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Silverstone BTCC: Jackson wins finale, Turkington closes on title

Mat Jackson won the reversed-grid British Touring Car Championship race at Silverstone after a dramatic battle involving the title contenders

Jackson jumped to second , behind Motorbase Ford Focus team-mate Fabrizio Giovanardi, and found a way alongside the Italian through Luffield at the end of lap one.

Jackson passed on the run to the line, only to back off and let the other Focus back by due to the safety car appearing after an incident involving James Cole, Robb Holland and Martin Depper.

During the long safety car period, Giovanardi allowed Jackson back into the lead and then had a slide through Luffield at the restart.

As Jackson made his escape, Giovanardi slowed Aron Smith (BMR Volkswagen) enough for Colin Turkington to pass him before the line, but the WSR BMW driver immediately handed the place back.

Smith soon made it by Giovanardi into second, but he could not catch former team-mate Jackson, who took the flag 2.8 seconds clear.

Giovanardi was a much harder nut to crack for Turkington, with some near misses allowing a pack to build up behind the duel.

On lap 18 of 24, Turkington finally dived by the Ford into Brooklands, only to get a hit from Giovanardi into Luffield.

That allowed Alain Menu to get a run on both and they ran three-abreast on the run to Copse, where Turkington found himself back to fifth.

As Giovanardi and Menu fought through the corner, however, the championship leader got a better run and made it three-wide once again on the approach to Becketts.

Holding the inside line, Turkington looked to have secured the spot, but got a hit from Jason Plato's MG, pushing the BMW into Giovanardi and causing the Ford to have a big slide.

Turkington held on to his BMW and defended the inside line, holding back Plato and the jostling pack into Brooklands.

He then edged away to secure his third podium of the day, though Plato's fourth place was enough to take the championship fight to the Brands Hatch finale.

Menu finished fifth, while Andrew Jordan completed a quietly impressive weekend with sixth in his Eurotech Honda Civic.

Adam Morgan completed a good recovery from his race-one woes by charging to seventh and taking fastest lap, while Gordon Shedden defeated Warren Scott (BMR VW) for eighth.

Giovanardi eventually came home 11th.

MG's chances of completing a Silverstone hat-trick took a dive early on, when Sam Tordoff, set to start on the front row, suffered an engine failure on the green flag lap.

RESULTS - 24 LAPS:

Pos Driver Team Car Gap
1 Mat Jackson Motorbase Ford 26m31.087s
2 Aron Taylor-Smith Team BMR Volkswagen 2.753s
3 Colin Turkington WSR BMW 5.257s
4 Jason Plato Triple Eight MG 5.972s
5 Alain Menu Team BMR Volkswagen 6.303s
6 Andrew Jordan Eurotech Honda 6.926s
7 Adam Morgan Ciceley Racing Mercedes 7.245s
8 Gordon Shedden Team Dynamics Honda 8.121s
9 Warren Scott Team BMR Volkswagen 8.384s
10 Jack Goff Team BMR Volkswagen 8.839s
11 Fabrizio Giovanardi Motorbase Ford 9.427s
12 Matt Neal Team Dynamics Honda 9.751s
13 Jack Clarke Motorbase Ford 11.464s
14 Dave Newsham AmD Ford 13.901s
15 Nick Foster WSR BMW 15.017s
16 Marc Hynes Triple Eight MG 16.698s
17 Aiden Moffat Moffat Chevrolet 16.943s
18 Rob Austin Rob Austin Racing Audi 17.106s
19 Tom Ingram Speedworks Motorsport Toyota 18.044s
20 Lea Wood Houseman Racing Toyota 19.298s
21 Chris Stockton BTC Racing Chevrolet 32.550s
22 Simon Belcher Handy Motorsport Toyota 33.190s
23 Hunter Abbott Rob Austin Racing Audi 44.268s
24 Martin Depper Eurotech Honda 1 Lap
- Luke Hines United Autosports Toyota Retirement
- Daniel Welch Welch Motorsport Proton Retirement
- Ollie Jackson Welch Motorsport Proton Not started
- Robb Holland Rotek Racing Audi Retirement
- Sam Tordoff Triple Eight MG Retirement
- James Cole United Autosports Toyota Retirement

CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS:

Pos Driver Points
1 Colin Turkington 417
2 Jason Plato 367
3 Gordon Shedden 317
4 Mat Jackson 283
5 Andrew Jordan 279
6 Rob Collard 251
7 Matt Neal 207
8 Sam Tordoff 207
9 Aron Taylor-Smith 176
10 Alain Menu 173


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