The Battle for Fourth Place Heats Up at Brands Hatch

As the battle for fourth place reached its climax, Sam Toov looked for an opening past Collard and made slight contact as the pair recovered. However, this move ultimately led to James Cole losing a handful of places to Plato, Sheddon, Neil, and Adam Morgan in just two corners.

Tough Racing from Young Guns Tom Ingram and Aiden Mofford

Meanwhile, a tough battle was brewing between Young Guns Tom Ingram and Aiden Mofford as they swapped paint on consecutive laps. The pair were vying for a top 10 finish, and the tension was palpable. Ultimately, it was Mof who forced his way through on the penultimate lap to take the lead.

Turkington Takes Victory at Brands Hatch

In the end, it was Gordon Sheddon's number one Volkswagen that powered to victory, securing his spot in the BR Hatch finale with a chance of retaining his title. Turkington's impressive performance earned him the top step of the podium, with Plato crossing the line just one spot ahead of Sheddon.

A Look into Sheddon's Thoughts

Gordon Sheddon spoke exclusively about his weekend at Brands Hatch. "It was a pleasant surprise that we didn't bleed any points to Jason but actually increase the lead in the championship," he said. "We've done our homework and are working this car well, trying to set up with the ballast." Sheddon acknowledged that it's not going to be easy for him to pass Jason, especially around Brands Hatch, which is notorious for being difficult to pass on.

Sheddon's Thoughts on the Upcoming Races

With a 23-point lead and the target on his back, Sheddon is well aware of the challenges ahead. "It's traditionally been a bit of a bogey circuit for me," he admitted. "But we've done our homework and are working this car well." Despite the pressure, Sheddon remains confident, citing the team's strong performance and the backing of his teammate Matt. He acknowledged that it won't be easy to hold onto his lead but is determined to come out on top.

Mofford's Thoughts on His Finishing Position

Aiden Mofford spoke about his weekend at Brands Hatch, where he ultimately came up just short. "It was a tough battle with Tom Ingram," he said. "We swapped paint on consecutive laps and I think we had the car that should have taken it." Mofford acknowledged that he may have been too conservative in certain situations, but he's determined to learn from his mistakes.

