Turkington, whose previous pole position in the series came back in August 2022 at Snetterton, ended up in a fight with the sister West Surrey Racing BMW 330e M Sport of Adam Morgan, whose only BTCC pole was at Rockingham in 2018 in his Ciceley Mercedes days.
With just seven seconds of additional hybrid and turbo boost allowed due to his pre-weekend championship position of fourth, and with Morgan outside the top seven so allowed the full 15s, Turkington was up against it – especially with a doubling in the boost surge for 2024.
