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BTCC Brands Hatch: Jordan beats Turkington to race three victory

WSR BMW 125i M Sport racer Andrew Jordan won the British Touring Car Championship finale at Brands Hatch, holding off team-mate Colin Turkington in the closing laps

Tom Chilton (Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra) had started the race from pole position but Jordan powered from third on the grid to leapfrog Josh Cook and Chilton when the lights went out, grabbing the lead around the outside going into Paddock Hill Bend.

After an early spell of pressure from behind Jordan began to pull away in the middle part of the race, and Chilton soon fell back into the clutches of third-place Turkington - who worked a way past on lap 17 of the 24-lap event, before setting off after team-mate Jordan.

He quickly chopped into Jordan's two second lead and was right in his wheeltracks over the closing turns.

The two made slight contact at the final corner, but Jordan held on to win by 0.3 seconds.

"That wasn't the most comfortable moment in my career when I saw Colin coming up behind me," said Jordan.

"I had hurt my tyres earlier on, and in that instance it is easy to push too hard but I made it.

"This was a fantastic start to my career with WSR and the BMW was awesome. Colin and I are proper drivers and we were able to race well.

This was my first weekend with the car and it has been a good learning process. We still have got more to come, so I am delighted."

Turkington said he was pleased to have rescued his weekend after shunting out of the opener at the start line.

"It is easy to let your head drop in this championship, but I know how quickly things can turn around to you have to push on," said Turkington.

"The guys gave me a great car and my softer-spec tyres held on wonderfully."

Chilton finished in third place on Vauxhall's first weekend back in the championship as a factory-blessed team, while Matt Neal (Team Dynamics Honda Civic Type R) advanced from 11th place on the grid to grab fourth.

Ciceley Racing's Adam Morgan brought his Mercedes-Benz A-Class home fifth, with the third WSR BMW of Rob Collard rounding out the top six.

RESULT - 24 LAPS:

Pos Driver Team Car Gap
1 Andrew Jordan WSR BMW 19m53.418s
2 Colin Turkington WSR BMW 0.315s
3 Tom Chilton Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall 4.692s
4 Matt Neal Dynamics/Honda Honda 7.558s
5 Adam Morgan Ciceley Racing Mercedes 10.205s
6 Rob Collard WSR BMW 10.812s
7 Gordon Shedden Dynamics/Honda Honda 11.719s
8 Jack Goff Eurotech Racing Honda 12.141s
9 Michael Epps Team Hard Volkswagen 12.970s
10 Jake Hill Team Hard Volkswagen 14.367s
11 Tom Ingram Speedworks Motorsport Toyota 18.859s
12 Aron Taylor-Smith Triple Eight/MG MG 21.500s
13 Mat Jackson Motorbase Ford 21.648s
14 Dave Newsham BTC Racing Chevrolet 22.117s
15 Daniel Lloyd Triple Eight/MG MG 22.587s
16 Ollie Jackson AmD Tuning Audi 23.653s
17 Jeff Smith Eurotech Racing Honda 25.070s
18 Rob Austin Handy Motorsport Toyota 25.546s
19 Senna Proctor Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall 25.942s
20 Luke Davenport Motorbase Ford 26.183s
21 Ash Sutton Team BMR Subaru 26.540s
22 Martin Depper Motorbase Ford 26.932s
23 Ant Whorton-Eales AmD Tuning Audi 29.636s
24 Josh Price Team BMR Subaru 30.355s
25 Chris Smiley BTC Racing Chevrolet 33.244s
26 Josh Cook Maximum Motorsport Ford 1 Lap
27 Stephen Jelley Team Parker Racing Ford 2 Laps
28 Will Burns Team Hard Volkswagen 3 Laps
- Aiden Moffat Laser Tools Racing Mercedes Retirement
- James Cole Team BMR Subaru Retirement
- Jason Plato Team BMR Subaru Withdrawn
- Matt Simpson Dynamics/Honda Honda Retirement

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