Colin Turkington does the double at Snetterton

Team BMW’s Colin Turkington won again in the second British Touring Car Championship race at Snetterton, once again heading home WSR team-mate Jake Hill.

Turkington once again took a lights-to-flag win, but it was not plain sailing for the four-time champion, who was pushed hard by MB Motorsport’s Hill on opening lap with half a lap of side-by-side racing for the team-mates.

Turkington ultimately prevailed with a stern defence going into the Esses, and despite a mid-race safety car which meant he had to again defend his lead at the restart.

Hill secured his fourth consecutive second-place finish, whilst Excelr8 Motorsport’s Tom Ingram was third, the Hyundai driver having been hot on the tail of both Turkington and Ingram as they duelled on the opening lap, ready to take advantage of any incident but otherwise unable to keep up with their pace as the race developed.

Ciceley Motorsport’s Adam Morgan once again just missed out on the podium in fourth, with the third WSR-run BMW of Stephen Jelley again taking fifth as the order at the top remained unchanged from race one.

Toyota’s Ricky Collard made up three places at the start, then passed Team Dynamics’ Daniel Rowbottom for seventh on the third lap.

The 26-year-old then overtook BTC Racing’s Jason Plato for sixth just before the safety car was called upon on lap six, needed when the Honda of Gordon Shedden crawled to a halt with a suspected electrical issue – the Scot had earlier been off through the dusty grass at Coram on the opening lap.

Plato finished in seventh, ahead of fellow Honda racer Daniel Rowbottom in eighth.

It was a difficult race for the NAPA Racing UK drivers, as Dan Cammish and Ash Sutton made contact at the Wilson hairpin on the opening lap dropping them 14 and four places respectively.

The incident appeared to be caused by Collard, who had in turn bumped into Rowbottom and pushed wide into Cammish, with the Fords forced onto the grass on the exit.

Whilst Sutton quickly recovered two places on the next lap and made further gains to finish in ninth, Cammish took the chequered flag outside the points in 18^th.

Power Maxed Racing’s Ash Hand completed the top ten, the Vauxhall driver having gained four places up to ninth on the opening lap before losing out to Sutton on lap five.

BTC Racing’s Josh Cook generally circulated in the final points places for the duration of the race, losing 14^th to Ciceley Motorsport’s George Gamble on the penultimate lap.

Laser Tools Racing’s Aiden Moffat pulled off the circuit after eight laps with an issue on his Infiniti.

Excelr8’s Tom Chilton failed to start the race due to an engine change on his Hyundai – which has required the team to ready their second spare engine, after the first spare was installed in Ingram’s car overnight.

Following the race 1990 BTCC Champion Robb Gravett randomly selected the top nine to be reversed on the grid for the final race of the day, handing pole position to Sutton with Rowbottom alongside on the front row.

The final race of the day is scheduled to get underway at 17:10 BST.

Race result

POS	NO	CL	NAT	DRIVER	ENTRANT	CAR	LAPS	TIME	BEST	GD
1	500	M		Colin TURKINGTON	Team BMW	BMW 330e M Sport	14	29:02.147	1:56.218	1
2	24	M		Jake HILL	ROKiT MB Motorsport	BMW 330e M Sport	14	1.287	1:56.231	2
3	80	M		Tom INGRAM	Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8 TradePriceCars.com	Hyundai i30 Fastback N	14	4.872	1:57.060	3
4	33	I		Adam MORGAN	Car Gods with Ciceley Motorsport	BMW 330e M Sport	14	5.919	1:57.102	4
5	12	M		Stephen JELLEY	Team BMW	BMW 330e M Sport	14	6.31	1:57.295	5
6	21	M		Ricky COLLARD	Toyota GAZOO Racing UK	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	14	8.634	1:57.505	11
7	11	I		Jason PLATO	Rich Energy BTC Racing	Honda Civic Type R	14	9.838	1:57.848	6
8	32	M		Daniel ROWBOTTOM	Halfords Racing with Cataclean	Honda Civic Type R	14	10.477	1:57.224	8
9	1	M		Ashley SUTTON	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	14	10.717	1:57.382	9
10	97	I		Ash HAND	CarStore Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra	14	14.191	1:57.847	13
11	123	M		Daniel LLOYD	Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8 TradePriceCars.com	Hyundai i30 Fastback N	14	14.806	1:58.180	12
12	6	M		Rory BUTCHER	Toyota GAZOO Racing UK	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	14	15.171	1:57.267	15
13	48	M		Ollie JACKSON	Apec Racing with Beavis Morgan	Ford Focus ST	14	17.088	1:58.234	18
14	42	I		George GAMBLE	Car Gods with Ciceley Motorsport	BMW 330e M Sport	14	17.355	1:58.080	16
15	66	I		Josh COOK	Rich Energy BTC Racing	Honda Civic Type R	14	20.393	1:57.781	19
16	40	I		Árón TAYLOR-SMITH	Yazoo with Safuu.com Racing	CUPRA Leon	14	22.623	1:58.693	17
17	19	I		Bobby THOMPSON	Autobrite Direct with JourneyHero	CUPRA Leon	14	22.761	1:58.683	14
18	9	M		Dan CAMMISH	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	14	23.014	1:58.144	7
19	96	M		Jack BUTEL	Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8 TradePriceCars.com	Hyundai i30 Fastback N	14	23.448	1:58.374	22
20	77	M		Sam OSBORNE	Apec Racing with Beavis Morgan	Ford Focus ST	14	25.044	1:58.602	21
21	777	I		Michael CREES	CarStore Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall Astra	14	33.686	1:57.950	28
22	99	I		Jade EDWARDS	Rich Energy BTC Racing	Honda Civic Type R	14	43.354	2:00.517	27
23	28	I		Nicolas HAMILTON	Yazoo with Safuu.com Racing	CUPRA Leon	14	47.161	1:59.555	24
R	16	I		Aiden MOFFAT	Laser Tools Racing	Infiniti Q50	8	DNF	1:59.430	26
R	20	I		Will POWELL	Autobrite Direct with JourneyHero	CUPRA Leon	8	DNF	1:59.486	25
R	62	I		Rick PARFITT JR	Uptonsteel with Euro Car Parts Racing	Infiniti Q50	7	DNF	1:58.944	23
R	52	M		Gordon SHEDDEN	Halfords Racing with Cataclean	Honda Civic Type R	4	DNF	1:58.198	10
R	17	I		Dexter PATTERSON	Laser Tools Racing	Infiniti Q50	4	DNF	2:00.557	20
NS	3	M		Tom CHILTON	Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8 TradePriceCars.com	Hyundai i30 Fastback N	–	DNS	N/A	29