Last weekend saw the British Touring Car Championship head north of the border as the BTCC Knockhill weekend 2016 brought the series and its support races on their annual trip to Scotland. After the excitement of Snetterton, could this be quite so memorable a weekend?
The first race was the 500th BTCC start for Jason Plato, and the qualifying session saw Plato give himself the best chance by putting his car on pole for the race, ahead of Tom Ingram and Sam Tordoff. In the race itself, Plato managed to hold off a charging Jack Goff, with fellow Subaru driver Colin Turkington taking the third step on the podium, making the 500th BTCC race of his career one to remember, with his first win of the 2016 season.
Plato started the second race as he had finished the first, and for the first few laps, it was looking like it might be a second win of the weekend. However, Sam Tordoff and Colin Turkington were soon swapping places for second and third, and chasing down the lead. Meanwhile, Matt Neal was making his way through the pack from his eighth place start, and managed to pass Turkington and Goff as they fought each other for position. On the penultimate lap, he passed Plato, who was then also passed by Tordoff, having to make do with the third step on the podium.
The second race was full of good close racing and was one of the most exciting of the season so far. The third race saw the clouds that had filled the sky all day start to lift, and the weekend finished with Mat Jackson on the top step of the podium, with Sam Tordoff and Jason Plato joining him.
Jack Sears, the inaugural champion back in 1958 who won the title again in 1963, and after whom the trophy for the season’s rookie drivers is named was remembered with a minutes’ silence, followed by a huge round of applause.
The weekend also included support events from British Formula Four , The Ginetta GT4 Supercup , The Ginetta Juniors, and the Porsches.
Next up for the teams is a trip to Rockingham in two weeks. Meanwhile, here are some photos from the weekend.
The Speedworks Motorsport garage at the BTCC weekend at Knockhill, August 2016
The Wix Racing garage at the BTCC weekend at Knockhill, August 2016
The Eurotech Racing garage during the BTCC weekend at Knockhill, August 2016
The Dextra Racing garage a the BTCC weekend at Knockhill, August 2016
The AmD Tuning garage during the BTCC weekend at Knockhill, August 2016
The Handy Motorsport garage at the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
The Eurotech Racing garage at the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Martin Depper on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Alex Martin on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Gordon Shedden on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Stewart Lines on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Dan Welch on the grid during the BTCC weekend at Knockhill, August 2016
Stewart Lines on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Matt Simpson on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Hunter Abbott on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Árón Smith on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Warren Scott on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Jake Hill on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Mat Jackson on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Rob Collard on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Martin Depper on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Aiden Moffat on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Dave Newsham on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Matt Neal on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Sam Tordoff on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Jason Plato on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Aiden Moffat in BTCC race one at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Michael Caine during BTCC race one at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Adam Morgan in BTCC race one at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Aiden Moffat in BTCC race one at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Adam Morgan in BTCC race one at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Matt Neal in BTCC race one at Knockhill Weekend 2016
James Cole in race one during the BTCC weekend at Knockhill, August 2016
Rob Collard in BTCC race one at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Jake Hill in BTCC race one at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Mike Epps in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Gordon Shedden in race one during the BTCC weekend at Knockhill, August 2016
Rob Collard and Jake Hill in BTCC race one at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Dave Newsham in BTCC race one at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Hunter Abbott in race one during the BTCC weekend at Knockhill, August 2016
Aiden Moffat in BTCC race one at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Alex Martin in BTCC race one at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Sam Tordoff on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Josh Cook on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Tom Ingram on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Adam Morgan on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Aiden Moffat on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Stewart Lines on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Ollie Jackson on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Stewart Lines on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Martin Depper on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Rob Austin on the grid during the BTCC weekend at Knockhill, August 2016
Warren Scott in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Alex Martin in BTCC race two at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Gordon Shedden in race two during the BTCC weekend at Knockhill, August 2016
Hunter Abbott in race two during the BTCC weekend at Knockhill, August 2016
Stewart Lines in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Jack Goff in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Aiden Moffat in BTCC race two at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Adam Morgan in BTCC race two at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Colin Turkington in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Dave Newsham in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Alex Martin in BTCC race two at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Jeff Smith in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Matt Simpson in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Adam Morgan in BTCC race two at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Jake Hill in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Jason Plato in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Hunter Abbott and Michael Epps in race two during the BTCC weekend at Knockhill, August 2016
Josh Cook in race two during BTCC at Knockhill, August 2016
Jason Plato in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Jason Plato in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Tom Ingram in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Stewart Lines in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Mat Jackson in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Mark Howard in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Jack Goff and Andrew Jordan in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Aiden Moffat in BTCC race two at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Tom Ingram in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Mike Epps in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Josh Cook in race two during BTCC at Knockhill, August 2016
Matt Neal in BTCC race two at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Gordon Shedden checks his car during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Sam Tordoff in BTCC race one at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Aiden Moffat in BTCC race one at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Jason Plato in race one during the BTCC weekend at Knockhill, August 2016
