For the first time since 2002, the BTCC returned to the Donington Park Grand Prix circuit layout for its latest rounds of action. Ash Sutton came into the meeting with a lead of 37 points over Tom Ingram following a highly successful event at a rain soaked Knockhill in the previous meeting, with Jake Hill a further 13 behind Ingram. 

Qualifying ? Ash Sutton, Tom Ingram, Ricky Collard, Colin Turkington, �rón Taylor-Smith, Jake Hill*

Qualifying returned to its traditional format, following the Top Ten Showdown at Knockhill. However, this made no difference to Sutton, as with just one second of hybrid use for being the championship leader, he still took consecutive pole positions and his fifth in eight meetings. Ingram joined him on the front row, with Ricky Collard and Colin Turkington behind. 
�rón Taylor-Smith drove his Astra to an impressive fifth and while Hill was sixth on the time sheets, a three-place grid penalty from Knockhill meant that Josh Cook started on the third row instead.

Race One, 6/10 ? Ash Sutton, Tom Ingram*, Jake Hill*

Sutton made a poor start on a wet track as both Ingram, and briefly Collard, overtook him. Adam Morgan made a couple of places off the line to be fifth, but that was as good as it got for him as Taylor-Smith and Cook soon reclaimed their positions and Morgan dropped down to 12th by the end. 

At the end of the second lap, a recovered Sutton passed Ingram for the lead at the Melbourne Hairpi...