BTCC - Brands Hatch Indy: Cammish beats Turkington to pole after last-gasp flyer

British Touring Car Championship points leader Dan Cammish continues his rich vein of form after producing a sensational lap to secure pole position for Sunday's first race at Brands Hatch.
BTCC - Brands Hatch Indy: Cammish beats Turkington to pole after last-gasp flyer

During what proved to be a highly eventful qualifyi𒊎ng, Cammish held his nerve throughout a rꦅed-flag strewn afternoon to beat Team BMW's Colin Turkington by almost 0.3s following an emphatic last-gasp flyer.

Ha꧙ving set the fourth fastest time in Q1 to reach the ten-minute Q2 shootout, Cammish lꦜooked set to start on the second-row of the grid with Turkington narrowly edging his BMW stablemate Jake Hill at the top of the timesheets by just 0.006s 

For much of the shootout, little under 0.1s could separate the top-four runners, which proved to be a straight fight between the NAPAꦕ Racing UK Fords and the 🧜West Surrey Racing prepared BMWs.

As the chequered flag fell, Turkington looked set to holꩲd onto a famous pole position, but Cammish oblitꦆerated the four-time champion's best effort after setting a 54.297s lap.

Turkington ultimately settled for second position, while MB Motorsport with Laser Tools Racing's꧟ Hi🐼ll fell to third ahead of three-time champion Ash Sutton in fourth.

Turkington, himself, endured a roller-coaster qualifying run🌱 after the BMW 330e M Sport driver slipped off the circuit at Grah♐am Hill corner on two separate occasions.

Toyota Gazoo Racing UK's ꦏRory Butcher consolidated a magnificent recovery to qualify his Corolla in fifth position. Following numerous ventures off the circuit in Q1, Butcher was lucky to secure his spot in the sꦑhootout.

But the Toyota driver produced the goods when it mattered to re♍cover back up to fifth by the end of Q1, before replicating the same result in the shootou🐲t. Butcher shares the third-row with an impressive effort from Team HARD's Bobby Thompson in sixth.

Defendi🦩ng champion Tom Ingram struggled somewhat in the trick🐬y conditions, but still qualified his EXCELR8 prepared Hyundai in seventh position ahead of One Motorsport's Josh Cook in eighth.

🍸Dan Lloyd and Ronan Pearson completed the remainder of t☂he top-ten order in ninth and tenth.

Elsewhere, by virtue of no less than three stoppages, Q1 triggered a handful of penalties, led by the surprise exit of Team BMW's Adam Morgan, who co🎃uld only muster a time good enough for 24th on the grid.

Morgan's session came to an abrupt end after the Team BMW driver spun on the exit of Paddock Hill corner and made contact with the stranded Cupra Leon of N൲icolas Hamilton, who made the same error just moments earlier.

As Hamilton was waiting for an opportunity to leave the scene of his spin, Morgan's pirouetted straight into the front ♈of the Team HARD Cupra. That triggered a red flag, with both drivers out of qualifying on the spot.

Hyundai driver Nick Halstead and One Motorsport's Will Powell both fell off the circuit either side of Hamilton and Morgan's stoppage, with both incidents triggering a re🔯d-ﷺflag.

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