Wednesday, 10 May 2017

2017 BTCC Round 3 Recap

Review of Round Three of the 2017 British Touring Car Championship season was at Thruxton, in Hampshire.

In the first 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 three tenths of a second behind Neal in the end. While third place was Eurotech Racing driver Jack Goff in his Honda Civic Type R to complete a Honda podium whitewash and also took Independents class win, he was thirteen tenths of a second behind Neal in the end.

While, Jack Sears Trophy (for top 'Rookie Driver' in the series) was won by Power Maxed Racing driver Senna Proctor in his Vauxhall Astra, he finished in sixteenth place and was seventeen seconds behind Neal in the end.


Meanwhile in the second race, Team BMW driver Rob Collard took the race win in his BMW 125i M Sport. 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 Collard in the end. While third place was Speedworks Motorsport driver Tom Ingram in his Toyota Avensis (2015) and also took Independents class win, he was five tenths of a second behind Collard in the end.

While, Jack Sears Trophy was won by Team Shredded Wheat Racing with Duo driver Luke Davenport in his Ford Focus ST, he finished in seventeenth place and was ten seconds behind Collard in the end.


Finally in the third race, Team BMW driver Colin Turkington took the race win in his BMW 125i M Sport. Second was Speedworks Motorsport driver Tom Ingram in his Toyota Avensis (2015) and also took Independents class win, he was two and half seconds behind Turkington in the end. While third place was Eurotech Racing driver Jack Goff in his Honda Civic Type R, he was four seconds behind Turkington in the end.

While, Jack Sears Trophy was won by Power Maxed Racing driver Senna Proctor in his Vauxhall Astra, he finished in nineteenth place and was twenty-two seconds behind Turkington in the end.


Next stop Oulton Park for Round Four of the 2017 British Touring Car Championship season in two weeks time.

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