Jake Hill and Colin Turkington scored commanding victories across a thrilling British Touring Car Championship raceday on Sunday to leave WSR and BMW as the Kings of Knockhill.
Jake’s Race Two victory at the Scottish track plus a pair of fifth-place results in his BMW 330e M Sport helped him close to within three points of the Drivers’ Championship lead while Colin’s win and third-place finish made him the weekend’s top scorer.
With Adam Morgan adding a first podium of the year in Race One, Team BMW claimed the Award as the top-scoring team of the weekend while BMW also closed on the lead of the Manufacturers’ Championship, which they aim to win for a record 10th time.
“”It’s been a great day at Knockhill in the sunshine,” commented Dick Bennett’s, Team Principal. “Wins for Jake and Colin and Jake’s only three points off the lead of the Drivers’ Championship. We’ve caught up a lot in the Manufacturers’ points race and we’ve won the Teams’ Trophy with Team BMW so we couldn’t have hoped for much more.”
Having taken his third pole position of the season on Saturday, Northern Irishman Colin was untouchable in Race One as he led every lap and triumphed for the fourth time in 2024 – and the 71st time in his career.
The Team BMW driver then added third place in Race Two and ninth in Race Three to end the event with 46 points – more than any other driver.
While he was racing to the Race Two podium, Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport’s Jake Hill was pulling clear on his way to a sixth victory 2024 on what was his 250th BTCC start.
The Kent racer’s victory was the 10th of the year for WSR and, added to two further fifth-place finishes, strengthened his title chances.
Adam Morgan secured his first podium finish of the year with a gutsy drive to third in Race One as the Lancashire racer showed strong pace in his BMW.
Sixth in Race Two was followed by an unfortunate non-finish in the finale while running in the top six due to drive-line failure, but the combined efforts of he and Colin netted Team BMW the award as the top-scoring team of the weekend.
Nine races remain in the 2024 season, the next three taking place at Donington Park, East Midlands, on August 24-25.
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS AFTER ROUND 7/10
DRIVERS
1. Tom Ingram – 278 points
2. Jake Hill – 275
3. Ash Sutton – 258
4. Dan Cammish – 236
5. Colin Turkington – 224
6. Josh Cook – 222
11. Adam Morgan – 142
MANUFACTURERS
1. Ford – 571 points
2. BMW – 554
3. Hyundai – 495
4. Toyota – 471
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