Halfords Yuasa Racing's Dan Cammish headed a Honda one-two in Free Practice 2 of the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship at Oulton Park as the Yorkshireman edged out team-mate Matt Neal.

Honda machinery has shown well throughout practice at the picturesque Cheshire circuit as the manufacturer-backed squad now targets its first win of the season. The Japanese marque has won races through both the BTC and AmD squads in 2019 but it could be the turn of Cammish or Neal to triumph this weekend.

Jack Hill impressed for TradePriceCars.com with third, ahead of the Vauxhall of Jason Plato and BMW of Tom Oliphant.

BMW Pirtek Racing's Andrew Jordan endured his first sticky moment in several weeks as the 3 Series driver ran wide through Old Hall. The 'double double' race winner from Thruxton and Croft then made contact with the unfortunate Honda of Matt Simpson, bringing about a premature end to both of their respective sessions.

FP1 pace-setter backed-up his early potential with a top six in the second segment of practice, whilst Laser Tools Racing's Aiden Moffat will be pleased with the pace shown in his Mercedes A-Class. The Scotsman made a promising start to the season at Brands Hatch but has since had to work extremely hard for further top ten finishes.

Reigning champion and current standings leader, Colin Turkington, has quietly gone about his business in the maximum-ballast shod Team BMW car. The Northern Irishman was eighth in final practice and it remains to be seen what he can produce in qualifying later this afternoon.

Ciceley man Adam Morgan and Toyota star Tom Ingram completed the top ten classification.

Qualifying for Round 13 of the 2019 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship will take place at 15:10 with the action being streamed live and exclusively via www.itv.com/btcc.

2019 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship – Free Practice 2 – Oulton Park

1 Dan CAMMISH (GBR) Halfords Yuasa Racing 1m26.505s
2 Matt NEAL (GBR) Halfords Yuasa Racing +0.044s
3 Jake HILL (GBR) TradePriceCars.com +0.169s
4 Jason PLATO (GBR) Sterling Insurance with Power Maxed Racing +0.299s
5 Tom OLIPHANT (GBR) Team BMW +0.368s
6 Sam TORDOFF (GBR) Cobra Sport AmD AutoAid/RCIB Insurance +0.395s
7 Aiden MOFFAT (GBR) Laser Tools Racing +0.412s
8 Colin TURKINGTON (GBR) Team BMW +0.456s
9 Adam MORGAN (GBR) Mac Tools with Ciceley Motorsport +0.462s
10 Tom INGRAM (GBR) Team Toyota GB with Ginsters +0.544s
11 Ollie JACKSON (GBR) Team Shredded Wheat Racing with Gallagher +0.655s
12 Stephen JELLEY (GBR) Team Parker Racing +0.690s
13 Chris SMILEY (GBR) BTC Racing +0.763s
14 Rob COLLARD (GBR) Sterling Insurance with Power Maxed Racing +0.765s
15 Ashley SUTTON (GBR) Adrian Flux Subaru Racing +0.814s
16 Josh COOK (GBR) BTC Racing +0.879s
17 Bobby THOMPSON (GBR) GKR Scaffolding with Autobrite Direct +0.950s
18 Tom CHILTON (GBR) Team Shredded Wheat Racing with Gallagher +0.994s
19 Mark BLUNDELL (GBR) TradePriceCars.com +0.999s
20 Andrew JORDAN (GBR) BMW Pirtek Racing +1.069s
21 Senna PROCTOR (GBR) Adrian Flux Subaru Racing +1.184s
22 Daniel ROWBOTTOM (GBR) Cataclean Racing with Ciceley Motorsport +1.240s
23 Jack GOFF (GBR) RCIB Insurance with Fox Transport +1.278s
24 Rory BUTCHER (GBR) Cobra Sport AmD AutoAid/RCIB Insurance +1.381s
25 Carl BOARDLEY (GBR) RCIB Insurance with Fox Transport +1.423s
26 Nicolas HAMILTON (GBR) ROKiT Racing with Motorbase +1.539s
27 Rob SMITH (GBR) Excelr8 Motorsport +1.722s
28 Sam OSBORNE (GBR) Excelr8 Motorsport +1.732s
29 Michael CREES (GBR) GKR Scaffolding with Autobrite Direct +1.834s
30 Matt SIMPSON (GBR) Simpson Racing NO TIME

Sam Tordoff has set the early pace at Oulton Park in his AmD-run Honda Civic Type R as the Yorkshireman headed Free Practice 1.

