COOK TURNS UP THE HEAT IN BTCC BATTLE
The BMW was arguably the fastest thing to have around Brands Hatch in the British Touring Car Championship last weekend. But, at the end of a day disrupted by showers, the BMW 330e M Sport only claimed one victory in the hands of serial winner Colin Turkington for WSR.
Instead the big plaudits belong to BTC Racing and its driver Josh Cook. He drove mightily in the opening event to overhaul the rear-wheel-drive roadblocks ahead and then withstood huge pressure in race two to back it up.
Collecting a healthy haul of points has put him up to second in the standings behind table topper Tom Ingram (Excelr8 Hyundai i30N).
Race one
After rear-wheel-drive BMWs locked out the front two rows of the grid, a victory for the German marque seemed nailed on as the cars took to the grid for the opener in Kent. However, concerned faces were looking at the clouds as a sprinkling of rain created a real headache.
All of the frontrunners, including pole position man Turkington and fellow front-row starter Jake Hill in
