Three years ago, Michael Crees was cheering on the likes of Jason Plato at Brands Hatch. Now he’s a point ahead of him after his first three BTCC races….
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Champion Colin Turkington Said BTCC Helped Focus During “Toughest” Year
by Dan Masonby Dan MasonBTCC champion Colin Turkington described 2018 as his “toughest” year yet, both from a personal and competitive perspective.
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Ricky Collard said he was caught by surprise as he secured a front-row start for the first BTCC race of the weekend at Silverstone for Team BMW.
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Tom Ingram said an outpouring of support ‘motivated’ him to fight back and claim the BTCC points lead at Snetterton.
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Matt Simpson said that he now has ‘belief’ in himself after claiming his first BTCC pole position at Oulton Park.
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WSR boss Dick Bennetts highlighted how strong BMW’s reliabilty was in 2017, key to development for its latest BTCC season.
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Team BMW boss Dick Bennetts praised the work done by Ricky Collard after a recent BTCC test in the team’s 125i.
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Colin Turkington said that he was ‘gutted’ to miss out on a third BTCC title, while WSR clinched the Manufacturers’ crown.
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Rob Huff will return to the BTCC this weekend at Silverstone, replacing Tom Chilton at PMR who will be absent on medical grounds.
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Rob Collard said that red flag interruptions during qualifying helped him recover a problematic session, as he claimed fourth on the gird for the opening BTCC race at Knockhill.
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Colin Turkington grabbed bragging rights for Team BMW by topping a closely-fought second BTCC free practice session at Knockhill.
Title chaser Tom Ingram vows “maximum attack” in the final two BTCC meetings of 2018, held at traditionally Toyota-friendly circuits.
Colin Turkington said he feels ‘more confidence’ in the BMW despite car problems costing him in the BTCC opener at Brands Hatch.
Rob Austin was delighted to end the 2017 BTCC season with a victory at Brands Hatch, saying that the team ‘deserved more’ over the course of the year.
Ashley Sutton said it has been ‘a breath of fresh air’ having team-mate Jason Plato back on form after the pair shared victories in the opening two BTCC races from Knockhill.
Ashley Sutton said that the ‘rhythm’ he has found in the Team BMR Subaru Levorg GT has been key to his own success after clinching two more BTCC victories at Snetterton.