The Challenge Ahead

With three extremely tough races remaining at Brands Hatch, Sheddon is well aware of the challenges ahead. Despite leading the championship by 23 points, he knows that anything can happen on the track. "There's non-finishes, punctures, contact – it all comes back to bite you," he warned. However, with his team behind him and a strong car under his belt, Sheddon is confident that he has what it takes to win the championship.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enSilverstone circuit was the scene for the penultimate event of the 2015 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship with six races left to run the pressure was beginning to build and no fewer than 11 drivers were still in mathematical contention coming into the weekend the 1.64 track leaves drivers with no margin for error and in qualifying there was almost nothing to separate the field the top 23 cars were covered by just one second having dominated both free practices on Saturday Matt Jackson stole the march to score back-to-back pole positions for motorbase performance but it was Gordon shedon who perhaps put in the performance of the session to go second with maximum success Bast aboard his Honda Sam Toof also impressed to Rocket his BMW up to third in the last few moments while main Championship Challengers Jason Plato and Matt Neil would start the first race from outside the top 10 with Jackson's Ford Focus On song he drove a near Flawless race and led from lights to flag in perfect conditions on Sunday as the cars tore off the line shedon had to defend from the wsr car of Tor off as he tried to pass around the outside but the Scotsman held his nerve and hung the BMW out to drive dropping him down a couple of spots behind Andrew Jordan and Dave n Jordan's mg wasted no time in squeezing past shedon hunda on lap two and as he set off in pursuit of Jackson shedon had to defend from a recovering Tor off and a huge train of Chasing Cars Plato who dropped behind Neil's Honda in the opening exchanges soon found himself under pressure from Rob card's team jct600 car who pulled alongside down the Wellington straight and completed a stellar move around the outside at Brooklyn to take the position the BMW man also made it past Neil and Tom Ingram to eventually finish seventh as the field concertin it up at the end of the race there was more drama for Plato as a puncture put him out of contention on the very last lap this handed a big Hall of points to shedon who managed to cling on to third as Jackson and Jordan crossed the line ahead with fastest lap time setting the race to grid Jackson once again lined up on pole with Jack gof alongside in the mg and Andy prio securing third position position having started right at the back of the first encounter prio stormed up into second immediately ahead of gol but Jackson also started well and held on to top spot in the early laps with some big hitters in the mid pack the early laps were an action-packed aair with turkington Tor off Neil and Plato all battling it out for track position with the other motorbase forward of James Cole in the mix as well it was a fourcc car fight for first as Jackson defiantly held on with 75 kilos of ballast on his car Aaron Smith closed in on the back of Jack Goff and as he tried to find a way through on lap six the pair made slight contact sending the mg sideways at Brooklyn's despite this the pair held station and it was soon the battle for the lead that grabbed everyone's attention prio had been hunting Jackson since the opening lap and just before mid distance the number 111 car pounced getting a fantastic run out of the first corner he drew alongside and was scw into maggots Jack tried to repass at the same spot a lap later but couldn't get close enough and after a few more laps of Silverstone the race one winner suffered a left front puncture that dropped him to the pit Lane Plato recovered a number of places towards the end of the first race from Cole and then from teammate Colin turkington putting him in the mix for the reverse grid race as he crossed the line seven this was three places behind shedon who extended his championship lead yet further with the pressure alleviated behind prio went on to score his second win of the Season by almost 2 seconds as G and Smith were both promoted one place to complete the podium it was to be pole for Cole as number 10 was chosen for the final race of the day at Silverstone Rob Collard got the whole shot into cops for the first time but it was turkington on the march from third Keen to keep his title hopes alive the reigning Champion made a superb late lunge into Brookland on lap two and it was a timely maneuver as the safety car was deployed moments later after Hunter Abbott and Dan Welch had a coming together having started right at the back Matt Jackson was on a mission and as the safety car came in he was already making moves into the top 10 past Aiden mof's Mercedes and it wasn't long before he was right on the back of the battle for fourth there was some close inter team scrapping with 10 laps completed as Sam toov looked for a away past Collard and made slight contact as the pair recovered it backed up James Cole and he lost a handful of places to Plato shedon Neil and Adam Morgan in just a couple of corners it was T times from the championship leaders as shed closed to within inches of Plato's rear bumper but despite running side by side with the team BMR volksvagen the Honda man opted for the safer option and slotted back into position as the race entered its final stages there was a tough battle between Young Guns Tom Ingram and Aiden Mofford with the pair swapping paint on consecutive laps as they VI for a top 10 finish ultimately it was the laser tools racing P that came out on top as mof forced his way through on the penultimate lap out front though it was the number one volksvagen of turkington that powered to Victory ensuring he goes to the BR hatch finale with a Chance of retaining his title the two BMWs completed the podium but with Plato crossing the line just one spot ahead of shedon the