Colin Turkington penalised for ‘gaining an advantage under yellow flags’ in race two incident

Reigning champion Colin Turkington has been handed a time penalty for gaining an advantage under yellow flags during a near-miss incident in the second British Touring Car Championship race at Brands Hatch.

After battling for the final spot on the podium with race one winner Dan Cammish in the closing stages, both cars were forced to take avoiding action of Paul Rivett’s stranded Audi S3 at the bottom of Paddock Hill Bend, with Turkington ultimately overtaking Cammish as a result.

The amended result increases championship leader Ash Sutton’s advantage out front to 11 points heading into the final round of the championship, with Cammish a further nine behind.

After the race, the four-time BTCC champion said he was “just thankful” he managed to avoid Rivett’s Audi, explaining that he had been unsighted heading in the incident and had expected to have contact with Cammish while taking avoiding action.

“I’m just thankful I avoided [Paul Rivett] – that’s the biggest shock you can have as a driver. Paddock Hill Bend is blind on the entry, so I had no idea he was there at all and there were no yellow flags out,” said Turkington.

“It was such a shock to get to almost the bottom of the hill and see the road blocked. Just at the last moment I dived right, and I thought Dan Cammish was on the inside. I was expecting to get speared across the front of him.”

Amended race result

POS	NO	CL	DRIVER	NAT	ENTRANT	CAR	LAPS	TIME	BEST	GD
1	116	I	Ashley SUTTON		Laser Tools Racing	Infiniti Q50	24	21:14.892	49.421	2
2	80	M	Tom INGRAM		Toyota Gazoo Racing UK with Ginsters	Toyota Corolla	24	4.762	49.586	3
3	27	M	Dan CAMMISH		Halfords Yuasa Racing	Honda Civic Type-R	24	9.370	49.713	1
4	1	M	Colin TURKINGTON		Team BMW	BMW 330i M Sport	24	9.688	49.583	9
5	48	I	Ollie JACKSON		Motorbase Performance	Ford Focus ST	24	10.832	49.807	5
6	32	I	Adam MORGAN		Carlube Triple R Racing with Mac Tools	Mercedes-Benz A-Class	24	13.422	50.085	11
7	24	I	Jake HILL		MB Motorsport accelerated by Blue Square	Honda Civic Type-R	24	14.088	50.208	6
8	18	I	Senna PROCTOR		Excelr8 Motorsport	Hyundai i30 Fastback N	24	14.418	50.148	19
9	66	I	Josh COOK		BTC Racing	Honda Civic Type-R	24	14.919	49.903	8
10	6	I	Rory BUTCHER		Motorbase Performance	Ford Focus ST	24	17.900	49.779	4
11	22	I	Chris SMILEY		Excelr8 Motorsport	Hyundai i30 Fastback N	24	22.605	50.129	13
12	16	I	Aiden MOFFAT		Laser Tools Racing	Infiniti Q50	24	28.823	50.012	14
13	777	I	Michael CREES		The Clever Baggers with BTC Racing	Honda Civic Type-R	24	33.011	49.999	20
14	4	I	Sam OSBORNE		MB Motorsport accelerated by Blue Square	Honda Civic Type-R	24	37.119	50.341	26
15	15	M	Tom OLIPHANT		Team BMW	BMW 330i M Sport	24	37.712	49.956	10
16	25	M	Matt NEAL		Halfords Yuasa Racing	Honda Civic Type-R	24	42.984	50.365	7
17	12	I	Stephen JELLEY		Team Parker Racing	BMW 125i M Sport	23	43.415	50.308	16
18	3	I	Tom CHILTON		BTC Racing	Honda Civic Type-R	23	+ 1 LAP	53.936	12
19	32	I	Jack BUTEL		Carlube Triple R Racing with Mac Tools	Mercedes-Benz A-Class	23	+ 1 LAP	51.322	23
20	31	I	Jack GOFF		RCIB Insurance Racing with Fox Transport	Volkswagen CC	23	+ 1 LAP	51.113	17
21	44	I	Andy NEATE		Motorbase Performance	Ford Focus ST	23	+ 1 LAP	54.140	18
22	49	I	Brad PHILPOT		Power Maxed Car Care Racing	Vauxhall Astra	23	+ 1 LAP	51.404	21
23	222	I	Paul RIVETT		GKR TradePriceCars.com	Audi S3	23	+ 1 LAP	50.859	15
24	23	I	Ethan HAMMERTON		GKR TradePriceCars.com	Audi S3	21	+ 1 LAP	52.118	22
25	28	I	Nicolas HAMILTON		ROKiT Racing with Team HARD.	Volkswagen CC	2	+ 2 LAPS	54.097	25
R	88	I	Glynn GEDDIE		RCIB Insurance Racing with Fox Transport	Volkswagen CC	1	DNF	56.955	27
R	41	I	Carl BOARDLEY		Team HARD.	BMW 125i M Sport	0	DNF	1:12.312	24