Afterwards, Cook explained how he planned the overtake: “I missed the start enough, so I had to try to recover. Jake had a very good first lap. Normally rear-drive cars have a bit of a hard time getting through things at speed in the early part of the race, but it was fired up straight away.
“There was only one opportunity – I think it was Jake last year who decided to move on [Tom] Oliphant – as I was coming straight back, it was in my head, and I thought, “I’ll give this a thumbs up” and luckily I just figured it out.
“Jake gave me just enough room. It would have been easy for him to chase me away, but he gave me just enough room to run and I happily passed it, then he just chased me away throughout the race.”
Adam Morgan hangs on
After securing his record 300th BTCC start earlier in the day, Morgan passed poleman Jason Plato at the start to lead a four-car train for most of the race.
Turkington and Sutton also passed Plato at the start, but the veteran was back in search of a podium finish at the halfway mark as the foursome got rid of the chasing pack. Unfortunately, a slight scrape with Sutton put him out of the race before a crash at Church – the fastest corner in the country – meant Plato’s weekend was over.
Morgan, Turkington and Sutton raced in that order to the finish, with just over a second separating the three at the flag.
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Source: www.autocar.co.uk
This notice was published: 2022-05-30 11:41:51
