KNOCKHILL NIGHTMARE - Colin Turkington | 4 Time BTCC champion and Team BMW driver Colin Turkington. Currently driving for Team BMW in the 2020 British Touring Car Championship

TURKINGTON TAKES CHAMPIONSHIP BLOW IN CHAOTIC RACE DAY DRAMA

It was a bruising day for Team BMW’s Colin Turkington yesterday at Knockhill (Sunday 13th August) picking up only 5 points from 3 races.
The 4-time champ qualified on the 4th row for the opening race, but double-stacking for the Team in the pitstop to wets, left him over a lap behind the pack.
Despite a determined fight-back in the crazy drama that unfolded ahead of him, Turkington could only recover to 11th position.
Unfortunate contact forcing Colin to retire in the gravel in race 2 ended any chances of a recovery day and treacherous conditions in race 3 made moving forwards extremely difficult.
Colin now sits 4th in the standings with nine races still to come.

HEAR FROM COLIN

“I can’t even begin to express how disappointed I am from race day, and it feels like a bad dream. Qualifying was tricky but we had great potential from our 4th row start for race 1. Unfortunately, from the pitstop for wets, my day soon evolved into a nightmare as I exited the pits over a lap behind the pack.

I was hopeful we could carve our way back through the field throughout the day and recover, points-wise, but contact by others soon ended my chances of turning things around.

Knockhill delivered a blockbuster of entertainment with unpredictable weather and drama, but unfortunately it wasn’t any fun from my seat. Taking a blow like this is never easy, but we’ll regroup and ensure we come back fighting at Donington.”