Scotsman remains firmly in the driving seat with just three races to go in 2015 as the sun set over the iconic Grand stands in northamptonshire Luise Goodman spoke to the man 23 points clear and with the Target on on his back Gordon shedon and bearing in mind Gordon that this is traditionally been a bit of a bogey circuit for you it's um not been a bad weekend has it yeah pleasant surprise we didn't really know what to expect coming into this weekend but um you know been the better place for the Civic type power this year and I mean that's been a it's been a fantastic weekend to to not bleed any points to to Jason but to actually increase the lead in the championship has been uh yeah fantastic how much of a surprise was it uh a big surprise but you know we've done our homework and we're working this car well you know we're you know trying set up to carry the ballast and uh you know three clean races there which has worked really well for me really good strong points and uh you know obviously leaves me you know with uh you know with an opportunity going into brands in a couple of weeks you on the back of Jason all throughout that that final race but as always as we know in the past you know he's he's a difficult bloke to get past isn't he yeah it's going to be tough and especially around here it's not the easiest circuit to pass and you know he can he can be quite defensive quite quickly and you know Matt was behind and I thought you know do let him have a go and you know have a go at J but you know I think with Morgan and with um with Cole straight behind Matt it was too too risky to try and do that so you know I pushed hard Jason didn't make any mistakes and you know only lost two points in that last race to him so I'm tough with that you've pulled out a a reasonably healthy gap on Jason in second place going into the the final rounds at BR hatch but thank you very much Mickey but you know how much breathing space does that give you H not enough is the answer you know we can see how quickly it can all turn around you know it's non finishes punctures contact anything like that so you know don't get me wrong I'm delighted I'd rather have the points than not but um I know that there's uh you know there's three extremely tough races to to come at br's hatch you've been in this position before though haven't you leading a championship going into the final round you you know how to fight to win a championship how much of a help is that for you um yeah it was obviously a very new experience the last time I'm sure it'll be you know be every weekend at Brands but you know I'm comfortable I'm Cal I've got you know I've got a great car you know Dynamics I've got a great car you with the new type and um yeah I go there full of confidence and you're the backing of your your teammate no doubt to help you out Matt just just coming over to join us your wingman well it was um you know we're kind of caught in a bit of a line in that last race and um you know he was getting getting some abuse from behind and you know it was just just all running a bit of a line it wasn't wasn't an ideal situation but I don't think anyone could go anywhere and Jason's a w old Fox he's going to drive it down the white line and for for ler money there's no way H that was going to get past there today eSilverstone circuit was the scene for the penultimate event of the 2015 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship with six races left to run the pressure was beginning to build and no fewer than 11 drivers were still in mathematical contention coming into the weekend the 1.64 track leaves drivers with no margin for error and in qualifying there was almost nothing to separate the field the top 23 cars were covered by just one second having dominated both free practices on Saturday Matt Jackson stole the march to score back-to-back pole positions for motorbase performance but it was Gordon shedon who perhaps put in the performance of the session to go second with maximum success Bast aboard his Honda Sam Toof also impressed to Rocket his BMW up to third in the last few moments while main Championship Challengers Jason Plato and Matt Neil would start the first race from outside the top 10 with Jackson's Ford Focus On song he drove a near Flawless race and led from lights to flag in perfect conditions on Sunday as the cars tore off the line shedon had to defend from the wsr car of Tor off as he tried to pass around the outside but the Scotsman held his nerve and hung the BMW out to drive dropping him down a couple of spots behind Andrew Jordan and Dave n Jordan's mg wasted no time in squeezing past shedon hunda on lap two and as he set off in pursuit of Jackson shedon had to defend from a recovering Tor off and a huge train of Chasing Cars Plato who dropped behind Neil's Honda in the opening exchanges soon found himself under pressure from Rob card's team jct600 car who pulled alongside down the Wellington straight and completed a stellar move around the outside at Brooklyn to take the position the BMW man also made it past Neil and Tom Ingram to eventually finish seventh as the field concertin it up at the end of the race there was more drama for Plato as a puncture put him out of contention on the very last lap this handed a big Hall of points to shedon who managed to cling on to third as Jackson and Jordan crossed the line ahead with fastest lap time setting the race to grid Jackson once again lined up on pole with Jack gof alongside in the mg and Andy prio securing third position position having started right at the back of the first encounter prio stormed up into second immediately ahead of gol but Jackson also started well and held on to top spot in the early laps with some big hitters in the mid pack the early laps were an action-packed aair with turkington Tor off Neil and Plato all battling it out for track position with the other motorbase forward of James Cole in the mix as well it was a fourcc car fight for first as Jackson defiantly held on with 75 kilos of ballast on his car Aaron Smith closed in on the back of Jack Goff and as he tried to find a