Overview
- Reigning champion Tom Ingram led from the start to win the British Touring Car Championship season opener at Donington Park.
- He beat polesitter Dan Rowbottom off the line from the outside of row one and managed his medium tyres and limited turbo boost laps to stay clear.
- A left-rear puncture ended Josh Cook’s chase at the chicane and brought out a brief safety car.
- Mikey Doble moved his Power Maxed Racing Audi into second after the restart, while Ash Sutton charged from last to third and set the fastest lap.
- Rowbottom received a 10-second track-limits penalty that dropped him down the order, promoting Adam Morgan to fourth with Charles Rainford, Dan Cammish, Gordon Shedden, Aiden Moffat, Dexter Patterson and Aron Taylor-Smith completing the top ten.