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1 JACK GOFF 6 MATT NEAL

- Round 1, Brands Hatch Round 16, Snetterton Round 7, Thruxton Round 18, Snetterton Round 15, Croft

Jack Goff hit the ground running in his Eurotech Honda with a perfect pole-to-flag triumph in round one, and then held his nerve against Ash Sutton to win the opener at Snetterton.

2 SENNA PROCTOR Round 2, Brands Hatch

Senna Proctor won one of the most exciting BTCC races of the year when the drying track played to those on slicks late on. 3 TOM INGRAM Round 3, Brands Hatch Round 5, Donington Park Round 26, Silverston­e The Toyota Avensis was fast in a straight line and Tom Ingram lapped up the races where he had no weight. 4 JOSH COOK

Round 4, Donington Park Round 8, Thruxton

A maiden win at Donington was accomplish­ed and Josh Cook’s charge through the pack at Thruxton for a second win in his Power Maxed Astra was superb. 5 ADAM MORGAN Round 6, Donington Park Round 9, Thruxton Round 19, Rockingham The Ciceley Merc, refined over the winter, was a more potent car and Adam Morgan showed his progress. Was untouchabl­e in race one at Rockingham. Matt Neal was tasked with turning the Honda Civic Type R car into a winner and he did it at Thruxton. The win in the special double diamond race was pure class.

7 MATT SIMPSON Round 10, Oulton Park

The former Hot Rodder learned well from team-mate Jack Goff and, at Oulton Park, he was untouchabl­e. He was on pole and won.

8 COLIN TURKINGTON Round 11, Oulton Park

The only win of Colin Turkington’s year was taken at a circuit which favours the rear-wheel-drive BMW 125i M Sport.

9 ROB COLLARD Round 12, Oulton Park

Rob Collard took his first career win at Oulton before being forced to stand down on medical grounds and hand over to son Ricky. 10 ASH SUTTON Round 13, Croft Round 14, Croft Round 17, Snetterton Round 20, Rockingham Round 22, Knockhill Round 30, Brands Hatch The class of the field over the latter part of the year, Ash Sutton’s performanc­es were always spellbindi­ng and he was the most successful man of the year.

11 DAN LLOYD

He joined the series late on and was simply unstoppabl­e in race three at Croft.

12 CHRIS SMILEY Round 21, Rockingham

The BTC Norlin man had shown his pace early in the year but had to wait until August for a win.

13 ANDREW JORDAN Round 23, Knockhill

The WSR man inherited a win when the top two were kicked out for rideheight problems at Knockhill.

14 TOM CHILTON Round 24, Knockhill

A consistent season was crowned by an under pressure triumph at Knockhill.

15 SAM TORDOFF Round 25, Silverston­e

Probably the unluckiest man on the grid. He was the top qualifier, and finally converted that potential at Silverston­e in race one.

16 AIDEN MOFFAT Round 27, Silverston­e

His triumph at Silverston­e was a controlled performanc­e under real pressure. 17 DAN CAMMISH

Round 28, Brands Hatch Round 29, Brands Hatch

Was desperate for a win, and then got two in the finale.

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