The British Touring Car Championship enjoyed another exciting weekend with the BTCC Rockingham Event 2016, as the teams moved to the Northamptonshire circuit for the eighth weekend of the season. Saturday was memorable, not just for the action on track but for the meteorological conditions. What had started as a changeable day saw heavy downpours and a darkened sky before winds swept in that caused damage to both hospitality tents and camp sites. However, the track action continued, and in the unseasonably inclement conditions, Gordon Shedden took pole from Mat Jackson and Josh Cook.
Sunday saw a return to good weather, with the early cloud starting to clear through the morning. Gordon Shedden made the most of his pole position and led the race throughout to take the chequered flag, with Mat Jackson remaining in second place. Jason Plato made his way to third place, with Josh Cook in fifth having also been passed by Colin Turkington. Sam Tordoff had impressively made his way to tenth place from starting in 28th, almost at the back of the grid.
Race two saw Tordoff continue his charge, and was soon in third place. He continued to charge, and passed the two cars in front of him, Andrew Jordan and Mat Jackson, to take the chequered flag. He was joined on the podium by Andrew Jordan – who had his young son with him as he was interviewed after the race causing a few ooos and aaas around the pit lane – and Rob Collard.
The final race of the weekend saw Aron Smith on pole, and was eventful with the safety car needing three trips onto the circuit, with eight cars not finishing the race. Smith repeated Shedden’s feat from the first race and led to the chequered flag, and Shedden was on the second step of the podium, ahead of Colin Turkington. Smith is the twelfth driver to score a win this season, a record in the 59 years of the BTCC, and with six races still to go in 2016, there is every chance that there could be another new face on the top step. What will Silverstone hold?
As normal, the weekend saw support events from British Formula Four , the Ginetta GT4 Supercup , Ginetta Juniors and the Clio Cup .
Here are a few photos from the Touring Car action:
Matt Neal heads onto the grid at Rockingham, 2016
Mat Jackson on the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Warren Scott at Rockingham, August 2016
Josh Cook on the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Matt Simpson on the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Rob Austin heads onto the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Jeff Smith heads on to the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Dan Welch at Rockingham, August 2016
Dave Newsham on the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
James Cole on the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Aiden Moffat at Rockingham, August 2016
Tom Ingram on the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Aiden Moffat at Rockingham, August 2016
Matt Neal at Rockingham, 2016
Mat Jackson's damaged car returns to the pits at Rockingham, August 2016
Mat Jackson's damaged car returns to the pits at Rockingham, August 2016
Tony Gilham at Rockingham, August 2016
Tony Gilham at Rockingham, August 2016
Matt Simpson at Rockingham, August 2016
Gordon Shedden at Rockingham, August 2016
Josh Cook at Rockingham, August 2016
Adam Morgan at Rockingham, August 2016
Matt Simpson at Rockingham, August 2016
Jeff Smith at Rockingham, August 2016
Gordon Shedden at Rockingham, August 2016
Aiden Moffat at Rockingham, August 2016
Dave Newsham at Rockingham, August 2016
Adam Morgan at Rockingham, August 2016
Gordon Shedden at Rockingham, August 2016
Matt Neal and Aiden Moffat at Rockingham, 2016
Dave Newsham at Rockingham, August 2016
Dave Newsham at Rockingham, August 2016
Sam Tordoff, Adam Morgan, Rob Collard and Tom Ingram at Rockingham, August 2016
Mike Epps at Rockingham, August 2016
Tony Gilham at Rockingham, August 2016
Gordon Shedden at Rockingham, August 2016
Ashley Sutton at Rockingham, August 2016
Alex Martin at Rockingham, August 2016
Hunter Abbott at Rockingham, August 2016
Adam Morgan at Rockingham, August 2016
Hunter Abbott at Rockingham, August 2016
Matt Simpson at Rockingham, August 2016
Ashley Sutton at Rockingham, August 2016
Aiden Moffat leads Dave Newsham at Rockingham, August 2016
Dave Newsham at Rockingham, August 2016
Jeff Smith at Rockingham, August 2016
Rob Austin in action at Rockingham, August 2016
Jeff Smith at Rockingham, August 2016
Warren Scott at Rockingham, August 2016
Alex Martin at Rockingham, August 2016
Gordon Shedden takes the win at Rockingham, August 2016
Gordon Shedden takes the win at Rockingham, August 2016
Gordon Shedden takes the win at Rockingham, August 2016
Gordon Shedden takes the win at Rockingham, August 2016
Gordon Shedden takes the win at Rockingham, August 2016
Jason Plato arrives in Parc Ferme after his third place at Rockingham, August 2016
Jason Plato arrives in Parc Ferme after his third place at Rockingham, August 2016
Jason Plato arrives in Parc Ferme after his third place at Rockingham, August 2016
Aiden Moffat in the pit lane at Rockingham, August 2016
In the pit lane at Rockingham, August 2016
Ashley Sutton at Rockingham, August 2016
The Subarus at Rockingham, August 2016
Cars Lined up at Rockingham, August 2016
In the pit lane at Rockingham, August 2016
Rob Collard at Rockingham, August 2016
The podium for the first BTCC race at Rockingham 2016
The podium for the first BTCC race at Rockingham 2016
The podium for the first BTCC race at Rockingham 2016
Krysta Moody with Jason Plato's third place trophy at Rockingham, August 2016
Krysta Moody with Jason Plato's third place trophy at Rockingham, August 2016
Alan Gow interviews Gordon Shedden after winning at Rockingham, August 2016
Matt Neal at Rockingham, August 2016
Jake Hill's grid spot at Rockingham, August 2016
Sam Tordoff at Rockingham, August 2016
Jack Goff at Rockingham, August 2016
Matt Neal at Rockingham, August 2016