way through on lap six the pair made slight contact sending the mg sideways at Brooklyn's despite this the pair held station and it was soon the battle for the lead that grabbed everyone's attention prio had been hunting Jackson since the opening lap and just before mid distance the number 111 car pounced getting a fantastic run out of the first corner he drew alongside and was scw into maggots Jack tried to repass at the same spot a lap later but couldn't get close enough and after a few more laps of Silverstone the race one winner suffered a left front puncture that dropped him to the pit Lane Plato recovered a number of places towards the end of the first race from Cole and then from teammate Colin turkington putting him in the mix for the reverse grid race as he crossed the line seven this was three places behind shedon who extended his championship lead yet further with the pressure alleviated behind prio went on to score his second win of the Season by almost 2 seconds as G and Smith were both promoted one place to complete the podium it was to be pole for Cole as number 10 was chosen for the final race of the day at Silverstone Rob Collard got the whole shot into cops for the first time but it was turkington on the march from third Keen to keep his title hopes alive the reigning Champion made a superb late lunge into Brookland on lap two and it was a timely maneuver as the safety car was deployed moments later after Hunter Abbott and Dan Welch had a coming together having started right at the back Matt Jackson was on a mission and as the safety car came in he was already making moves into the top 10 past Aiden mof's Mercedes and it wasn't long before he was right on the back of the battle for fourth there was some close inter team scrapping with 10 laps completed as Sam toov looked for a away past Collard and made slight contact as the pair recovered it backed up James Cole and he lost a handful of places to Plato shedon Neil and Adam Morgan in just a couple of corners it was T times from the championship leaders as shed closed to within inches of Plato's rear bumper but despite running side by side with the team BMR volksvagen the Honda man opted for the safer option and slotted back into position as the race entered its final stages there was a tough battle between Young Guns Tom Ingram and Aiden Mofford with the pair swapping paint on consecutive laps as they VI for a top 10 finish ultimately it was the laser tools racing P that came out on top as mof forced his way through on the penultimate lap out front though it was the number one volksvagen of turkington that powered to Victory ensuring he goes to the BR hatch finale with a Chance of retaining his title the two BMWs completed the podium but with Plato crossing the line just one spot ahead of shedon the Scotsman remains firmly in the driving seat with just three races to go in 2015 as the sun set over the iconic Grand stands in northamptonshire Luise Goodman spoke to the man 23 points clear and with the Target on on his back Gordon shedon and bearing in mind Gordon that this is traditionally been a bit of a bogey circuit for you it's um not been a bad weekend has it yeah pleasant surprise we didn't really know what to expect coming into this weekend but um you know been the better place for the Civic type power this year and I mean that's been a it's been a fantastic weekend to to not bleed any points to to Jason but to actually increase the lead in the championship has been uh yeah fantastic how much of a surprise was it uh a big surprise but you know we've done our homework and we're working this car well you know we're you know trying set up to carry the ballast and uh you know three clean races there which has worked really well for me really good strong points and uh you know obviously leaves me you know with uh you know with an opportunity going into brands in a couple of weeks you on the back of Jason all throughout that that final race but as always as we know in the past you know he's he's a difficult bloke to get past isn't he yeah it's going to be tough and especially around here it's not the easiest circuit to pass and you know he can he can be quite defensive quite quickly and you know Matt was behind and I thought you know do let him have a go and you know have a go at J but you know I think with Morgan and with um with Cole straight behind Matt it was too too risky to try and do that so you know I pushed hard Jason didn't make any mistakes and you know only lost two points in that last race to him so I'm tough with that you've pulled out a a reasonably healthy gap on Jason in second place going into the the final rounds at BR hatch but thank you very much Mickey but you know how much breathing space does that give you H not enough is the answer you know we can see how quickly it can all turn around you know it's non finishes punctures contact anything like that so you know don't get me wrong I'm delighted I'd rather have the points than not but um I know that there's uh you know there's three extremely tough races to to come at br's hatch you've been in this position before though haven't you leading a championship going into the final round you you know how to fight to win a championship how much of a help is that for you um yeah it was obviously a very new experience the last time I'm sure it'll be you know be every weekend at Brands but you know I'm comfortable I'm Cal I've got you know I've got a great car you know Dynamics I've got a great car you with the new type and um yeah I go there full of confidence and you're the backing of your your teammate no doubt to help you out Matt just just coming over to join us your wingman well it was um you know we're kind of caught in a bit of a line in that last race and um you know he was getting getting some abuse from behind and you know it was just just all running a bit of a line it wasn't wasn't an ideal situation but I don't think anyone could go anywhere and Jason's a w old Fox he's going to drive it down the white line and for for ler money there's no way H that was going to get past there today e\n"