Wednesday, 20 April 2016

2016 BTCC Round 2 Recap

Review of Round Two of the 2016 British Touring Car Championship season was at Donington Park's National Circuit, in Leicestershire.

In the first race, Motorbase Performance driver Mat Jackson took the race win in his Ford Focus ST and also took Independents class win. Second was MG Racing RCIB Insurance driver Josh Cook in his MG6 GT, he was eighteen tenths of a second behind Jackson in the end. While third place was Speedworks Motorsport driver Tom Ingram in his Toyota Avensis, he was two seconds behind Jackson in the end.

While, Jack Sears Trophy (for top 'Rookie Driver' in the series) was won by MG Racing RCIB Insurance driver Ashley Sutton in his MG6 GT, he finished in fifth place and was eight seconds behind Jackson in the end.


Meanwhile in the second race, Team JCT600 with GardX driver Rob Collard took the race win in his BMW 125i M Sport. Second was Motorbase Performance driver Mat Jackson in his Ford Focus ST and also took Independents class win, he was sixteen tenths of a second behind Collard in the end. While third place was Team BKR driver Árón Smith in his Volkswagen CC, he was three seconds behind Collard in the end.

While, Jack Sears Trophy was won by MG Racing RCIB Insurance driver Ashley Sutton in his MG6 GT, he finished in thirteenth place and was twenty seconds behind Collard in the end.


Finally in the third race, Halfords Yuasa Racing driver Matt Neal took the race win in his Honda Civic Type R. Second was Halfords Yuasa Racing driver and current BTCC Champion Gordon Shedden in his Honda Civic Type R, he was two tenths of a second behind Neal in the end. While third place was Team JCT600 with GardX driver Sam Tordoff in his BMW 125i M Sport, he was two and half seconds behind Neal in the end.

While, Jack Sears Trophy was won by MG Racing RCIB Insurance driver Ashley Sutton in his MG6 GT, he finished in fifth place and was four seconds behind Neal in the end.

Meanwhile, Independents class was won by Laser Tools Racing driver Aiden Moffat in his Mercedes-Benz A-Class, he finished in seventh place and was nine seconds behind Neal in the end.

Next stop Thruxton for Round Three of the 2016 British Touring Car Championship season in three weeks time.

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