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Turkington claims Donington pole |  Colin Turkington made the perfect start to his Vauxhall career |
Colin Turkington made a superb start to his British Touring Car Championship career with Vauxhall by taking pole for Sunday's opening race at Donington. Turkington, who moved from MG in the close-season, set a best time of one minute, 12.092 seconds, with Matt Neal second and Yvan Muller third. Only 11 cars competed in the 30-minute qualifying session. The times decided the starting order for Sunday's first race with the other two grids decided by race results.
Leading Positions after Final Qualifying:
1 Colin Turkington (Gbr) Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch 1min 12.092secs.
2 Matt Neal (Gbr) Honda Integra 1:12.149.
3 Yvan Muller (Fra) Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch 1:12.173.
4 Dan Eaves (Gbr) Honda Integra 1:12.421.
5 Rob Collard (Gbr) MG ZS 1:12.548.
6 Jason Plato (Gbr) SEAT Toledo Cupra 1:12.639.
7 James Kaye (Gbr) Honda Civic Type-R 1:13.029.
8 Luke Hines (Gbr) SEAT Toledo Cupra 1:13.119.
9 Gavin Smith (Gbr) Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch 1:13.129.
10 James Pickford SEAT Toledo Cupra 1:13.132.
11 Richard Williams (Gbr) Lexus IS200 1:19.510.
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