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Changing conditions in race two, however didn't favour the pair, who had opted for the Dunlop BluResponse wet tyres. The drying track surface favoured those who had gambled on fitting slick rubber prior to lights-out and Goff clung manfully onto 10th, with the maximum allotted 75kgs of success ballast aboard his Type R. Smith rounded in 20th, but it was Simpson in the sister Civic who really impressed. He was one of the drivers to take the risk on dry rubber and fired his Type R to seventh – a best-ever result in the series, and right from the back of the grid to boot following his opening race DNF. The weather held off for Round 3 and an elbows-out performance from Goff yielded eighth, with Simpson able to swashbuckle his way to another seventh placed finish. Smith, meanwhile, found himself in the midst of the action but was shuffled down the order to 22nd after contact. "It couldn't have gone much better than that," said Goff. "You never really know what to expect when it rains like it did overnight but to come away with a win from Round 1, it's taken a lot less time than it did last year, so I'm chuffed with that. It's all thanks to the fantastic guys here at WIX Racing with Eurotech who've given me a fantastic car. We've shown we're quick and we want to show it more in races – we've done that here. Credit to Colin (Turkington). He's a fair racer and I like to think I am too. We didn't give each other much room but just enough!" Team Principal Jeff Smith said: "What an amazing way to start our 2018 campaign, pole positon and all three cars in the top ten for qualifying, followed by a great win by Jack Goff in the opener. We have clearly given Matt a car he can put up the sharp end, too, and we are looking to continue scoring results like this with all three cars under our banner.’
