Turkington grabs another podium in drama-filled WTCC day at Brno
Portadown’s Colin Turkington turned in a strong performance in today’s World Touring Car Championship meeting at Brno, Czech Republic.
The Ulsterman finished sixth in race one and second in race two to move to 9th place in the overall WTCC standings – having competed in only three meetings.
Turkington’s e-Bay Motors’ BMW, run by the West Surrey Racing team, was lightning quick over the weekend and recorded the fastest time in all three sectors to grab the fastest lap in the second free practice.
Turkington started third on the grid in each of the two races today and helped produce a strong overall BMW performance, with championship contender, Andy Priaulx emerging from fourth on the grid in the second race to deliver BMW’s 50th WTCC victory, beating Turkington by just over two seconds.
Turkington and his WSR team, who had signed up for an initial three meetings, thanks to sponsorship from a group of private organisations including e-Bay Motors and Lafarge Cement, must now decide whether they should compete in further WTCC rounds.
Today’s results which follow two podium finishes two weeks ago at Brands Hatch mean the Ulsterman is positioned in 9th place in the overall championship with 60 points. Rule changes announced by the WTCC promoter, KSO, mean Turkington was unable to score points within the Independents’ Championship.
Had the old rules remained in force Turkington would have been 29 points clear in the Independents’ Championship.
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