Last weekend saw the culmination of this season’s British Touring Car Championship, with the BTCC Finale 2016 at Brands Hatch. The event was always going to be exciting, with an incredible eight drivers who could still take the title as the teams headed to the Kent circuit for the final three races.
The weekend started with a wet day on Saturday, and the mixed conditions saw Colin Turkington put himself on pole, still with a outside chance of the title in eighth position in the championship. He continued to give himself every chance of taking back the crown he last won in 2014 with a win in race one, with Jason Plato in 4th, Gordon Shedden in 5th, Matt Neal in 7th, and Sam Tordoff in 10th.
Tarkington’s win gave him pole position for the second race of the day, which he converted to a second win of the day, ahead of rivals Jason Plato and Gordon Shedden, with Sam Tordoff in fifth. The title had gone down to the final race of the season.
The sun was low in the sky as the final grid of the 2016 BTCC season formed up, which saw Mat Jackson start on pole from Aiden Moffatt, then Sam Tordoff in third, Gordon Shedden in fifth, and Colin Turkington seventh. Could Tordoff keep his rivals behind him and take the title?
Shedden passed Tordoff in the race, as did the Wix Racing car of Adam Morgan, which would give the championship to the Halfords Yuasa driver. Morgan got close to Shedden, and had he passed him, the title would have swung back in favour of Tordoff, but Flash held him off to take third place and his third BTCC championship, managing back to back titles.
Ashley Sutton took the Jack Sears Trophy as the best rookie.
As normal, the support races for the BTCC Finale 2016 included British F4, the Ginetta Supercup, the Ginetta Juniors and the Porsche Carrera Cup.
The 2017 season will see a launch at Donington Park on the 16th March, before the first races at Brands Hatch on the weekend of the 1st & 2nd April.
Meanwhile, here are some photos from the BTCC Finale 2016.
Halfords' Aerial sign at the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Halfords' Aerial sign at the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Gordon Shedden during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Gordon Shedden and Matt Neal during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Gordon Shedden and Matt Neal during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
James Cole during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Ashley Sutton during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Rob Austin during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Adam Morgan during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Kelvin Fletcher during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Stewart Lines during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Jake Hill during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Mike Epps during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Gordon Shedden and Jack Goff during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Adam Morgan during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Warren Scott, Stewart Lines and Mark Howard during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Aiden Moffat during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Stewart Lines during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Jason Plato during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Josh Cook during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Matt Neal and Aiden Moffat during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Matt Neal and Aiden Moffat during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Tom Ingram and Jake Hill during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Mat Jackson during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Aron Smith during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Jeff Smith during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Ollie Jackson during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Alex Martin during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Dan Welch during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Jake Hill leaving the garage during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Mike Epps gets into his car during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Jack Goff during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Ollie Jackson during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Gordon Shedden during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Matt Neal during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Gordon Shedden during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Mat Jackson during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Jason Plato during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
James Cole during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Colin Turkington during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Ashley Sutton during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Tom Ingram during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Josh Cook during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Matt Simpson during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Alex Martin during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Rob Austin during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Aiden Moffat during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Aron Smith during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Adam Morgan during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Martin Depper during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Mark Howard during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Kelvin Fletcher during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Hunter Abbott during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Stewart Lines during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Dan Welch during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Mike Epps during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Jake Hill during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Tony Gilham during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Tony Gilham during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Warren Scott on the grid during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Stewart Lines during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Hunter Abbott during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Kelvin Fletcher during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Kelvin Fletcher during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Alex Martin during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Mike Epps during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Mike Epps during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Matt Simpson during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Jake Hill during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Rob Collard during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Tom Ingram during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Rob Collard during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Aiden Moffat during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Aiden Moffat during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Tony Gilham during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Rob Austin during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Colin Turkington during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Colin Turkington celebrates his win during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Colin Turkington celebrates his win during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Colin Turkington celebrates his win during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Colin Turkington celebrates his win during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Colin Turkington celebrates his win during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Colin Turkington celebrates his win during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
The Team Hard garage during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
The Team Hard garage during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Colin Turkington, Gordon Shedden and Aiden Moffat on the podium during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Tony Gilham during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Colin Turkington and Jason Plato during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Colin Turkington, Gordon Shedden and Jason Plato on the podium during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Colin Turkington, Gordon Shedden and Jason Plato on the podium during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Colin Turkington, Gordon Shedden and Jason Plato on the podium during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Colin Turkington, Gordon Shedden and Jason Plato on the podium during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Colin Turkington, Gordon Shedden and Jason Plato on the podium during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Halfords' Aerial sign at the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Colin Turkington during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Warren Scott during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Josh Cook during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Tom Ingram chases Ashley Sutton during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Tom Ingram during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Rob Austin during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Alex Martin during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Alex Martin and Adam Morgan during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Aiden Moffat during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Aron Smith during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Jeff Smith during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Martin Depper during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Stewart Lines during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Dan Welch during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Jake Hill leads Mike Epps during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Mike Epps during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Kelvin Fletcher during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Aron Smith during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Mike Epps leads Hunter Abbott during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Gordon Shedden leads Jason Plato and Colin Turkington during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Tony Gilham during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Matt Simpson, Jack Goff and James Cole during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Martin Depper during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Gordon Shedden leads Sam Tordoff during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Jason Plato leads Andrew Jordan during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Mike Epps during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Mat Jackson during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Jason Plato during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Aiden Moffat leads Gordon Shedden during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Colin Turkington during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Alex Martin during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Gordon Shedden racing Adam Morgan during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Gordon Shedden racing Adam Morgan during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Jason Plato during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Colin Turkington during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Josh Cook during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Tom Ingram during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Matt Simpson during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Aiden Moffat during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Alex Martin during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Aron Smith during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Mark Howard during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Jeff Smith during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Martin Depper during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Hunter Abbott during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Tony Gilham during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Colin Turkington during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Rob Austin during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Jason Plato during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Gordon Shedden and Adam Morgan during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Gordon Shedden during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Aiden Moffat during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Aron Smith, Rob Collard and Ollie Jackson during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Mark Howard during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Jeff Smith and Matt Simpson during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Josh Cook during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Gordon Shedden during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Adam Morgan during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Matt Neal during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Sam Tordoff during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Jack Goff leads Mat Jackson during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Aron Smith during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Jake Hill chases down Ashley Sutton during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Mike Epps during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Dan Welch during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Colin Turkington during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Rob Austin during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Gordon Shedden during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Ollie Jackson during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Colin Turkington during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Mike Epps during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Martin Depper during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Matt Simpson during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
James Cole during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Sam Tordoff during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Stewart Lines during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Rob Collard during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Matt Neal during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Adam Morgan during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Colin Turkington during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Colin Turkington celebrates his win during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Jason Plato during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Colin Turkington, Gordon Shedden and Jason Plato on the podium during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Colin Turkington, Gordon Shedden and Jason Plato on the podium during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Colin Turkington, Gordon Shedden, Jason Plato and Aiden Moffat on the podium during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Halfords' Aerial sign at the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Andrew Jordan during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
James Cole during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Gordon Shedden during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Matt Simpson during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Tony Gilham during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Hunter Abbott during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Mat Jackson leads Aiden Moffat during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
James Cole during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
Adam Morgan during the BTCC Brands Hatch Finale Weekend October 2016
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