Donington Park: Shedden clinches BTCC victory in race three

Gordon Shedden gives the new Civic Tourer its first BTCC victory at Donington Park.
Gordon Shedden (GBR) Honda Yuasa Racing Team Honda Civic Tourer
Gordon Shedden (GBR) Honda Yuasa Racing Team Honda Civic Tourer
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Honda's Gordon Shedden has won the final BTCC race o♉f the day at Donington Park following an epic finalꦗ lap duel with BMW's Colin Turkington.

Turkington, starting pole on the rev🌺erse race three grid, not only led every single lap but at one point also enjoyed a near five-second lead over the rest of the field.

Shedden, ✅however, after dispatching Matt Neal and Jason Plato then relentlessly went about eating into Turkington's lead setti♌ng up an enthralling final lap showdown culminating in the pair both cutting the final chicane door to door.

The Scotsman's victory was the also the Civic Tourer's maiden success along with being the first Tourer machine to win in the BTCCﷺ.

Neal ensured it﷽ was a Honda one-three with an eventually comfortable final step on the𓃲 rostrum.

Mat Jackson posted by far his strongest result of the season to finish a high of fourth, hinting his Airwaves s💧quad may finally be getting to grips with their 2014 spec Focus.

Pirtek's Andrew Jo🦩rdan again had to stage somewhat of a recovery after dropping down to 12th thanks to opening lap contact from the Honda of Shedden forcing the Civic wide.

Jordan ended the race fifth directly ahead of championship rival🥂 Jason Plato who played the safe points game in 🅘sixth.

Plato did h🔥old second for half of the race but his MG struggled towards the later stages of the race.

The top-five championship contenders, led by Plato and Jordan level 👍on 87 points, are 🔯now just separated by eight-points.

Rob Collard and Alain Men🐻u both staged⛎ outstanding recovery drives to finish seventh and ninth after starting from the rear of the field.

Collard's eBay team mate Nick foster sandwicheಌd the pair in eight♑h.

Adam Morgan salvaged a solitary top-ten finish in his Mercedes A-Class to end a frustrating weekend 💞for the Wix Racing squad.

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