BTCC Knockhill: Hill fastest in wet practice

Hill whisked his West Surrey Racing-run BMW 330e M Sport around the short Scottish circuit 0.169 seconds quicker than the closest opposition during the slightly less wet second session.

The Kentishman, who lies fourth in the championship, completed two laps quicker than the best set by anybody else, with the Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 N of reigning champion Tom Ingram his closest challenger.

Third fastest was the One Motorsport Honda Civic Type R of Josh Cook, who spent much of the opening session at the top of the times.

Cook then triggered the first of three red flags in FP1 when he lightly nudged the tyre wall at the hairpin and although he did get back on track following the restart, his fastest time was eclipsed by the Speedworks Motorsport Toyota Corolla of Ricky Collard to the tune of 0.069s. Hill ended up third in FP1.

Times were approximately a second quicker in FP2, and it was Dan Cammish who finished the session in fourth spot in the quickest of the Motorbase Performance-run Ford Focus STs, which this weekend are sporting a tartan version of their NAPA Racing livery to raise awareness for Jackie Stewart’s Race Against Dementia charity.

Cammish narrowly edged out team-mate and championship leader Ash Sutton, who survived a spin at the hairpin during the first session.

Current BTCC championship leader Ash Sutton (Photo by: Motorsport Images)

Next up were two of the Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astras, with Andrew Watson on form on his first Knockhill outing in nine years to pip team-mate Aron Taylor-Smith.

Collard followed his quickest time in FP1 with eighth in the subsequent session.

Rounding out the top 10 were the two fastest of the four Scots in the field, with rookie Ronan Pearson (Excelr8 Hyundai) in ninth place ahead of the Speedworks Toyota of Rory Butcher.

Of the other title contenders, Colin Turkington was his usual quiet self in free practice and finished up 15th in his WSR BMW.

The second of the red flags during FP1 was to retrieve the Speedworks Toyota of George Gamble – the 2022 Knockhill winner failed to appear in the later session due to an oil-pressure problem.

The catalyst for the third and final stoppage was again a One Motorsport Honda off at the hairpin, this time the machine of Jade Edwards.

Excelr8 Hyundai driver Nick Halstead failed to get in any practice at all due to a gearbox change.

Local teenager Dexter Patterson was forced to sit out FP1 in his Team Hard Cupra due to breaching the BTCC sporting regulations by taking part in a Scottish Legends round at Knockhill a couple of weeks ago.

Patterson’s new team-mate Rob Huff was 21st in both sessions, and the 2012 World Touring Car champion is still yet to drive the Cupra Leon in dry conditions.

BTCC Knockhill - FP2 results

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Driver Info			Main Information
Cla	Driver	#		Car	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h
1	J. Hill Jake Hill Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport	24		BMW 330e M Sport	19	55.417		82.300
2	T. Ingram Tom Ingram BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8	1		Hyundai i30N	21	+0.169	0.169	82.050
3	J. Cook Josh Cook One Motorsport with Starline Racing	66		Honda Civic Type R	20	+0.267	0.098	81.906
4	D. Cammish Dan Cammish NAPA Racing UK	27		Ford Focus ST	21	+0.272	0.005	81.898
5	A. Sutton Ashley Sutton NAPA Racing UK	116		Ford Focus ST	14	+0.276	0.004	81.893
6	A. Watson Andrew Watson CarStore Power Maxed Racing	11		Vauxhall Astra	24	+0.292	0.016	81.869
7	A. Taylor-Smith Aron Taylor-Smith CarStore Power Maxed Racing	40		Vauxhall Astra	17	+0.360	0.068	81.769
8	R. Collard Ricky Collard Toyota Gazoo Racing UK	37		Toyota Corolla GR Sport	28	+0.419	0.059	81.683
9	R. Pearson Ronan Pearson BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8	14		Hyundai i30N	22	+0.421	0.002	81.680
10	R. Butcher Rory Butcher Toyota Gazoo Racing UK	6		Toyota Corolla GR Sport	19	+0.439	0.018	81.654
11	D. Rowbottom Daniel Rowbottom NAPA Racing UK	32		Ford Focus ST	18	+0.487	0.048	81.583
12	D. Lloyd Daniel Lloyd Autobrite Direct with Millers Oils	123		Cupra León	19	+0.544	0.057	81.500
13	A. Morgan Adam Morgan Team BMW	33		BMW 330e M Sport	21	+0.711	0.167	81.258
14	A. Moffat Aiden Moffat One Motorsport with Starline Racing	16		Honda Civic Type R	19	+0.749	0.038	81.203
15	C. Turkington Colin Turkington Team BMW	4		BMW 330e M Sport	20	+0.776	0.027	81.164
16	T. Chilton Tom Chilton BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8	3		Hyundai i30N	21	+0.779	0.003	81.160
17	S. Jelley Stephen Jelley Team BMW	12		BMW 330e M Sport	27	+0.891	0.112	80.998
18	S. Osborne Sam Osborne NAPA Racing UK	77		Ford Focus ST	24	+0.947	0.056	80.918
19	M. Doble Mikey Doble CarStore Power Maxed Racing	88		Vauxhall Astra	19	+0.969	0.022	80.886
20	D. Patterson Dexter Patterson Re.Beverages and Bartercard with Team HARD.	17		Cupra León	25	+1.015	0.046	80.820
21	R. Huff Rob Huff Go-Fix with Autoaid Breakdown	79		Cupra León	26	+1.032	0.017	80.796
22	M. Crees Michael Crees BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8	777		Cupra León	23	+1.204	0.172	80.550
23	J. Edwards Jade Edwards Re.Beverages and Bartercard with Team HARD.	99		Cupra León	24	+1.221	0.017	80.526
24	J. Butel Jack Butel Go-Fix with Autoaid Breakdown	96		Cupra León	21	+1.393	0.172	80.282
25	D. De Daryl De Re.Beverages and Bartercard with Team HARD.	18		Cupra León	26	+1.491	0.098	80.144
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BTCC Knockhill - FP1 results

