BTC Racing’s Josh Cook has been excluded from the results of the opening British Touring Car Championship contest at Oulton Park after failing the post-race ride height checks.
Cook started the wet first encounter from the front row, but would bog down and have to fight back from fourth to eventually take a commanding victory by over two seconds from polesitter Rory Butcher.
After the race, Cook’s Honda Civic Type R was immediately in question after delays in scrutineering post-race which placed doubt over whether he would retain the victory.
Now confirmed, Butcher inherits his first win of the 2020 campaign as a result, marking the first for the new Ford Focus ST in the process.
In addition, Dan Cammish jumps up to second while Jake Hill completes the podium with his first silverware of the season so far.
Cook will start from the back of the grid for race two, which gets underway in Cheshire shortly.
Revised race result
| POS | NO | CL | DRIVER | NAT | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME | BEST | GD |
| 1 | 6 | I | Rory BUTCHER |  |
Motorbase Performance | Ford Focus ST | 15 | 25:23.005 | 1:36.582 | 1 |
| 2 | 27 | M | Dan CAMMISH | |
Halfords Yuasa Racing | Honda Civic Type-R | 15 | 1.680 | 1:36.440 | 5 |
| 3 | 24 | I | Jake HILL | |
MB Motorsport accelerated by Blue Square | Honda Civic Type-R | 15 | 2.521 | 1:36.522 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | M | Colin TURKINGTON | |
Team BMW | BMW 330i M Sport | 15 | 7.250 | 1:36.744 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | I | Tom CHILTON | |
BTC Racing | Honda Civic Type-R | 15 | 8.822 | 1:37.034 | 7 |
| 6 | 80 | M | Tom INGRAM | |
Toyota Gazoo Racing UK with Ginsters | Toyota Corolla | 15 | 9.559 | 1:36.383 | 14 |
| 7 | 32 | I | Adam MORGAN | |
Carlube Triple R Racing with Mac Tools | Mercedes-Benz A-Class | 15 | 11.980 | 1:36.838 | 9 |
| 8 | 116 | I | Ashley SUTTON | |
Laser Tools Racing | Infiniti Q50 | 15 | 19.497 | 1:36.690 | 11 |
| 9 | 22 | I | Chris SMILEY | |
Excelr8 Motorsport | Hyundai i30 Fastback N | 15 | 20.357 | 1:37.750 | 10 |
| 10 | 18 | I | Senna PROCTOR | |
Excelr8 Motorsport | Hyundai i30 Fastback N | 15 | 26.018 | 1:38.020 | 13 |
| 11 | 777 | I | Michael CREES | |
The Clever Baggers with BTC Racing | Honda Civic Type-R | 15 | 27.142 | 1:37.663 | 12 |
| 12 | 15 | M | Tom OLIPHANT | |
Team BMW | BMW 330i M Sport | 15 | 28.801 | 1:37.715 | 8 |
| 13 | 48 | I | Ollie JACKSON | |
Motorbase Performance | Ford Focus ST | 15 | 30.033 | 1:38.002 | 16 |
| 14 | 19 | I | Bobby THOMPSON | |
GKR TradePriceCars.com | Audi S3 | 15 | 30.364 | 1:38.108 | 27 |
| 15 | 44 | I | Andy NEATE | |
Motorbase Performance | Ford Focus ST | 15 | 30.759 | 1:38.090 | 23 |
| 16 | 4 | I | Sam OSBORNE | |
MB Motorsport accelerated by Blue Square | Honda Civic Type-R | 15 | 31.650 | 1:38.209 | 20 |
| 17 | 16 | I | Aiden MOFFAT | |
Laser Tools Racing | Infiniti Q50 | 15 | 32.041 | 1:37.380 | 21 |
| 18 | 180 | I | James GORNALL | |
GKR TradePriceCars.com | Audi S3 | 15 | 36.600 | 1:38.398 | 22 |
| 19 | 32 | I | Jack BUTEL | |
Carlube Triple R Racing with Mac Tools | Mercedes-Benz A-Class | 15 | 45.746 | 1:38.786 | 24 |
| 20 | 12 | I | Stephen JELLEY | |
Team Parker Racing | BMW 125i M Sport | 15 | 49.971 | 1:38.628 | 18 |
| 21 | 21 | I | Mike BUSHELL | |
Power Maxed Car Care Racing | Vauxhall Astra | 13 | + 2 LAPS | 1:36.465 | 15 |
| 22 | 34 | I | Ollie BROWN | |
RCIB Insurance Racing with Fox Transport | Volkswagen CC | 13 | + 2 LAPS | 1:39.983 | 25 |
| R | 28 | I | Nicolas HAMILTON | |
ROKiT Racing with Team HARD. | Volkswagen CC | 13 | DNF | 1:39.604 | 26 |
| NC | 700 | M | Matt NEAL | |
Halfords Yuasa Racing | Honda Civic Type-R | 12 | NCF | 1:37.989 | 4 |
| R | 31 | I | Jack GOFF | |
RCIB Insurance Racing with Fox Transport | Volkswagen CC | 11 | DNF | 1:38.207 | 19 |
| NS | 41 | I | Carl BOARDLEY | |
Team HARD. | BMW 125i M Sport | – | DNS | N/A | 17 |
| EX | 66 | I | Josh COOK | |
BTC Racing | Honda Civic Type-R | 15 | 25:20.926 | 1:36.482 | 2 |