Honda machinery showed well with Chris Smiley, Dan Cammish and Tordoff all topping sector times at one point during the opening 40-minute session.

Tordoff ran solidly throughout but left it until his final tour to set a 1:26.073s benchmark, although this lap time is still more than half a second slower than Jason Plato's 2015 Qualifying lap record.

Halfords Yuasa Racing's Cammish was second, just 0.089s off the summit, whilst in-form BMW man Andrew Jordan was third.

Vauxhall, Toyota and Honda completed the top six positions with Plato, Tom Ingram and Matt Neal all showing decent early pace around the 2.23-mile circuit.

BTC Racing's Chris Smiley had to settle for seventh at the finish, although some of the Northern Irishman's sector times showed he could contend further up the order.

Adrian Flux Subaru Racing's Ash Sutton was eighth ahead of Cobra Sport AmD AutoAid/RCIB Insurance's Rory Butcher and Team Parker Racing's Stephen Jelley.

Warm temperatures continue to sweep across the beautiful Cheshire circuit with all 30 cars taking to the track this morning.

Britain's best will be back on track at 12:10 for the final practice session before Qualifying for Round 13 of the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship commences at 15:10, which will be streamed live and exclusively via www.itv.com/btcc.

2019 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship – Free Practice 1 – Oulton Park

1 Sam TORDOFF (GBR) Cobra Sport AmD AutoAid/RCIB Insurance 1m26.073s
2 Dan CAMMISH (GBR) Halfords Yuasa Racing +0.089s
3 Andrew JORDAN (GBR) BMW Pirtek Racing +0.267s
4 Jason PLATO (GBR) Sterling Insurance with Power Maxed Racing +0.288s
5 Tom INGRAM (GBR) Team Toyota GB with Ginsters +0.375s
6 Matt NEAL (GBR) Halfords Yuasa Racing +0.463s
7 Chris SMILEY (GBR) BTC Racing +0.467s
8 Ashley SUTTON (GBR) Adrian Flux Subaru Racing +0.575s
9 Rory BUTCHER (GBR) Cobra Sport AmD AutoAid/RCIB Insurance +0.590s
10 Stephen JELLEY (GBR) Team Parker Racing +0.595s
11 Colin TURKINGTON (GBR) Team BMW +0.679s
12 Tom CHILTON (GBR) Team Shredded Wheat Racing with Gallagher +0.702s
13 Matt SIMPSON (GBR) Simpson Racing +0.784s
14 Josh COOK (GBR) BTC Racing +0.797s
15 Adam MORGAN (GBR) Mac Tools with Ciceley Motorsport +0.808s
16 Aiden MOFFAT (GBR) Laser Tools Racing +0.854s
17 Jake HILL (GBR) TradePriceCars.com +0.941s
18 Tom OLIPHANT (GBR) Team BMW +0.955s
19 Jack GOFF (GBR) RCIB Insurance with Fox Transport +0.968s
20 Bobby THOMPSON (GBR) GKR Scaffolding with Autobrite Direct +1.034s
21 Senna PROCTOR (GBR) Adrian Flux Subaru Racing +1.113s
22 Ollie JACKSON (GBR) Team Shredded Wheat Racing with Gallagher +1.126s
23 Daniel ROWBOTTOM (GBR) Cataclean Racing with Ciceley Motorsport +1.145s
24 Rob COLLARD (GBR) Sterling Insurance with Power Maxed Racing +1.250s
25 Rob SMITH (GBR) Excelr8 Motorsport +1.721s
26 Michael CREES (GBR) GKR Scaffolding with Autobrite Direct +1.880s
27 Mark BLUNDELL (GBR) TradePriceCars.com +1.904s
28 Nicolas HAMILTON (GBR) ROKiT Racing with Motorbase +2.050s
29 Sam OSBORNE (GBR) Excelr8 Motorsport +2.145s
30 Carl BOARDLEY (GBR) RCIB Insurance with Fox Transport NO TIME

Team BMW’s Colin Turkington currently leads the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship standings as the series gets set for a trip to Oulton Park this weekend.