Josh Cook in BTCC race one at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Matt Neal in BTCC race one at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Stewart Lines in the garage in BTCC at Knockhill, August 2016
Martin Depper on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Jack Goff in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Mat Jackson on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Jason Plato on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Warren Scott on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
James Cole on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Ashley Sutton on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Rob Austin on the grid during the BTCC weekend at Knockhill, August 2016
Jeff Smith on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Mark Howard on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Mike Epps on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Hunter Abbott on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Dan Welch on the grid during the BTCC weekend at Knockhill, August 2016
Árón Smith on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Matt Simpson on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Alex Martin on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Warren Scott on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Jeff Smith on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Mark Howard on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Mike Epps on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Josh Cook on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Gordon Shedden on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Dave Newsham on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Sam Tordoff on the grid during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Mike Epps in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Ashley Sutton in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Mark Howard in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Jeff Smith in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Stewart Lines in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Jason Plato and Colin Turkington in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Sam Tordoff in BTCC race two at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Andrew Jordan in race two in BTCC at Knockhill, August 2016
Tom Ingram and Matt Neal in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Mat Jackson in race two during the BTCC weekend at Knockhill, August 2016
Dave Newsham in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Jeff Smith in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Dan Welch in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Árón Smith in race one during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Matt Simpson in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Jason Plato in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Andrew Jordan in race two in BTCC at Knockhill, August 2016
Jake Hill in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Jack Goff in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Rob Austin in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Hunter Abbott in race two during the BTCC weekend at Knockhill, August 2016
Adam Morgan in BTCC race two at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Mike Epps in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Josh Cook in race two during BTCC at Knockhill, August 2016
Dan Welch in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Árón Smith in race two during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Alex Martin in BTCC race two at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Stewart Lines in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Jason Plato in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Aiden Moffat in BTCC race two at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Dan Welch in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Mat Jackson in race two during the BTCC weekend at Knockhill, August 2016
Ollie Jackson in race two during the BTCC at Knockhill, August 2016
Andrew Jordan in race two in BTCC at Knockhill, August 2016
Matt Neal in BTCC race two at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Josh Cook in race two during BTCC at Knockhill, August 2016
Jake Hill in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Alex Martin in BTCC race two at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Jason Plato in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Jack Goff in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Andrew Jordan in race two in BTCC at Knockhill, August 2016
Gordon Shedden in race two during the BTCC weekend at Knockhill, August 2016
Dave Newsham in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Mike Epps in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Josh Cook in race two during BTCC at Knockhill, August 2016
Árón Smith in race two during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Jason Plato in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Jack Goff in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Andrew Jordan in race two in BTCC at Knockhill, August 2016
Mat Jackson in race two during the BTCC weekend at Knockhill, August 2016
Rob Collard in BTCC race two at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Tom Ingram in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Rob Austin in race two during the BTCC weekend at Knockhill, August 2016
Gordon Shedden in race two during the BTCC weekend at Knockhill, August 2016
Mark Howard in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Dan Welch in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Árón Smith in race two during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Warren Scott in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Stewart Lines in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Matt Simpson in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Jason Plato in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Matt Neal in BTCC race two at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Rob Austin in race two during the BTCC weekend at Knockhill, August 2016
James Cole in the BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Jason Plato in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Jason Plato in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Matt Simpson in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Mat Jackson in race two during the BTCC weekend at Knockhill, August 2016
Matt Simpson in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Mark Howard in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Mark Howard in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Jake Hill passes Tom Ingram in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Stewart Lines in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Jason Plato in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Gordon Shedden in race two during the BTCC weekend at Knockhill, August 2016
Rob Austin in race two during the BTCC weekend at Knockhill, August 2016
Jeff Smith in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Dave Newsham in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Árón Smith in race two during the BTCC Knockhill Weekend 2016
Hunter Abbott in race two during the BTCC weekend at Knockhill, August 2016
Dan Welch in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Alex Martin in BTCC race two at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Matt Simpson in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Jason Plato in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Rob Collard in BTCC race two at Knockhill Weekend 2016
Jason Plato and Colin Turkington in BTCC race 2 during the Knockhill Weekend 2016
Andrew Jordan in race two in BTCC at Knockhill, August 2016
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