Team BMW head north of the border this weekend aiming to protect their British Touring Car Championship lead at the spectacular Knockhill circuit.
Leading the Drivers’, Teams’ and Manufacturers’ points tables following last weekend’s triple-header at Oulton Park, the WSR-run team arrive in Scotland with Colin Turkington and Tom Oliphant ready to do battle in their BMW 330i M Sports.
“Four events in five weekends has been a huge task for everyone at WSR, but they’ve done an exceptional job on the Team BMW cars with 100 per cent reliability and some excellent performances by both Colin and Tom,” commented Team Principal Dick Bennetts. “We stayed on at Oulton Park for a couple of days to prepare the BMWs before heading to Knockhill mid-week.
“We’ve had a lot of success at Knockhill in the past, but we arrive this time with two cars carrying a lot of success ballast. It’s one of those tracks where if you get sucked into the midfield, it can be very difficult to work your way through.
“We’ll be glad of the three-week break afterwards, but we have a job to do in the meantime, and our full focus will be on staying ahead in all three championships as we near the halfway point of the season.”
Four-time champion Colin Turkington tops the Drivers’ Championship by 19 points and carries the maximum 60kg success ballast in his BMW into the weekend for a third consecutive event
The Northern Irishman was a double-winner at the 1.3-mile Fife circuit in 2013 in the WSR BMW 1 Series and has finished on the podium there 14 times in his BTCC career.
Team-mate Tom celebrated turning 30 last week with a podium finish – his third of the campaign – in Race Three at Oulton Park.
Lying fourth in the championship after his maiden BTCC win and his best-ever start to a season, the Leamington Spa-based racer carries 42kg success ballast into the weekend.
Tom scored the best result of his rookie BTCC season at Knockhill and set the fastest lap in two of the three races held there last year.
The Scottish circuit has been a happy hunting ground for WSR in past seasons with 11 race wins and 35 podium finishes
Knockhill, at which WSR have won 11 BTCC races and scored 35 podiums, hosts the fourth round of the 2020 season.
In a change to the regular schedule, the event will be broadcast live on ITV2 in HD and online via the ITV Hub, with highlights shown across the ITV network subsequently.
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