BTCC top driver quotes after Snetterton races - results, penalties 15.08.2022: Colin Turkington said: “It’s a dream weekend. Even when you’re leading, it’s by no means easy. I’ve never been so hot in that car in my life! Team BMW have given me a really fast 3 Series here at Snetterton – as we have the past three years. To do well in

Colin Turkington said: “It’s a dream weekend. Even when you’re leading, it’s by no means easy. I’ve never been so hot in that car in my life! Team BMW have given me a really fast 3 Series here at Snetterton – as we have the past three years. To do well in this championship you have to be on top of your game and, with two other quick drivers in the team, we’re pushing each other always to the next level.



Sometimes it’s a pain having a quick team-mate, but it benefits us also. We’re working hard in every department; we haven’t got here by chance and we’re pushing the envelope everywhere. It’s just rewards today. 500 races is a massive milestone and I’m very grateful for the career I’ve had and the successes I’ve had in the BTCC; but I’m still hungry for more.”





Jake Hill said: “I’ve closed the gap ever so slightly on Tom [Ingram] again, Colin’s [Turkington] got away but we’ve done a really good job today. Maybe this is the new and improved Jake Hill... it was still great, another one-two for BMW and my ROKiT MB Motorsport machine was P2. I always feel anything over 40 points is a good weekend and I’ve bagged 45 here after my 59 at Knockhill, so it’s a very good weekend.



I’ve had five podiums in a row, which I’ve never done before in my BTCC career, so that’s another highlight for me. The BMW was in a good window all weekend and a pair of one-twos is obviously very good for WSR and BMW. We’re right there in the title fight with three events to go, so it’s definitely all to play for.”





Tom Ingram said: “I think this is a weekend where we have maximised what we could from it, and I don’t really feel we could have expected much more given the pace of the BMWs. I’m really pleased to be coming away from the weekend with three podium finishes and it’s been a very 'pointsy' meeting that has paid off quite well for us.



It’s a shame that we weren’t able to score enough points to outdo Colin [Turkington] but we’re only 15 points behind and that means we are right in the mix with three meetings still to go. From here we go to Thruxton which is where we went well earlier in the year, so we just need to take what we have learned here, do our homework and see where we end up.”





Ash Sutton said: “That’s mega. If I’m honest, we made the exact same settings in terms of changes for race two but the damage from the contact with Dan [Cammish] put all the alignment out and we were lucky to get back to P9. If I had that car in race two, it would have been a different story.



That’s mega I can’t thank NAPA Racing UK enough! [Jason Plato] kept me honest, the old boy, didn’t he? First couple of laps, we set up for the long term, the long race, so she was a bit lively. I saw Jason was closing the gap and thought ‘I’ve just got to be patient with this’ and then his tyres fell away and we carried on and it was time to put our head down and set some quali laps.”





Jason Plato said: “I mean the 650 thing is always nice but it doesn’t mean anything to me! It’s great being back on the podium, we’ve worked really hard this weekend, and I’ve got a great chassis underneath me! It was a good race actually.


I started to chip into Ash [Sutton] and I started to just reel him in over the first four laps, but I was using everything on my tyres and I thought ‘well, there’s a bit of a gap behind, let’s just see what happens’ and then you’ve got to stop deploying hybrid because you’ve not got all the laps and as soon as I did that, he was gone! I thought I’d just stay second, that’s nice, isn’t it? It’s really good to get a podium and the team has had a really tough weekend, so it’s a nice reward for them.”




2022 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship – Race 1 – Snetterton


1.      Colin TURKINGTON (GBR) Team BMW 15 laps
2.      Jake HILL (GBR) ROKiT MB Motorsport +1.098s
3.      Tom INGRAM (GBR) Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8 TradePriceCars.com +3.604s
4.      Adam MORGAN (GBR) Car Gods with Ciceley Motorsport +4.171s
5.      Stephen JELLEY (GBR) Team BMW +5.133s
6.      Jason PLATO (GBR) Rich Energy BTC Racing +6.519s
7.      Dan CAMMISH (GBR) NAPA Racing UK +6.795s
8.      Daniel ROWBOTTOM (GBR) Halfords Racing with Cataclean +7.915s
9.      Ash SUTTON (GBR) NAPA Racing UK +7.945s
10.    Gordon SHEDDEN (GBR) Halfords Racing with Cataclean +8.037s



2022 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship – Race 2 – Snetterton


1.       Colin TURKINGTON (GBR) Team BMW 14 laps
2.       Jake HILL (GBR) ROKiT MB Motorsport +1.287s
3.       Tom INGRAM (GBR) Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8 TradePriceCars.com +4.872s
4.       Adam MORGAN (GBR) Car Gods with Ciceley Motorsport +5.919s
5.       Stephen JELLEY (GBR) Team BMW +6.310s
6.       Ricky COLLARD (GBR) Toyota GAZOO Racing UK +8.634s
7.       Jason PLATO (GBR) Rich Energy BTC Racing +9.838s
8.       Daniel ROWBOTTOM (GBR) Halfords Racing with Cataclean +10.477s
9.       Ash SUTTON (GBR) NAPA Racing UK +10.717s
10.     Ash HAND (GBR) CarStore Power Maxed Racing +14.191s



2022 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship – Race 3 – Snetterton


1.      Ash SUTTON (GBR) NAPA Racing UK 12 laps
2.      Jason PLATO (GBR) Rich Energy BTC Racing +4.556s
3.      Tom INGRAM (GBR) Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8 TradePriceCars.com +7.263s
4.      Ricky COLLARD (GBR) Toyota GAZOO Racing UK +7.475s
5.      Jake HILL (GBR) ROKiT MB Motorsport +8.677s
6.      Colin TURKINGTON (GBR) Team BMW +9.047s
7.      Rory BUTCHER (GBR) Toyota GAZOO Racing UK +12.094s
8.      Adam MORGAN (GBR) Car Gods with Ciceley Motorsport +12.344s
9.      Ollie JACKSON (GBR) Apec Racing with Beavis Morgan +15.263s
10.    Daniel ROWBOTTOM (GBR) Halfords Racing with Cataclean +15.551s




Penalties



Race 1

Dexter Patterson was penalised by the addition of 1.2 seconds to his overall race time for an incident involving Josh Cook



Race 2

Gordon Shedden received a verbal warning for an incident involving Daniel Lloyd




Race 3


Rory Butcher received an official reprimand and had his licence endorsed by the addition of two penalty points for an incident involving Stephen Jelley



Ricky Collard was penalised by the addition of 1 second to his overall race time for an incident involving Tom Ingram
 




Simon Melluish ,Emma Illman- photos BTCC