Colin Turkington was victorious for the first time in Team BMR colours in the second British Touring Car Championship race of the day at Donington Park, ahead of Matt Neal and Adam Morgan.
The win continues his team’s clean sweep of sessions so far this weekend, while also making him the fifth different winner from the opening five races of this season’s championship.
It was Turkington who leapt off the line best when the race got underway, moving into the lead at Redgate from second on the grid ahead of polesitter Gordon Shedden.
The Honda driver then tried to come back at Turkington on lap two, but in tapping the rear of the Volkswagen CC, Shedden forced himself wide and into a slide which allowed Andrew Jordan through into second place.
As that was happening, Alex Martin missed his braking point and hit the rear of Warren Scott, and with the latter forced to retire a safety car was deployed.
That allowed the field to bunch up again, but Turkington was unfazed and raced into a five second lead by the middle of the race with the rest of the action behind him, eventually winning by 2.501s.
Neal’s advance came after the restart on lap five, first passing Jason Plato before closing onto a group that had formed behind Shedden. As his teammate began to struggle, Neal – having passed Rob Collard – latched onto the group that had formed behind the lead Honda, quickly passing Shedden after Morgan had forced a way through.
As the battle for second then heated up, Neal took full advantage of a tap from Morgan on Jordan, by first slicing through the middle of the pair into the chicane and then switching back on Jordan into Redgate after the Triple Eight driver had forced his way through.
Neal then pulled away from the pair, but the battle for third was still to be decided as Morgan tapped Jordan for a second time. That allowed Collard – who had latched onto the back of Morgan’s Mercedes – to drive around the outside of the pair onto the Starkeys straight, but Morgan held the inside line and Collard was forced back to sixth, with Jordan bouncing across the gravel back into fourth and Plato through into fifth.
They remained in that order to the flag, although Plato and Collard had to withstand a late charge from Josh Cook, who finished seventh. The Power Maxed Racing driver produced a stellar drive to finish on their tails, and was rewarded with a reverse-grid pole position.
Goff finished in eighth having handled his soft tyres well, ahead of Sam Tordoff and Andy Priaulx, the latter making his first top ten appearance of the weekend.
Points scoring results
| POS | NO | CL | DRIVER | NAT | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME/GAP | BEST | GD |
| 1 | 1 | Colin TURKINGTON |  |
Team BMR | Volkswagen CC | 18 | 22:58.065 | 1:10.055 | 2 | |
| 2 | 25 | M | Matt NEAL | |
Honda Yuasa Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 18 | 2.501 | 1:10.210 | 7 |
| 3 | 33 | Adam MORGAN | |
WIX Racing | Mercedes Benz A-Class | 18 | 8.832 | 1:10.609 | 3 | |
| 4 | 77 | M | Andrew JORDAN | |
MG 888 Racing | MG 6GT | 18 | 10.484 | 1:10.420 | 5 |
| 5 | 99 | Jason PLATO | |
Team BMR | Volkswagen CC | 18 | 10.693 | 1:10.644 | 4 | |
| 6 | 6 | C | Rob COLLARD | |
Team JCT600 with GardX | BMW 125i M Sport | 18 | 10.982 | 1:10.437 | 8 |
| 7 | 66 | Josh COOK | |
Power Maxed Racing | Chevrolet Cruze | 18 | 10.991 | 1:10.842 | 13 | |
| 8 | 31 | M | Jack GOFF | |
MG 888 Racing | MG 6GT | 18 | 12.002 | 1:10.480 | 6 |
| 9 | 7 | C | Sam TORDOFF | |
Team JCT600 with GardX | BMW 125i M Sport | 18 | 12.15 | 1:10.844 | 11 |
| 10 | 111 | C | Andy PRIAULX | |
Team IHG Rewards Club | BMW 125i M Sport | 18 | 12.32 | 1:10.699 | 12 |
| 11 | 17 | Dave NEWSHAM | |
Power Maxed Racing | Chevrolet Cruze | 18 | 13.666 | 1:10.944 | 9 | |
| 12 | 40 | Árón SMITH |  |
Team BMR | Volkswagen CC | 18 | 14.514 | 1:10.391 | 29 | |
| 13 | 80 | Tom INGRAM | |
Speedworks Motorsport | Toyota Avensis | 18 | 14.695 | 1:10.924 | 18 | |
| 14 | 52 | M | Gordon SHEDDEN | |
Honda Yuasa Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 18 | 17.086 | 1:10.540 | 1 |
| 15 | 55 | Jeff SMITH | |
Eurotech Racing | Honda Civic | 18 | 17.387 | 1:10.618 | 19 |