Main Information Additional Data Driver Info

     

Driver Info			Main Information
Cla	Driver	#		Car	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h
1	R. Collard Ricky Collard Toyota Gazoo Racing UK	37		Toyota Corolla GR Sport	17	56.331		80.965
2	J. Cook Josh Cook One Motorsport with Starline Racing	66		Honda Civic Type R	8	+0.071	0.071	80.863
3	J. Hill Jake Hill Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport	24		BMW 330e M Sport	11	+0.079	0.008	80.852
4	A. Sutton Ashley Sutton NAPA Racing UK	116		Ford Focus ST	12	+0.146	0.067	80.756
5	C. Turkington Colin Turkington Team BMW	4		BMW 330e M Sport	12	+0.215	0.069	80.657
6	A. Watson Andrew Watson CarStore Power Maxed Racing	11		Vauxhall Astra	15	+0.219	0.004	80.651
7	D. Cammish Dan Cammish NAPA Racing UK	27		Ford Focus ST	15	+0.225	0.006	80.643
8	R. Butcher Rory Butcher Toyota Gazoo Racing UK	6		Toyota Corolla GR Sport	10	+0.288	0.063	80.553
9	R. Pearson Ronan Pearson BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8	14		Hyundai i30N	15	+0.366	0.078	80.442
10	D. Lloyd Daniel Lloyd Autobrite Direct with Millers Oils	123		Cupra León	16	+0.373	0.007	80.432
11	D. Rowbottom Daniel Rowbottom NAPA Racing UK	32		Ford Focus ST	13	+0.441	0.068	80.336
12	G. Gamble George Gamble Toyota Gazoo Racing UK	42		Toyota Corolla GR Sport	13	+0.497	0.056	80.257
13	T. Chilton Tom Chilton BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8	3		Hyundai i30N	13	+0.635	0.138	80.062
14	A. Taylor-Smith Aron Taylor-Smith CarStore Power Maxed Racing	40		Vauxhall Astra	16	+0.641	0.006	80.054
15	S. Jelley Stephen Jelley Team BMW	12		BMW 330e M Sport	13	+0.679	0.038	80.001
16	A. Moffat Aiden Moffat One Motorsport with Starline Racing	16		Honda Civic Type R	15	+0.797	0.118	79.835
17	A. Morgan Adam Morgan Team BMW	33		BMW 330e M Sport	10	+0.820	0.023	79.803
18	M. Doble Mikey Doble CarStore Power Maxed Racing	88		Vauxhall Astra	16	+0.982	0.162	79.578
19	T. Ingram Tom Ingram BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8	1		Hyundai i30N	14	+1.179	0.197	79.305
20	M. Crees Michael Crees BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8	777		Cupra León	15	+1.411	0.232	78.987
21	R. Huff Rob Huff Go-Fix with Autoaid Breakdown	79		Cupra León	13	+1.557	0.146	78.787
22	J. Edwards Jade Edwards Re.Beverages and Bartercard with Team HARD.	99		Cupra León	15	+1.863	0.306	78.373
23	S. Osborne Sam Osborne NAPA Racing UK	77		Ford Focus ST	11	+1.899	0.036	78.325
24	J. Butel Jack Butel Go-Fix with Autoaid Breakdown	96		Cupra León	16	+1.931	0.032	78.282
25	D. De Daryl De Re.Beverages and Bartercard with Team HARD.	18		Cupra León	16	+2.393	0.462	77.666
26	D. Patterson Dexter Patterson Re.Beverages and Bartercard with Team HARD.	17		Cupra León	1
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