Jack Goff heads to the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Matt Neal and Gordon Shedden head onto the grid at Rockingham, 2016
Andrew Jordan on the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Jason Plato heads to the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Colin Turkington on the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
James Cole at Rockingham, August 2016
Ashley Sutton on the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Tom Ingram on the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Adam Morgan on the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Mark Howard on the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Rob Austin's grid spot at Rockingham, August 2016
Mike Epps on the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Mark Howard on the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Tony Gilham on the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Sam Tordoff on the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Jack Goff on the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Stewart Lines on the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Alex Martin on the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Aron Smith at Rockingham, August 2016
Ollie Jackson at Rockingham, August 2016
Warren Scott at Rockingham, August 2016
Hunter Abbott on the grid at Rockingham 2016
Adam Morgan at Rockingham, August 2016
Matt Neal on the grid at Rockingham 2016
Mat Jackson on the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Gordon Shedden on the grid at Rockingham 2016
Jason Plato on the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Gordon Shedden on the grid at Rockingham 2016
Tom Ingram on the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Adam Morgan at Rockingham, August 2016
Adam Morgan at Rockingham, August 2016
Andrew Jordan on the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Stewart Lines on the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Mike Epps at Rockingham, August 2016
Matt Simpson at Rockingham, August 2016
Mat Jackson at Rockingham, August 2016
Dan Welch at Rockingham, August 2016
Ashley Sutton at Rockingham, August 2016
Matt Neal at Rockingham, 2016
Matt Neal at Rockingham, 2016
Jeff Smith at Rockingham, August 2016
Tony Gilham at Rockingham, August 2016
Sam Tordoff heads to the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Dan Welch at Rockingham, August 2016
Colin Turkington at Rockingham, August 2016
Ashley Sutton at Rockingham, August 2016
Aiden Moffat at Rockingham, August 2016
Sam Tordoff at Rockingham, August 2016
James Cole at Rockingham, August 2016
Matt Simpson at Rockingham, August 2016
Gordon Shedden at Rockingham, August 2016
Mat Jackson leads Jason Plato at Rockingham, August 2016
Ashley Sutton at Rockingham, August 2016
Hunter Abbott at Rockingham, August 2016
Hunter Abbott at Rockingham, August 2016
Rob Austin in action at Rockingham, August 2016
Andrew Jordan on the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Tom Ingram leads Sam Tordoff at Rockingham, August 2016
Aron Smith at Rockingham, August 2016
Jack Goff at Rockingham, August 2016
Mike Epps at Rockingham, August 2016
Matt Simpson at Rockingham, August 2016
Jason Plato at Rockingham, August 2016
Jason Plato at Rockingham, August 2016
Adam Morgan at Rockingham, August 2016
Dan Welch at Rockingham, August 2016
Mike Epps at Rockingham, August 2016
Jake Hill at Rockingham, August 2016
Mat Jackson at Rockingham, August 2016
Mat Jackson at Rockingham, August 2016
Andrew Jordan on the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Matt Neal at Rockingham, 2016
Aiden Moffat at Rockingham, August 2016
Dave Newsham at Rockingham, August 2016
Jack Goff at Rockingham, August 2016
Warren Scott at Rockingham, August 2016
Tony Gilham at Rockingham, August 2016
Jake Hill at Rockingham, August 2016
Matt Neal at Rockingham, 2016
Adam Morgan at Rockingham, August 2016
Jack Goff leads Rob Collard at Rockingham, August 2016
Aron Smith at Rockingham, August 2016
Dan Welch at Rockingham, August 2016
Matt Simpson at Rockingham, August 2016
Gordon Shedden at Rockingham, August 2016
Mat Jackson at Rockingham, August 2016
Josh Cook on the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Andrew Jordan on the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Matt Neal at Rockingham, 2016
Sam Tordoff at Rockingham, August 2016
Adam Morgan at Rockingham, August 2016
Jack Goff at Rockingham, August 2016
Rob Collard at Rockingham, August 2016
Mike Epps at Rockingham, August 2016
Tom Ingram at Rockingham, August 2016
Warren Scott at Rockingham, August 2016
Dan Welch at Rockingham, August 2016
Hunter Abbott at Rockingham, August 2016
Gordon Shedden at Rockingham, August 2016
Matt Neal at Rockingham, August 2016
Jack Goff at Rockingham, August 2016
Adam Morgan at Rockingham, August 2016
Aron Smith at Rockingham, August 2016
Tom Ingram at Rockingham, August 2016
Mike Epps at Rockingham, August 2016
Rob Austin in action at Rockingham, August 2016
Josh Cook on the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Andrew Jordan on the grid at Rockingham, August 2016
Sam Tordoff at Rockingham, August 2016
Adam Morgan at Rockingham, August 2016
Dave Newsham at Rockingham, August 2016
Tom Ingram at Rockingham, August 2016
Ollie Jackson at Rockingham, August 2016
Gordon Shedden takes the win at Rockingham, August 2016
Mat Jackson heads to Parc Ferme at Rockingham, August 2016
Gordon Shedden takes the win at Rockingham, August 2016
Jason Plato joins Gordon Shedden and Mat Jackson in Parc Ferme at Rockingham, August 2016
Gordon Shedden takes the win with Mat Jackson second and Jason Plato third at Rockingham, August 2016
Dan Welch at Rockingham, August 2016
Dave Newsham and Hunter Abbott at Rockingham, August 2016
Adam Morgan at Rockingham, August 2016
The podium for the first BTCC race at Rockingham 2016
The podium for the first BTCC race at Rockingham 2016
Rob Collard at Rockingham, August 2016
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