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SEAT's Darren Turner bounced back from his opening race disappointment to claim the final event in today's Knockhill rounds of the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship.
However, team-mate and race one and two winner Jason Plato's championship efforts took a blow after a clash with VX Racing's Tom Onslow-Cole forced Plato into the tyre barrier.
Plato had closed the gap to championship leader Fabrizio Giovanardi (VX Racing) from 44 to 35 points after the first two races. But Plato's race three DNF minimised the damage to the Italian Vauxhall driver's championship lead to only three points (now 41 points).
Joining Turner on the podium in the final race was Motorbase BMW driver Rob Collard and Honda Integra driver Andrew Jordan (John Guest Racing) who backed up his race three Oulton Park podium with another third place here in Scotland.
Turner's victory went some way to make up for the opening race for the Oxfordshire driver who qualified on pole but twice suffered contact and failed to finish the race.
After starting eighth, Giovanardi finished fifth - avoiding a number of incidents including a clash on the main straight with Colin Turkington which had the Italian on the grass.
Leading positions BTCC Race 3 Knockhill (provisional):
1. Darren Turner (GBR), SEAT Sport UK/Seat Leon, 27 laps
2. Rob Collard (GBR), Motorbase/BMW 320i, +2.166s
3. Andrew Jordan (GBR), John Guest/Honda Integra, +3.059s
Fastest lap: Darren Turner, 53.389 seconds
Leading Points (provisional):
1. Fabrizio Giovanardi, 228 points
2. Jason Plato, 187
3. Colin Turkington, 160
4. Mat Jackson,155
4. Matt Neal, 152
6. Tom Onslow-Cole, 144 etc.
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