The picturesque Cheshire venue historically plays host to one of the biggest BTCC events of the season, as a huge fan base often descends on the north west circuit. 

Tom Chilton became the sixth different race winner of the 2019 campaign as Team Shredded Wheat Racing with Gallagher claimed race three at Croft, but it was the commanding form of the BMWs that set the scene. 

Ominously perhaps for the Bavarian manufacturer’s rivals… BMW also boasts a successful history at Oulton Park. 

Who will come out on top? Tickets to see the action are still available or you can watch every bit of drama unfold live on ITV4.

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Team Shredded Wheat Racing with Gallagher heads north once again this coming weekend as the 2019 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship reaches its mid-season point at the picturesque Oulton Park circuit.

The Motorbase-run outfit arrives in Cheshire fresh with success after claiming victory in the final race at Croft just two weeks ago. Tom Chilton led the charge in Yorkshire taking an overall race win, Independent win and third-placed podium for the Kent-based squad and is keen to carry his winning form into the fifth meeting of the year.

Currently occupying seventh place in the BTCC standings, Reigate-based Chilton is looking for a repeat or better of last season’s results on the undulating circuit where he celebrated a double podium in the Ford Focus RS.

After a strong showing last time out where he secured his personal best qualifying result and narrowly missed out on a top ten finish,  Team-mate Ollie Jackson is also hoping to carry momentum into the weekend and add some more points to the board for his 2019 campaign.

Sitting just one rostrum visit away from a landmark 90th BTCC podium and two victories off claiming an impressive 30 race wins, the Motorbase Performance crew are optimistic of even more success at their happy hunting ground.

“We need to keep the momentum going off the back of our win last time out,” commented Team Manager Oly Collins.  “The car is showing strong pace at this part of the season. We're light going into the weekend with Tom carrying just 18kg, and we want more silverware.

"The RS is strong at Oulton Park. We know that from last year’s pace. It was one of our best circuits in 2018, but we've all moved on since then. It would be nice to hit the magic 90 podiums and 30 wins this weekend, but our focus is on the championship title and closing the gap to the leaders.”

“Oulton Park was our most successful race meeting with a double podium last year," added Chilton. "I’m really excited about heading back to one of my favourite race tracks of the year. It’s very technical and full of undulations which make it exciting and challenging to drive on the limit.

“After our win and double podium last time out at Croft I can’t wait to race this weekend again.”

“We have a lot of positives to take from Croft. I think we’re arriving at Oulton Park in a good place," said Jackson. "The car is strong, it went well there last year and it’s one of my stronger circuits as well. I’m aiming to build on the pace we showed last time out, and get some good results in the bag this weekend.” 

Having enjoyed a consistent showing in the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship at Croft Circuit, Adrian Flux Subaru Racing’s Ashley Sutton hopes to continue adding to his points tally in rounds 13, 14 & 15 at Oulton Park.

As we approach the Cheshire circuit, Sutton currently sits comfortably in third in the Drivers’ Championship, just two points behind BTC Racing’s Josh Cook; similarly, Subaru hold third in the Manufacturers’ Championship.

With Croft’s mix of flowing and tight corners being traditionally well-suited to rear-wheel-drive machinery in the past, the 2017 Champion’s 100^th race in BTCC was the start to a successful day.

Race two saw another top ten finish before Sutton finished the day crossing the line in fourth place, no mean feat considering his five-place grid penalty due to an incident in race two.

Sutton will be going to Oulton Park on good form, with his start to the 2019 season seeing him on the podium four times so far, and will definitely be looking to continue his run of consistency. His steady points scoring also sees him in a better position than at this stage last year, which could result in an interesting trip to the Cheshire track, where he previously achieved two podiums in 2017.

“We came [to croft] with high hopes but I don’t think the resurfacing suited our car,” said Sutton. “It’s been another weekend where we have maximised everything - we couldn’t have done any more.

“Everyone at Adrian Flux Subaru Racing has been fantastic and they’ve worked tirelessly to ensure we are still in the mix.

“We go to Oulton Park with no real expectations but focused on keeping the points tally ticking over so we will see how we get on."

Following a successful outing at Croft earlier this month, BMW’s Colin Turkington, Tom Oliphant and Andrew Jordan are Cheshire-bound this weekend (29/30 June) for the next rounds of the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship at Oulton Park.
 
