This is it, after 27 rounds across England and Scotland, the British Touring Car Championship heads to the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit in Kent for its final three races of the season, and to declare the 2009 BTCC Champion. Will it be Turkington, Giovanardi or Plato who takes the crown?
Rockingham didn’t make the championship any less clear with Giovanardi and in particular Plato eating into Colin Turkington’s lead until a manic final race of the day where Jason and Fabrizio both got involved in incidents and failed to score allowing Colin to extend his lead to 13 points over Giovanardi and 28 over Plato with 52 points on offer at the final weekend of the year:
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1. Colin Turkington 249
2. Fabrizio Giovanardi 236
3. Jason Plato 221
4. Mat Jackson 165
5. Matt Neal 153
6. Stephen Jelley 132
7. Rob Collard 132
8. James Thompson 114
9. Andrew Jordan 106
10. Jonathan Adam 103
11. Adam Jones 62
12. Paul O'Neill 54
13. Gordon Shedden 30
14. Tom Chilton 25
15. James Nash 24
16. Harry Vaulkhard 22
17. Dan Eaves 10
18. David Pinkney 9
19. Johnny Herbert 8
20. Tom Onslow-Cole 2
21. Martyn Bell 2
22. Alan Morrison 2
23. Martin Johnson 2
24. John George 0
25. Liam McMillan 0
26. Nick Leason 0
27. Anthony Reid 0
28. Matt Hamilton 0
Sunday timetable10.05 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
10.50 Formula Renault UK with Michelin
11.45 HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship
12.25 Ginetta Junior Championship
13.35 Ginetta G50 Cup
14.25 HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship
15.05 ELF Renault Clio Cup
15.45 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
16.35 HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship
17.15 Formula Renault UK with Michelin
TV coverage ITV4 @ 1130-1815, Sunday 4 October (Live BTCC & Supports)
ITV1 @ 0020-0140, Tuesday 6 October (BTCC Highlights)
ITV4 @ 1530-1700, Tuesday 6 October (BTCC Highlights)
ITV4 @ 1530-1700, Saturday 10 October (BTCC Highlights)
Further highlight repeats on Men & Motors. Check schedules for these.
Weather forecastSaturday: Cloudy, Temperature 19°C, chance of rain 0%
Sunday: Cloudy, Temperature 17°C, chance of rain 10%
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