Tuesday, 23 May 2017

2017 BTCC Round 4 Recap

Review of Round Four of the 2017 British Touring Car Championship season was at Oulton Park's Island Circuit, in Cheshire.

In the first race, BMW Pirtek Racing driver Andrew Jordan took the race win in his BMW 125i M Sport. Second was Halfords Yuasa Racing driver Matt Neal in his Honda Civic Type R, he was three tenths of a second behind Jordan in the end. While third place was Adrian Flux Subaru Racing driver Ashley Sutton in his Subaru Levorg GT, he was twelve seconds behind Jordan in the end.

Meanwhile, Independents class was won by Laser Tools Racing driver Aiden Moffat in his Mercedes-Benz A-Class, he finished in fourth place and was eighteen seconds behind Jordan 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 fifteenth place and was twenty-eight seconds behind Jordan in the end.


Meanwhile in the second race, Adrian Flux Subaru Racing driver Ashley Sutton took the race win in his Subaru Levorg GT. Second was Team BMW driver Rob Collard in his BMW 125i M Sport, he was a second behind Sutton in the end. While third place was Halfords Yuasa Racing driver Matt Neal in his Honda Civic Type R, he was ten seconds behind Sutton in the end.

Meanwhile, Independents class was won by Team Parker Racing with Maximum Motorsport driver Josh Cook in his Ford Focus ST, he finished in sixth place and was eleven seconds behind Sutton in the end.

While, Jack Sears Trophy was won by Team BMR Racing Academy driver Josh Price in his Subaru Levorg GT, he finished in fifteenth place and was twenty-two seconds behind Sutton in the end.


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

Meanwhile, Independents class was won by Handy Motorsport driver Rob Austin in his Toyota Avensis (2012), he finished in seventh place and was five and half seconds behind Shedden 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 tenth place and was nine seconds behind Shedden in the end.


Next stop Croft for Round Five of the 2017 British Touring Car Championship season in three weeks time.

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