DRIVER ANALYSIS
MATT NEAL
Team Dynamics Honda
Failed to wring the same lap time out of the
Civic as his team-mate Dan
Cammish in qualifying. He went on to find himself on the sidelines of race one after an incident with Ash Sutton. Although he managed to salvage a few points over the next two races, his weekend was already ruined.
ASH SUTTON
Team BMR Subaru Levorg
‘Outpaced by his team-mate’ is not something we are often able to write with regards to Ash Sutton but this was a tough weekend for him where nothing went to plan. He struggled in qualifying and then an incident with Matt Neal left him starting at the back for race two. That meant that 12th in race three was the highlight.
AIDEN MOFFAT
Laser Tools Infiniti Q50
Bringing Ash Sutton in to help develop the Infiniti proved beneficial to Moffat. It also helped him to better understand the front-wheel drive to rear-drive transition and for the first time the Q50 is a real contender. He delivered impressive pace and three solid performances, which showed there is more to come.
DAN CAMMISH
Team Dynamics Honda
Maxed out his Team Dynamics car in qualifying to secure an impressive frontrow grid slot. He duly converted his Saturday efforts into two podiums and followed that up with a very solid performance in a very fraught final race of the day. He has now closed the championship gap down to just 11 points.
TOM INGRAM
Speedworks Toyota
Couldn’t quite get the new Toyota Corolla to hook up over the chicane on Saturday, which cost him dearly in lap time and left him to start Sunday’s races from 11th on the grid. Overnight tweaks helped him progress well on Sunday to score valuable points thanks to three strong top 10 results.
RORY BUTCHER
Amdtuning.com Honda
Wow, did this man have some pace! Fastest by 0.24s on Saturday and even a missing gear couldn’t stop him from winning race one. An incident with Turkington in race two blotted his copybook and got him a five-place grid penalty for race three which, combined with ballast, meant scoring points at all was hard work.
ANDREW JORDAN
WSR BMW 330i M Sport
His weekend may have ended in the gravel as he was forced to avoid the Subaru of Senna Proctor, but this was a very productive outing for Jordan that helped him to take a massive 20 points out of Turkington’s lead. Third on the grid with 48kgs of ballast was an impressive start, added to with a second and a win.
TOM CHILTON
Motorbase Ford Focus
Chilton has a good record at Knockhill and, when he secured a second-row grid spot, many expected him on the podium. But, despite good pace and a good fight, it seemed like every time he made a bit of progress something would happen and he would get shuffled back again. Very frustrating.
MIKE BUSHELL
Amdtuning.com Honda
After the tragic circumstances that led to Bushell’s late call up, everyone wanted him to do well. Sadly it wasn’t to be. Carrying 45kgs, he was unable to shine in qualifying and unfortunate race-one damage meant he had to revisit the pitlane in race two. He does leave Knockhill as the new lap record holder.
COLIN TURKINGTON
WSR BMW 330i M Sport
Turkington couldn’t quite match the pace of his team-mate but looked set for another big haul of points until an incident with Rory Butcher in the second race left him facing the wrong way in the gravel. That was only his second non-score of the season. He recovered well but the damage was done.
JOSH COOK
BTC Racing Honda
There seems to be a pattern with Cook where he struggles on Saturday (only 20th on the grid) and leaves himself a load of work to do on Sunday to keep his title hopes alive. He somehow gets the work done though, appearing on the podium in race three and remarkably brought down the gap to the points lead.
JAKE HILL
Trade Price Cars Audi S3
Hill was unlucky to be picked on in qualifying, having his fastest lap removed for a track limits infringement, but drove two solid races to earn the opportunity of the reversed grid pole position. It was an opportunity he seized with both hands and Hill put in a great drive to convert it in to his first ever win at this level.
JASON PLATO
Power Maxedvauxhall
On Saturday, it looked like Plato had good pace but a set-up error left him struggling in qualifying. He progressed well through the first two races and benefited from the reversed grid draw. Although he started strongly he was ultimately on the wrong, harder tyres to take advantage and got muscled out of a podium.
ADAM MORGAN
Ciceley Mercedes A-class
Morgan had reasonable pace on Saturday, which he carried in to race one but from the start of race two he seemed to have found a bit extra in the car and started moving forwards, showing good pace in the Mercedes. The reversed grid draw helped him along the way and eventually he made his way on to the podium after the final race.
SENNA PROCTOR
Team BMR Subaru Levorg
An impressive weekend for the Subaru driver. He had outpaced his team-mate and was fighting for podiums. A stunning lap meant he started from his joint best ever grid spot of fifth, a position he maintained to the flag of race one. Even with ballast for race two, his pace got him very close to a podium.