Aien Moffat during the second race at Brands Hatch.
Colin Turkington kept his BTCC title hopes alive with victory in the penultimate race, with Ash Sutton finishing outside the Top 10.
Aiden Moffat took a second career win at the Brands Hatch opener, while a poor performance by Colin Turkington has given Ash Sutton one hand on the title.
Jack Goff stormed to a third pole position of the season at Brands Hatch, but electrical problems with Colin Turkington’s BMW hampered his title hopes.
Rob Collard has withdrawn from the remainder of the BTCC finale at Brands Hatch following medical advice.
Brett Smith topped the times in Free Practice 2 at Brands for his family team, a tenth ahead of Eurotech team-mate Jack Goff.
Adam Morgan set the pace around Brands Hatch in the opening BTCC Free Practice session, with Aiden Moffat in a similar Mercedes A-Class second fastest.
Andreas Mikkelsen will join Hyundai on a permanent basis in 2018 on a two-year deal, ahead of his debut with the team in Spain next week.
Jari Huttunen has joined the Hyundai driver development programme, beating seven other contenders to a WRC2 drive for next season.
Rally Turkey’s return to the World Championship has been approved by the World Motor Sport Council, replacing Rally Poland on the 2018 schedule.
Matt Neal stormed to reverse grid victory at Silverstone – passing Rob Huff for the lead late in the race – as the title contenders struggled.
Ashley Sutton has lost his Silverstone Race 2 podium and been demoted to the rear of the grid for Race 3 due to contact with Colin Turkington.
Jack Goff took an early lead and never looked back at the second BTCC race at Silverstone, while Ashley Sutton stole a podium away at the final corner.
Bryan Bouffier took victory at Rally di Roma Capitale by the narrowest of margins, pipping Kajetan Kajetanowicz at the very last stage.
