BMW DOMINATES IN THE HEAT IN NORFOLK
W hile the crowd might have sweltered, the BMW drivers were the coolest men at Snetterton.
On a track that is generally a mixed bag in terms of performance between the rear-wheel-drive and front-wheel-drive tin-tops, the extra degrees meant that the gentler tyre use of the German machines would be a huge advantage.
Colin Turkington won twice to turn the screw at the top of the table in the opening two races, with the sister MB Motorsport car of Jake Hill snapping at his heels both times.
Ash Sutton, the reigning champion, claimed race three to cling to his title hopes by his fingernails, but it was all about the 330e M Sports in Norfolk.
Race 1
After qualifying alongside his teammate Turkington on the front row, Hill had a prediction for the race. “We just have to play nicely…and take what’s on the table,” he smiled.
Hill’s prediction proved to play out perfectly. Turkington got a superb launch in his WSR machine to head the MB Motorsport-branded version into Riches at the first time of asking, and the pair scampered clear for an intra-marque battle.
There had been a pre-race chat between the drivers that they would only go toe-to-toe (as they had at the opening meeting of the season at Donington) after the first few laps had been completed. They followed the
