Tuesday 26 April 2022

2022 BTCC Round 1 Recap

Review of Round One of the 2022 British Touring Car Championship season was at Donington Park's National Circuit, in Leicestershire.

In the first race, Bristol Street Motors with Excelr8 TradePriceCars.com driver Tom Ingram took the race win in his Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance. Second was Team BMW driver Colin Turkington in his BMW 330e M Sport, he was six tenths of a second behind Ingram in the end. While third place was Halfords Racing with Cataclean driver Gordon Shedden in his Honda Civic Type R, he was four seconds behind behind Ingram in the end.

Meanwhile, Independents class was won by Car Gods with Ciceley Motorsport driver Adam Morgan in his BMW 330e M Sport, he finished in fifth place and was five and half seconds behind Ingram in the end.

While, Jack Sears Trophy (for drivers yet to record an overall podium finish or won outright the Jack Sears Trophy championship) was won by Car Gods with Ciceley Motorsport driver George Gamble in his BMW 330e M Sport, he finished in sixth place and was seven seconds behind Ingram in the end.



Meanwhile in the second race, Halfords Racing with Cataclean driver Gordon Shedden took the race win in his Honda Civic Type R. Second was Bristol Street Motors with Excelr8 TradePriceCars.com driver Tom Ingram in his Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance, he was two tenths of a second behind Shedden in the end. While third place was Car Gods with Ciceley Motorsport driver George Gamble in his BMW 330e M Sport and also took Independents class win and took Jack Sears Trophy win too, he was two seconds behind behind Shedden in the end.



Finally in the third race, ROKiT MB Motorsport driver Jake Hill took the race win in his BMW 330e M Sport. Second was NAPA Racing UK driver and current BTCC Champion Ash Sutton in his Ford Focus ST, he was two seconds behind Hill in the end. While third place was Rich Energy BTC Racing driver Josh Cook in his Honda Civic Type R and also took Independents class win, he was nine seconds behind Hill in the end.

While, Jack Sears Trophy was won by Autobrite Direct with JourneyHero driver Bobby Thompson in his Cupra León, he finished in tenth place and was fifteen seconds behind Hill in the end.




Next stop Brands Hatch for Round Two of the 2022 British Touring Car Championship season in three weeks time.

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