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BTCC Latest: Jackson adds second victory in Brands Hatch race 2 |
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Wednesday, 24 September 2008 |
Mat Jackson added a second
victory of the day at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent with a comfortable win in the HiQ MSA
British Touring Car Championship's penultimate round of 2008.
BMW Dealer
Team UK driver Jackson (pictured right) led all the way from pole position to head home
Vauxhall's Matt Neal and Colin Turkington in his Team RAC BMW.
Jackson, from Henley-in-Arden, Warks, is now just five points behind
SEAT's Jason Plato for second in the championship standings with this
afternoon's final round still to go.
Mathematically,
he can still pip Northern Irishman Turkington to the Independent Drivers' crown as well. He is 12
points adrift with 15 being awarded to the top Independent finisher...
Oxford-based Plato,
meanwhile, failed to finish the race when his SEAT suffered a
mechanical
failure. Having been confirmed as the 2008 Champion in race one,
Vauxhall's Fabrizio Giovanardi was also unable to take part after his
car's engine
refused to start.
Bizarrely, Giovanardi
and Plato will therefore start the season's final round from the last row of
the grid. With race two's top eight reversed, starting
from pole position will be Vauxhall's Tom Onslow-Cole.
Result,
BTCC race 2 Brands Hatch (provisional):
1. Mat Jackson (GBR), BMW Dealer Team UK/BMW 320si, 24 laps in 20m14.716s
2. Matt Neal (GBR), VX Racing/Vauxhall Vectra VXR, +1.839s
3. Colin Turkington (GBR), Team RAC/BMW 320si, +2.483s
Fastest lap: Jackson,
49.581s
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