Team BMW’s Colin Turkington took his fifth win of the 2024 British Touring Car Championship season at Donington Park with Team BMW on Sunday while Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport’s Jake Hill re-took the lead of the Drivers’ points.
An incredible weekend was capped off by Team BMW claiming the Teams’ Trophy as the highest scoring entrants of the weekend for a second straight event.
Northern Irishman Colin started Race One from the outside of the front row and launched straight into the lead into Redgate, from where he controlled the race and powered to a 72nd career victory in his BMW 330e M Sport.
Jake started seventh and passed three cars in one move at the final turn on lap four; the Kent racer then grabbing the final podium spot with an inspired pass with five laps to go at the chicane.
Adam Morgan enjoyed an exciting race-long battle with a rival to move up to sixth, ensuring a brilliant start to the day for WSR.
With light rain falling ahead of Race Two, Colin dropped to second as he was cautious in the mixed conditions at the start, but the four-time champion showed strong pace and pressured the race leader until the end to secure second, while Jake took an 11th podium of 2024 to extend his newly-reacquired series lead.
Adam enjoyed another great race; the Lancashire racer going one better than Race One and finishing fifth.
With the top 11 reversed for the Race Three start, BMWs were mired in the midfield and had to battle their way forward. Adam had fought his way to fourth before incident damage caused him to lose pace and drop behind his team-mates.
Colin put on the drive of the race – if not the season – after he was fired off at the hairpin after he’d moved up to seventh on lap three. Dropping all the way to 17th, he reclaimed seventh at the finish.
Jake carefully managed his way forward in a chaotic race to finish in fifth, while Adam was just behind Colin in eighth; WSR securing nine top-eight finishes over the race day.
Jake now takes a nine-point lead in the standings to the next round at Silverstone, while BMW are just two points from the lead of the Manufacturers’ Championship, which they are aiming to win for a record 10th time.
Dick Bennetts, Team Principal, said: “It’s been a great day at Donington. All three BMWs finished all three races, though maybe a bit battle-scarred after Race Three. Colin took a win and a third, though unfortunately he got turned around but came from 17th to seventh. Jake had two podiums and Adam had a great day as well, so it’s been a very good weekend for Team BMW and Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport. Jake’s now nine points in the lead of the Drivers’ championship, and we’ve closed the gap in the Manufacturers’ points to two. Now we have a month to do our homework and be ready for Silverstone.”
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