Courtesy of a hat-trick of top six finishes, Turkington sped clear at the summit of the standings in North Yorkshire, opening up an 11-point advantage as he bids not only to defend his crown but also to become the second driver to win four titles in the UK’s premier motorsport series.
 
Oulton Park has played host to numerous triumphant races for the Northern Irishman, too, with eight race wins to his credit around the challenging and picturesque circuit. Indeed, the last time he competed there in a BMW 3 Series – back in 2009 – he took a double victory.
 
Team BMW stablemate Tom Oliphant has had an up and down start to the season, but Oulton Park is home turf for the 28-year-old from nearby Tarporley, and he has achieved multiple podiums there in BTCC support series in seasons past.
 
BMW Pirtek Racing’s Andrew Jordan, meanwhile, vaulted from ninth up to fourth in the title table with a second consecutive double top last time out, as he continues to bounce back from a pointless Donington Park weekend in April.
 
The 2013 champion has won half the races he has started this year, and he travels to Oulton Park with happy memories. He reached the BTCC rostrum there for the first time in 2008 and has been one of the highest scorers in each of the past two seasons, tallying four podium finishes in BMW machinery and taking the chequered flag no lower than fifth.
 
Turkington, Oliphant and Jordan’s combined results have put BMW at the top of the Manufacturers’ classification heading to Oulton Park, with Team BMW a close second in the Teams’ rankings.

All of the race day action will be broadcast live and in high-definition on ITV4 on Sunday, 30 June, beginning at 11:00am.

"I feel happy with where we are with the 3 Series and the development so far, so the plan is to really attack the weekend from the outset and go into the summer break with the momentum on our side,” said Turkington. “Oulton Park incorporates some of the most demanding corners in British motorsport such as Cascades and Druids, which require a lot of commitment, and it’s narrower than most tracks, which enhances the sense of speed. You really need to be on-point if you want to be on the pace. Going there as championship leader obviously presents its own challenges. Qualifying won’t be easy on maximum ballast but I’m confident we’ll still be able to race well and score some good points – and the aim is to get onto the podium at some stage."

“Oulton Park is very much home turf for me, and I always enjoy going there,” said Oliphant. “It’s one of my favourite tracks on the calendar – it presents a unique challenge as a driver, and qualifying is a lot of fun as you push yourself and the car absolutely to the limit. Grid position is particularly important there, because the narrow track makes it difficult to overtake and you really need to get your elbows out to go forwards but I’ll arrive with no weight in the car, which will definitely be an advantage so I’m focused on starting right at the front.

“I’ve had some terrible luck recently, so what we need above all else is a clean weekend and three consistent finishes. I can’t help but think my fortunes have to change soon – and where better than Oulton this weekend...?”

“Oulton Park has been one of my strongest circuits in recent seasons, and I love going there,” Jordan said. “It’s just old-school, with all the undulations, a bit of camber and a lot of character. I keep saying we need to hold our expectations in-check and I certainly don’t want us to get ahead of ourselves, but I do go to Oulton expecting to challenge for pole position and race wins  – and if we can’t win, then we need to keep bagging the points.

“We’ve really found the sweet spot with the 3 Series, and the confidence level is sky-high for both myself and all the guys on my side of the garage so I see no reason why we shouldn’t be as quick as we were at Croft. We’re in a really good place so we need to use that positive momentum to keep moving forwards.”

The BTC Racing team maintained its impressive form in the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship with two podium finishes from the latest rounds of the season at Croft.

The Brackley-based outfit made the trip to North Yorkshire on the back of a strong weekend at Thruxton, where Josh Cook notched his second victory of the campaign.

Having endured mixed fortunes in the opening rounds of the year, it was Northern Irishman Chris Smiley who headed the team’s challenge in qualifying as he put his Honda Civic Type R on the front row of the grid, with Josh lining up in 12th after a difficult Saturday.

The opening race of the weekend on Sunday morning saw Chris fight hard to secure his first podium with the new FK8 Honda, maintaining his second place from lights-to-flag behind the BMW of Andrew Jordan. As well as finishing second overall, Chris secured top honours in the Independents' Trophy for the second time this season.

Josh meanwhile was able to battle his way forwards into the top ten, emerging on top of a fight with Matt Neal and Tom Ingram to take ninth spot.

