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Dan Rowbottom put together a blinding lap to take first pole of 2023

Dan Rowbottom put together a sensational lap but his Napa Racing Ford on pole position for the first race of the BTCC season with a 1:07.598 ahead of teammate Ash Sutton. Sutton, a three-time champion, had set a quicker time of a 1:07.486 before getting it removed for track limits.

This left the Motorbase team having to give Sutton one last all or nothing lap to try and gain back anything he had lost with the last lap time. The time could not be replicated but P2 is not a terrible starting position.

Jake Hill was the highest placed BMW run by Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport qualifying in P3. Just beating fellow BMW driver Colin Turkington by 0.112 seconds placing the Team BMW car on the second row.

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Dan Cammish rounded out the top five making it three Napa Racing Fords inside the top five and highlighting how close the front end of the grid is with all five within 0.329 seconds of each other.

Tom Ingram was next in P6 in the Toyota Gazoo Racing car impressing despite causing a red flag in the first practice session of the day limiting his running coming into the most important session of the weekend so far.

Josh Cook in the One Motorsport Honda Civic and Adam Morgan in the second Team BMW car in the top 10 managed to outqualify Andrew Watson in the Power MAxed Racing Vauxhall Astra in his very first attempt in the championship.

Ricky Collard, teammate of Ingram in the Toyota Gazoo Racing outfit did not participate in the top 10 shootout as of a fuel leak at the end of the first session leaving him unable to take part in the second part.

It was really close to the people that nearly made the top 10 shootout. From Watson in P10 in the first session to Aiden Moffat in the One Motorsport Honda Civic. in P18 were split by less than 0.25 of a second.

Some were unable to complete their final laps due to Nick Halstead causing a red flag with 40 seconds remaining in the EXCELR8 Hyundai which ended the session there and then.

Ronan Pearson in the third EXCELR8 Hyundai was excruciatingly close, not making it through by being 0.06 seconds with qualifying coming to an end in P11.

Despite some surprise that there was no BMW on the front row it was foreshadowed by the 1-2-3 by the Napa Racing Fords in the first qualifying session.

Q2 results

POS NO NAT DRIVER ENTRANT CAR LAPS TIME GAP
1 32 Daniel ROWBOTTOM NAPA Racing UK Ford Focus ST 1:07.598
2 116 Ashley SUTTON NAPA Racing UK Ford Focus ST 1:07.639 0.041
3 24 Jake HILL Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport BMW 330e M Sport 1:07.698 0.100
4 4 Colin TURKINGTON Team BMW BMW 330e M Sport 1:07.810 0.212
5 27 Dan CAMMISH NAPA Racing UK Ford Focus ST 1:07.927 0.329
6 1 Tom INGRAM BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8 Hyundai i30 N Fastback 1:08.014 0.416
7 66 Josh COOK One Motorsport with Starline Racing Honda Civic Type-R 1:08.134 0.536
8 33 Adam MORGAN Team BMW BMW 330e M Sport 1:08.315 0.717
9 11 Andrew WATSON CarStore Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra 1:08.941 1.343
10 37 Ricky COLLARD TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK Toyota Corolla GR Sport 0:00.000

Q1 results

POS NO NAT DRIVER ENTRANT CAR LAPS TIME GAP
1 116 Ashley SUTTON NAPA Racing UK Ford Focus ST 16 1:07.570
2 32 Daniel ROWBOTTOM NAPA Racing UK Ford Focus ST 17 1:07.705 0.135
3 27 Dan CAMMISH NAPA Racing UK Ford Focus ST 18 1:07.827 0.257
4 4 Colin TURKINGTON Team BMW BMW 330e M Sport 18 1:07.963 0.393
5 24 Jake HILL Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport BMW 330e M Sport 18 1:08.169 0.599
6 1 Tom INGRAM BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8 Hyundai i30 N Fastback 15 1:08.185 0.615
7 66 Josh COOK One Motorsport with Starline Racing Honda Civic Type-R 14 1:08.186 0.616
8 11 Andrew WATSON CarStore Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra 15 1:08.271 0.701
9 33 Adam MORGAN Team BMW BMW 330e M Sport 19 1:08.298 0.728
10 37 Ricky COLLARD TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK Toyota Corolla GR Sport 11 1:08.319 0.749
11 14 Ronan PEARSON BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8 Hyundai i30 N Fastback 18 1:08.381 0.811
12 123 Daniel LLOYD Autobrite Direct with Millers Oils CUPRA Leon 19 1:08.438 0.868
13 6 Rory BUTCHER TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK Toyota Corolla GR Sport 17 1:08.464 0.894
14 3 Tom CHILTON BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8 Hyundai i30 N Fastback 16 1:08.482 0.912
15 12 Stephen JELLEY Team BMW BMW 330e M Sport 20 1:08.493 0.923
16 40 Árón TAYLOR-SMITH CarStore Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra 16 1:08.521 0.951
17 42 George GAMBLE TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK Toyota Corolla GR Sport 18 1:08.526 0.956
18 16 Aiden MOFFAT One Motorsport with Starline Racing Honda Civic Type-R 20 1:08.528 0.958
19 77 Sam OSBORNE NAPA Racing UK Ford Focus ST 13 1:08.731 1.161
20 17 Dexter PATTERSON Re.Beverages and Bartercard with Team HARD. CUPRA Leon 17 1:08.831 1.261
21 88 Mikey DOBLE CarStore Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra 14 1:09.019 1.449
22 19 Bobby THOMPSON Autobrite Direct with Millers Oils CUPRA Leon 11 1:09.035 1.465
23 96 Jack BUTEL Go-Fix with Autoaid Breakdown CUPRA Leon 17 1:09.124 1.554
24 70 Will POWELL One Motorsport with Starline Racing Honda Civic Type-R 17 1:09.474 1.904
25 28 Nicolas HAMILTON Go-Fix with Autoaid Breakdown CUPRA Leon 16 1:09.634 2.064
26 22 Nick HALSTEAD BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8 Hyundai i30 N Fastback 20 1:09.735 2.165
27 99 Jade EDWARDS Re.Beverages and Bartercard with Team HARD. CUPRA Leon 16 1:10.010 2.440

 

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