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[7UpJordan]

Shedden on pole for tomorrow's race, Giovinardi putting in a good showing too to get on the front row.

Look who's up there though... the driver we all love to hate.

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1 52  Gordon Shedden Honda Civic 1m24.061s 10 -- 100.89mph 
2 888 I Fabrizio Giovanardi Vauxhall Vectra 1m24.317s 10 +0.256s 100.59mph 
3 4  Matt Neal Honda Civic 1m24.614s 6 +0.553s 100.23mph 
4 77 I Andrew Jordan Vauxhall Vectra 1m24.833s 14 +0.772s 99.97mph 
5 2  Jason Plato Chevrolet Cruze 1m24.868s 10 +0.807s 99.93mph 
6 23 I Tom Chilton Ford Focus ST 1m25.017s 9 +0.956s 99.76mph 
7 5 I Mat Jackson BMW 320si E90 1m25.289s 8 +1.228s 99.44mph 
8 21 I Tom Onslow-Cole Ford Focus ST 1m25.504s 13 +1.443s 99.19mph 
9 88 I Philip Glew Vauxhall Vectra 1m25.563s 13 +1.502s 99.12mph 
10 29 I Paul O'Neill Honda Integra 1m25.832s 6 +1.771s 98.81mph 
11 11 I Steven Kane BMW 320si E90 1m25.867s 14 +1.806s 98.77mph 
12 6 I Robert Collard BMW 320si E90 1m25.894s 12 +1.833s 98.74mph 
13 55 I David Pinkney Vauxhall Vectra 1m26.362s 13 +2.301s 98.20mph 
14 22 I Tom Boardman SEAT Leon 1m26.369s 7 +2.308s 98.20mph 
15 20  Alex MacDowall Chevrolet Cruze 1m26.967s 9 +2.906s 97.52mph 
16 27 I Martin Johnson Vauxhall Astra Coupe 1m27.292s 17 +3.231s 97.16mph 
17 44 I Andy Neate BMW 320si E90 1m28.270s 11 +4.209s 96.08mph 
18 99 I Shaun Hollamby VW Golf MK5 1m28.309s 10 +4.248s 96.04mph 
19 98 I Matt Hamilton Honda Civic Type R 1m29.045s 14 +4.984s 95.25mph 
20 28 I John George Honda Integra 1m29.336s 4 +5.275s 94.94mph 

[RA Dunk]

Good news for motorsport arm chair fans, BTCC on in 10 mins, ITV 4

[scotty]

What time does each race start today? I'm just searching but all i can find is that race 1 is at 11:30.

[scotty]

What a weird race....

[RA Dunk]

Yup, quite a few tires giving way no where near the finish either

[7UpJordan]

Lots of tyre failures in that first race, but that's Thruxton for you, a tyre killer. Good result for Jackson though.

[scotty]

What time does each race start today? I'm just searching but all i can find is that race 1 is at 11:30.

Found em - race 2 is at 14:10 and race 3 at 17:15.

[7UpJordan]

Surprise surprise Matt Neal up to his usual tricks in the final race..

Great 1-2 for the Airwaves BMW's though, and a very close final race with Plato defending like crazy. Giovinnardi has still got it too.

[scotty]

Argh i missed race 3 (fell asleep - oops), what happened? Did Neal and Collard have an accident?

[7UpJordan]

Argh i missed race 3 (fell asleep - oops), what happened? Did Neal and Collard have an accident?

It was at that final chicane, he looked for a gap and drove into the side of Collard putting him into the barrier whilst Matt himself busted his front suspension putting him out of the race.

Collard was none too pleased about it and was having a nice whinge about it.

[scotty]

Ah right. Good. Not a big Collard fan either.

That Team Dynamics car looks pretty quick though, i don't even think Thruxton is a track especially suited to it...

[Selcouth_Feline]

As per usual, Matt Neal demonstrating that he is completely incapable of making a clean pass on the top BTCC drivers I completely concur with Collard - they are expensive cars and although you expect a bit of a battering, Matt Neal is just a complete amateur twat. I know Collard isn't the cleanest of drivers but I can't see how Neal can pin the blame on him for the accident

[EwanM]

Fook sake!

Nash replaces Giovanardi at Triple 8

By Jamie O'Leary Saturday, April 17th 2010, 08:53 GMT (From Autosport.com)

James Nash will replace current points leader Fabrizio Giovanardi at Triple 8 Engineering for the rest of the British Touring Car Championship season.

Nash, 24, made a number of appearances in an RML Chevrolet last season and scored a best finish of third at Silverstone.

"Missing the first race of the season obviously means I'll be playing catch-up, but I'm looking forward to racing at the front end and making a fight for the championship," he said.

Giovanardi, who currently leads the championship following a double win at the season-opening round at Thruxton, is understood to be chasing a drive in other championships. His last minute deal with Triple 8 for Thruxton was always billed as potentially a one-off outing.

The announcement means that next weekend's Rockingham races will be the first since 1992 not to feature a foreign driver.

[Jamie]

Want to watch WTCC. But it's on euro, any chance of it being on ITV or anything?

[EwanM]

Rockingham qualifying

Pos Driver Car Time Gap
1. Tom Chilton Ford 1m23.363s
2. Matt Neal Honda 1m23.660s + 0.297s
3. Alex MacDowall Chevrolet 1m23.782s + 0.419s
4. Tom Onslow-Cole Ford 1m23.798s + 0.435s
5. Jason Plato Chevrolet 1m23.834s + 0.471s
6. James Nash Vauxhall 1m24.245s + 0.882s
7. Gordon Shedden Honda 1m24.263s + 0.900s
8. Andrew Jordan Vauxhall 1m24.404s + 1.041s
9. Steven Kane BMW 1m24.417s + 1.054s
10. Paul O'Neill Honda 1m24.503s + 1.140s
11. Mat Jackson BMW 1m24.544s + 1.181s
12. Rob Collard BMW 1m24.751s + 1.388s
13. David Pinkney Vauxhall 1m24.928s + 1.565s
14. Tom Boardman SEAT 1m25.207s + 1.844s
15. Andy Neate BMW 1m25.400s + 2.037s
16. John George Honda 1m25.570s + 2.207s
17. Martin Johnson Vauxhall 1m26.156s + 2.793s
18. Arthur Forster BMW 1m27.059s + 3.696s
19. Matt Hamilton Honda
20. Shaun Hollamby Volkswagen