OULTON PARK QUALIFYING REPORT - 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 MAKES IT INTO TOP 10 WITH LAST MINUTE LAP

Colin Turkington will start race 1 from 9th on the grid following a fast paced qualifying session at Oulton Park.
The Team BMW driver and team grafted hard to make the top 10 result after morning practice lap times showed a super fast top 20 cars.
Turkington’s best lap of 1m25:907s was only 4 tenths off pole but the 4 time champion admitted he “gave it everything” and was unsure what they had to do to make up that time.
Oulton Park bathed in sunshine for the 30 minute qualifying session but ended one minute early with the second red flag of the day.
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Oulton Park looked like a postcard in the beautiful Cheshire sunshine

COLIN’S THOUGHTS

“Normally Oulton has been a really strong track for us, but it’s just been one of those BTCC days where the car is pretty good but we just don’t have the speed of the others for some reason. I gave it everything on that lap but that’s the way the dice rolled for us.

We made positive strides forward with the car all day, it’s only fractionally off optimum, but I honestly don’t know where we would find those four tenths to pole.

A top ten finish this afternoon was the best we could have hoped for after practice, so P9 has been a great result for me. My best lap came at the end, and it was crucial in popping me up the order.

The team did a superb job and we did the best with what we had. It’s time to focus on the races now and aim for three top ten results. Based on today, that would be a good day at the office.”