Colin Turkington leaves Croft frustrated despite taking victory

Colin Turkington was left frustrated following the British Touring Car Championship’s annual visit to Croft, despite claiming what was his 70th career victory in the series.

The Team BMW driver paced the opposition to clinch pole position in qualifying and converted it into a comfortable lights-to-flag victory in the weekend’s opening contest.

However, things soon unravelled for the four-time champion as contact from Ash Sutton sent him tumbling back to ninth, before a further incident with Tom Ingram in race three saw him score no points after hitting the tyre barrier.

“I’m genuinely frustrated with the weekend,” said Turkington. “Even after taking pole and having a strong win in Race One, with the pace we found with the BMW at Croft, we should have had a lot more.

“I wouldn’t have won Race Two on the hard tyre, but the plan was to set myself up for a good reversed-grid spot and see what we could do because the pace we had on the soft was really strong.

“Ultimately I’ve come out on the wrong end of two avoidable incidents that I didn’t feel responsible for and lost a lot of points not just for myself but for BMW as well.

“That really stings, but the team have done an excellent job on my car and the step forward we’ve taken bodes well for the next few rounds.”