With extra ballast on his car in race two, Chris faced more of a challenge to fight at the front but drove well in the early stages to fend off quicker and lighter cars behind.

Having slipped back to fifth, a strong points haul was in the offing until the final lap when contact from Ash Sutton’s Subaru going through the Complex saw him spin off onto the grass; dropping down to 27th spot by the time he was able to rejoin.

Despite struggling for speed through the fastest part of the lap, Josh went one better than his result in race one to secure eighth place, which put him on the front row of the grid for race three thanks to the reverse grid draw. Josh also took the Independents' Trophy victory for the fourth time this season.

Rain ahead of that final race meant a decision had to be taken on tyres, with Josh sticking with wet tyres alongside the majority of the front-runners.

Although still down on speed in sector two, he was able to keep leader Tom Chilton honest throughout and saw off the challenge of Jason Plato behind for his fourth podium of the season – ensuring he leaves Croft second in the standings and at the head of the Independents' Trophy.

From his position at the back of the grid, Chris elected to gamble on dry tyres but the circuit didn't dry as quickly as he hoped, meaning he ended the race outside the points scoring positions. Chris now sits 15th in the championship standings and ninth in the Independents' Trophy.

BTC Racing meanwhile sit third in the overall Teams’ Championship and continue to head the Independents’ points.

Josh Cook said: “We lost time to a few issues in practice and then in qualifying it was really messy with traffic and red flags. I know others can say the same, but nothing was straightforward for us.

“We knew we had to play the long game after qualifying, and race one was tough because of the weight we had to carry.

“In race two and three we had to deal with a bit of an engine issue that was affecting us in sector two and the run out of Tower, and considering all that, it’s good to come away from the weekend with a podium finish.

“It means we maintain our record our scoring a top three finish at every round so far, and we have to keep picking up the points and keep our focus on the championship.”

Chris Smiley said: “We haven’t taken as much from this weekend as we should have done after race one, which is a real shame. It was good to get on the podium at the start of race day and the car felt really strong, and we weren’t a million miles off in race two even with the weight on.

“Unfortunately, what happened at the end has really hurt us, and the fact that the other driver was given a penalty tells the story – but it doesn’t get us the points back we lost.

“In race three, it was worth a gamble as the track was drying out; I just can’t believe how long it actually took to swing towards the dry tyres. We could have won from there if the gamble had paid off, but unfortunately it didn’t.

“We’ve made a lot of improvements to the car in a recent test at Donington and there is probably more still to come, so hopefully we can have a good showing next time out at Oulton Park.”

Halfords Yuasa Racing drivers Matt Neal and Dan Cammish head to the next rounds of the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship at Oulton Park in an optimistic mood, following the team's previous success at the Cheshire circuit.

Both drivers bagged a solid points haul in the most recent rounds at Croft, despite the North Yorkshire circuit typically being more suited to rear-wheel-drive cars.

Just five points separate Honda from rivals BMW as the manufacturers head to Oulton, while Halfords Yuasa Racing leads the Teams' championship and both Neal and Cammish remain in strong positions in the drivers' points chase. Dan in particular will be in a confident frame of mind after making his third podium appearance of the season at Croft.

In contrast to Croft, Oulton Park is considered much more friendly to front-wheel-drive cars such as the Civic Type R, and the track holds many happy memories for Honda. Seven race wins have topped a host of podium finishes at the circuit over the past ten seasons, including one memorable weekend in 2012 when the team locked out the top of the podium in all three races. They will be looking to continue this trend at the Cheshire circuit at their ensuing visit on 30^th June.

“Croft was another weekend of what could have been for us,” said Neal. “But I was happy with my race pace and particularly some of my overtakes and to come away with a decent points haul was great as it's not a circuit we traditionally go well at.
“I'm looking forward to Oulton, I really like the track, it's a fast flowing, old-school style circuit that is very unforgiving! I've personally gone well there over the years with 11 podiums including four wins in the last ten seasons, so I'm hoping I can add to that tally.”

“I was pleased with another solid performance at Croft and ending up on the podium was an added bonus,” said Cammish. “I managed to stay out of trouble, in the main, and come away with some good points for both myself and the team.

“I'm looking forward to Oulton as it's a track that suits my driving style, particularly in the high-speed, technical elements of the circuit. Qualifying is again going to be critical, so I'll be working closely with Matt to extract the most we can from the car and hopefully continue to progress up the leader board.”

