Jake Hill doubles up in Knockhill finale

Laser Tools Racing’s Jake Hill took his second win of the day in the final British Touring Car Championship race at Knockhill, having taken the lead from reverse-grid pole-sitter Daryl DeLeon early on.

DeLeon started from pole after the top six were reversed from the race two result, and the WSR driver for much of the opening two laps.

However, stablemate Hill dived inside at the hairpin on the second lap and whilst DeLeon, one of only four drivers on the medium compound tyre, tried to get a better exit on the outside, he had to cede to Hill into the first corner of the next lap, with NAPA Racing UK’s Dan Cammish also in close quarters.

Cammish then followed Hill into second two corners later. The top six saw few changes over the following laps, but Team Vertu’s Tom Ingram was applying heavy pressure on NAPA’s Ash Sutton in fifth throughout.

Team play came into the mix as well, with Team Vertu’s Senna Proctor running directly ahead of Sutton on the road in fourth, whilst Tom Chilton was also acting as rear gunner for Ingram in seventh, although he had to contend with NAPA’s Daniel Rowbottom for the position, including some place swapping, as a result.

On lap 16, Sutton made his move on DeLeon for fourth, having been given respite from Ingram’s attacks when Rowbottom moved into seventh behind.

Sutton wasted little time in getting past Proctor for third at McIntyres a lap later, whilst Ingram passed DeLeon for fourth as the BMW slipped down the order.

It took until the last lap for further team play to come in to factor, as second-placed Cammish slowed on the approach to the line to allow Sutton into second, controversially appearing to do so under waved yellow flags as the stricken BMW of DeLeon blocked the pitlane entry.

Indeed, the positions would be reversed after the race, as Sutton was given a one-place penalty for overtaking under yellow flags, leaving Hill as the winner by five seconds ahead of Cammish and Sutton.

Ingram was fourth, and as a result loses just two points to Sutton in the title race, with Ingram leading on 323 points ahead of Sutton on 306.

Chilton prevailed in fifth ahead of Rowbottom, whilst Team Vertu’s Adam Morgan was seventh, benefitting when Proctor was handed a ten-second time penalty for exceeding track limits.

WSR’s Charles Rainford was eighth, with the top ten completed by team-mate Aiden Moffat and Toyota’s Gordon Shedden.

Restart Racing’s Chris Smiley was the top Independent driver in 11^th, extending his new points lead, ahead of team-mate Daniel Lloyd in 12^th.

Only three drivers failed to finish – DeLeon two laps from the finish, Toyota’s Árón Taylor Smith retiring to the pits at mid-distance, whilst the Corolla of Max Buxton crawled to a halt on the opening lap of the race.

Race three result

POS	NO	CL	NAT	DRIVER	ENTRANT	CAR	LAPS	TIME	BEST	GD
1	1	M		Jake HILL	Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport	BMW 330i M Sport	24	21:00.395	51.604	2
2	27	M		Dan CAMMISH	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	24	5.096	51.340	4
3	116	M		Ashley SUTTON	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	24	4.717	51.589	5
4	80	M		Tom INGRAM	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	24	6.277	51.584	6
5	3	M		Tom CHILTON	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	24	10.000	51.726	8
6	32	M		Daniel ROWBOTTOM	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	24	10.628	52.078	9
7	33	M		Adam MORGAN	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	24	14.966	51.992	10
8	99	M		Charles RAINFORD	LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR	BMW 330i M Sport	24	16.145	51.798	16
9	16	M		Aiden MOFFAT	LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR	BMW 330i M Sport	24	18.208	51.699	7
10	52	M		Gordon SHEDDEN	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	24	18.218	52.060	13
11	22	I		Chris SMILEY	Restart Racing	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	24	18.556	51.911	12
12	123	I		Daniel LLOYD	Restart Racing	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	24	18.834	51.786	15
13	18	M		Senna PROCTOR	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	24	24.675	51.704	3
14	17	I		Dexter PATTERSON	ROKiT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport	CUPRA Leon	24	28.117	52.393	17
15	88	I		Mikey DOBLE	Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing	CUPRA Leon	24	28.673	52.477	18
16	77	M		Sam OSBORNE	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	24	29.117	52.307	22
17	132	M		James DORLIN	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	24	30.062	52.145	14
18	28	I		Nicolas HAMILTON	Powder Monkey Brewing Co with Esidock	CUPRA Leon	24	30.696	52.738	20
19	50	I		Nick HALSTEAD	Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing	CUPRA Leon	24	46.064	53.013	21
R	2	M		Daryl DELEON	WSR	BMW 330i M Sport	22	DNF	51.742	1
R	40	M		Árón TAYLOR-SMITH	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	11	DNF	52.057	11
R	19	M		Max BUXTON	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	1	DNF	N/A	19