Donington Park BTCC: Colin Turkington gives new BMW first win

The result was also the maiden win for WSR's new NGTC BMW.

Turkington jumped poleman Tom Onslow-Cole's Team Hard VW Passat and drove away from the field.

The 2009 champion's soft tyres started to go off in the closing stages, but the lead he had built and the battling behind meant he stayed out of reach.

Onslow-Cole, on the slower but more durable normal tyre, proved an obstacle for several cars in the early stages.

Aron Smith's Motorbase Ford and Sam Tordoff's MG made it by next and Tordoff then took second on lap four of 16.

But the MG was working its soft tyres hard and Tordoff continued to fall away from the leading BMW.

Gordon Shedden became the next threat, starting from row four on the soft tyres.

He jumped Honda team-mate Matt Neal when the triple champion got held up behind Onslow-Cole, then swiftly passed the VW.

He soon followed Adam Morgan's Ciceley Racing Toyota Avensis past Aron Smith, then moved into third with four laps to go.

The reigning champion rapidly closed on Tordoff and took second when the MG ran wide at McLeans on the final lap.

Neal, who had also overcome Morgan, followed Shedden through to secure a Honda Civic two-three.

Tordoff held on for fourth from Morgan, while Onslow-Cole repassed Smith in the closing stages to finish sixth in just the second meeting for the Passat.

Jason Plato's MG6 came home eighth, after being one of several cars forced to take avoiding action when Dave Newsham's Speedworks Toyota spun down the Craner Curves.

Race two winner Andrew Jordan pitted to clear grass from the front on his Eurotech Civic after an early excursion, but charged back to 13th and set fastest lap.

After Lea Wood, Liam Griffin and James Kaye all hit trouble, Joe Girling took the Jack Sears Trophy as the sole S2000 finisher in his Chevrolet Cruze.

Results - 16 laps:

Pos  Driver            Team/Car              Time/Gap
 1.  Colin Turkington  WSR BMW             19m16.593s
 2.  Gordon Shedden    Honda                 + 4.414s
 3.  Matt Neal         Honda                 + 4.699s
 4.  Sam Tordoff       MG                    + 4.886s
 5.  Adam Morgan       Ciceley Toyota        + 5.377s
 6.  Tom Onslow-Cole   Hard VW               + 7.290s
 7.  Aron Smith        Motorbase Ford        + 7.744s
 8.  Jason Plato       MG                    + 8.550s
 9.  Mat Jackson       Motorbase Ford        + 9.066s
10.  Jeff Smith        Eurotech Honda        + 9.604s
11.  Daniel Welch      Welch Proton         + 19.769s
12.  Rob Collard       WSR BMW              + 26.398s
13.  Andrew Jordan     Eurotech Honda       + 32.864s
14.  Will Bratt        Austin Audi          + 33.729s
15.  Nick Foster       WSR BMW              + 34.136s
16.  Jack Goff         Hard Vauxhall        + 34.409s
17.  James Cole        Hard Vauxhall        + 39.788s
18.  Joe Girling       Finesse Chevrolet*   + 40.009s
19.  Warren Scott      BMR SEAT*            + 50.248s

Retirements:

     Ollie Jackson     Speedworks Toyota      11 laps
     James Kaye        AmD VW*                 7 laps
     Dave Newsham      Speedworks Toyota       6 laps
     Liam Griffin      Motorbase Ford*         2 laps
     Lea Wood          Wood Vauxhall*           1 lap
     Rob Austin        Austin Audi             0 laps
     David Nye         Welch Ford*             0 laps
     Frank Wrathall    Dynojet Toyota          0 laps

* S2000