Mac Tools with Ciceley Motorsport race ace Adam Morgan had a tricky weekend at Croft in the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship but conquered the challenging conditions to secure two top-10 finishes.

After showing encouraging pace in free practice, Adam went into qualifying in more optimistic mood. However, the qualifying session turned out to be a real lottery, blighted by five red flags and frustrating interruptions. Frustratingly, each time Adam started a flier, the red flags flew and he hadn’t been able to complete a single fast lap time by the end of the session!

“Every time I was on a flying lap, the red flags flew,” said Adam. “We did nothing wrong, it was just other people falling off or nudging the barriers on to the track so they had to be moved. It is mega-frustrating because the car felt really good.”

From 28th on the grid for the opener, Adam charged his way up to 16th place on a damp road, winning Dunlop’s Forever Forward award for most places gained. Although Adam was just one place away from the points-scorers, it put him in the mix for race two.

Adam started the dry second race from mid-grid and battled up to 11th place, latching on to the tail of the similar Mercedes-Benz A-Class of Aiden Moffat. The Scotsman made his car very wide meaning that not only couldn’t Adam find a way by, but he soon came under attack from a train of cars including Stephen Jelley (BMW), Senna Proctor (Subaru) and Rory Butcher’s Honda. One error from Adam would have allowed the pack to charge by, but, soaking up the pressure, the 30-year-old hung on in his Fuchs lubricated Mercedes to take 11th place.

Heavy rain before race three threw another variable into the mix. Using Dunlop’s wet weather tyre, Adam started 11thon the grid but fought up to ninth place on a circuit that was drying all the time. With grip levels changing, Adam mastered the conditions to bag ninth spot.

“All things considered, to start the weekend 28th and finish ninth isn’t too bad!” concluded Adam. “I had two points scores, showed good pace and avoided damage so there are positives.

“It hasn’t been as good as I wanted and part of that is down to qualifying. Because the cars are so evenly matched, so competitive this year, qualifying is so important and that hurt us yesterday but the Mac Tools Mercedes-Benz A-Class is still a force to be reckoned with.

“We’ve had good races but not a good weekend yet, so we need to string together three good finishes next time at Oulton Park. That’s the target.”

The next three races in the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship are at Oulton Park, Cheshire, on June 29/30 with qualifying shown live on itv.com and the three Sunday races live on ITV4.

The Cobra Sport AmD with AutoAid/RCIB Insurance Racing team worked hard to recover from a difficult qualifying session and score more solid points from the latest rounds of the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship at Croft, but the Essex-based outfit will be looking for improvements at Oulton Park.

Going into the weekend as joint standings leader, race one saw Rory Butcher fight hard on track, working his way up to 18^th place after starting in 29^th place due to an accident in qualifying.

Battling towards the top ten in race two, Butcher was well placed to get into a position to potentially benefit from the reverse grid draw before contact compromised his line at the hairpin.

The end result was a 14^th place finish, but a determined Butcher fought hard with the BMWs of Colin Turkington and Andrew Jordan to eventually cross the line in seventh for the final race.

From  26^th on the grid in race one, team-mate Sam Tordoff showed the pace in the Honda to race forwards into the points before contact with Proctor at the hairpin dropped him back down the pack; with a further trip across the grass leading to a pit stop that saw him cross the line 23^rd.

Fighting back to 15^th place in race two, Tordoff would end the weekend with 13^th in race three to secure two points finishes.

“To see both drivers score points rewarded the team for their hard work,” said Team Principal Shaun Hollamby. “We’re looking forward to Oulton Park where we’re confident that the Hondas will shine!”
 
“I have to say a huge thank you to the team for getting the car fixed for race day after what happened in qualifying as it was a big hit,” said Butcher. “We did well on the wets and to make up seven spots and fight with Turkington and Jordan shows how competitive we are. It’s nice to pushing guys like that as a circuit where the BMW is so strong and hopefully at Oulton Park we’ll have a bit more luck.”
 
“When you don’t qualify well, it can be hard to come back from it and sadly that proved to be the case for us this weekend,” reflected Tordoff. “It’s been difficult again for me this weekend and hopefully my luck will turn at Oulton Park.”