Jake Hill claims maiden win in eventful race three

Jake Hill took a maiden victory in the reversed-grid final British Touring Car Championship race at Knockhill, as championship challenger Andrew Jordan retired from the race on the opening lap.

Hill took a lights-to-flag victory in the third race under sunny skies in Scotland, withstanding race-long pressure from BTC Racing’s Josh Cook to take a first win in his 108^th BTCC race.

The AmD driver had to twice manage a restart, as the safety car was called on after the first lap and then later in the race.

The first safety car was needed when Senna Proctor spun his Subaru on the exit of the chicane, collecting BMW Pirtek Racing’s Jordan as he took to the grass in avoidance. The slight contact turned Jordan into the barriers before his car became beeched in the gravel.

Jordan had earlier reduced the points gap to just four points with victory in race two, but his retirement has enabled the gap to grow once again.

The second safety car phase came on lap 16 when Mike Bushell’s Honda lost its left-rear wheel, which then stopped in the middle of the circuit. Only two laps under safety car were required.

Ciceley Motorsport’s Adam Morgan completed the podium, having got past the Vauxhall of Jason Plato for the position on lap 14 as the Power Maxed Racing driver faded in the second half of the race.

The second BTC Honda of Chris Smiley was fourth, the Northern Irishman powering through from tenth on the grid, ahead of Tom Ingram’s Toyota in fifth.

The final seven laps of the race saw Plato drop down to eighth by the chequered flag, as Ingram, Honda’s Dan Cammish and Motorbase’s Tom Chilton picked him off in the space of three laps.

In finishing in sixth, Cammish has also moved to just 11 points adrift of the championship lead, despite only claiming one win so far this year.

Laser Tools Racing’s Aiden Moffat and BMW’s Colin Turkington completed the top ten, the latter opening his advantage over Jordan back up to ten points with a determined drive from 19^th on the grid.

Honda’s Matt Neal had been running in ninth with eight laps to go, but he found himself getting shuffled around at the end of the race, including losing three places on lap 21, just missing out on the top ten.

Subaru’s Ash Sutton was 12^th, ahead of the second BMW of Tom Oliphant and AmD’s Rory Butcher, who had been forced to start the race from 13^th after being given a five-place grid penalty following contact with Turkington in race two.

The next BTCC round takes place at Silverstone on 28 – 29 September.

Race result

POS	NO	CL	DRIVER	NAT	ENTRANT	CAR	LAPS	TIME	BEST	GD
1	24	I	Jake HILL		TradePriceCars.com	Audi S3	27	26:30.735	51.195	1
2	66	I	Josh COOK		BTC Racing	Honda Civic Type R	27	1.107	51.261	2
3	33	I	Adam MORGAN		Mac Tools with Ciceley Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz A-Class	27	2.253	51.245	4
4	22	I	Chris SMILEY		BTC Racing	Honda Civic Type R	27	2.751	51.251	10
5	80	M	Tom INGRAM		Team Toyota GB with Ginsters	Toyota Corolla	27	7.601	51.196	5
6	27	M	Dan CAMMISH		Halfords Yuasa Racing	Honda Civic Type R	27	10.361	51.417	8
7	3	I	Tom CHILTON		Team Shredded Wheat Racing with Gallagher	Ford Focus RS	27	10.987	51.619	6
8	11	M	Jason PLATO		Sterling Insurance with Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra	27	11.664	51.381	3
9	16	I	Aiden MOFFAT		Laser Tools Racing	Infiniti Q50	27	12.588	51.699	12
10	1	M	Colin TURKINGTON		Team BMW	BMW 330i M Sport	27	13.209	51.405	19
11	25	M	Matt NEAL		Halfords Yuasa Racing	Honda Civic Type R	27	14.650	51.358	15
12	116	M	Ashley SUTTON		Adrian Flux Subaru Racing	Subaru Levorg	27	15.303	51.485	16
13	15	M	Tom OLIPHANT		Team BMW	BMW 330i M Sport	27	16.004	51.137	14
14	6	I	Rory BUTCHER		Cobra Sport AmD AutoAid / RCIB Insurance	Honda Civic Type R	27	16.080	51.469	13
15	48	I	Ollie JACKSON		Team Shredded Wheat Racing with Gallagher	Ford Focus RS	27	17.421	51.686	18
16	9	M	Rob COLLARD		Sterling Insurance with Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra	27	18.071	51.843	17
17	12	I	Stephen JELLEY		Team Parker Racing	BMW 125i M Sport	27	18.554	51.374	29
18	32	I	Daniel ROWBOTTOM		Cataclean Racing with Ciceley Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz A-Class	27	18.883	51.859	23
19	41	I	Carl BOARDLEY		RCIB Insurance with Fox Transport	Volkswagen CC	27	20.524	51.992	20
20	19	I	Bobby THOMPSON		GKR Scaffolding with Autobrite Direct	Volkswagen CC	27	21.742	52.080	21
21	8	I	Mark BLUNDELL		TradePriceCars.com	Audi S3	27	21.962	52.140	24
22	4	I	Sam OSBORNE		Exceler8 Motorsport	MG6	27	22.334	52.130	25
23	37	I	Rob SMITH		Exceler8 Motorsport	MG6	27	23.652	52.116	22
24	777	I	Michael CREES		GKR Scaffolding with Autobrite Direct	Volkswagen CC	27	24.930	52.094	27
25	28	I	Nicolas HAMILTON		ROKiT Racing with Motorbase	Ford Focus RS	27	25.770	52.017	26
26	31	I	Jack GOFF		RCIB Insurance with Fox Transport	Volkswagen CC	25	+ 2 LAPS	51.703	30
R	21	I	Mike BUSHELL		Cobra Sport AmD AutoAid / RCIB Insurance	Honda Civic Type R	15	DNF	51.445	28
R	18	M	Senna PROCTOR		Adrian Flux Subaru Racing	Subaru Levorg	1	DNF	N/A	7
R	77	M	Andrew JORDAN		BMW Pirtek Racing	BMW 330i M Sport	0	DNF	N/A	9
R	303	I	Matt SIMPSON		Simpson Racing	Honda Civic Type R	0	DNF	N/A	11