TURKINGTON POWERS TO P3 - Colin Turkington | 4 Time BTCC champion and Team BMW driver Colin Turkington. Currently driving for Team BMW in the 2020 British Touring Car Championship

SENSATIONAL LAST LAP EFFORT LAUNCHES BMW DRIVER TO SECOND ROW IN KNOCKHILL QUALIFYING

Colin Turkington produced a sensational last lap this afternoon at Knockhill, securing him third position on the grid for race 1 tomorrow.
The Team BMW improved his lap time in one final effort in a hotly fought qualifying session under the glorious Scottish sun.
It was maximum attack from the BTCC grid with the top 24 cars separated by just one second.
Turkington and team looked strong around the Fife rollercoaster, but the 4 time champ feels they can make the BMW even better for race day.
The 30 minute session took place in dry and consistent conditions and saw only one red flag disruption with just 5 minutes left on the clock.
Don’t miss a moment of the action tomorrow with races 1 and 2 LIVE on the main ITV channel from midday.

Colin was in fine form in his BMW 3 series today

HEAR FROM COLIN

“What an awesome result! We made a good step forward with the car from practice and nudged it better throughout that session too. I rolled the dice by throwing a new set of tyres on with only 5 min on the clock after the red flag… but it was worth it, I found some time and it secured me P3 instead of P6! You never know if they will switch on in time, but it came good for me!

Great job today by the team. I know we can make the car even better for the races tomorrow! It’s going to be a great race up front and who knows how it will play out!

There will only be 10 seconds of hybrid available to deploy and although it should make a difference and boost up the hill out of the final hairpin, we’ve seen everywhere this season that chassis balance is number one and hybrid is secondary to that. I have a great car under me, and we should be able to race well.

Starting P3 will give me a great chance at maximising this weekend. Those few places we made up at the end could be crucial.

FINAL CLASSIFICATION

The top 24 cars are separated by just one second! Turkington had only 3 seconds of hybrid deployment to use today, highlighting how impressive his 51:058s lap was.

WATCH ON ITV

Catch races 1 and 2 LIVE on the main ITV channel from 12pm and race 3 LIVE on ITV4.

SATURDAY GALLERY

Colin praised the efforts of his team today

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