The nice guy of the British Touring Car Championship finished 1125th – in a truly outstanding two hours, 53 minutes and 51 seconds – in last Sunday’s London Marathon. So there’s bound to be at least one paddock wag jesting that this means that the number ‘1125’ will be pulled out in the reversed-grid draw.
Stephen Jelley, you see, has an astonishing knack of being the driver who lucks in for the final race of a BTCC Sunday – six times he has lined up on pole since he rejoined the West Surrey Racing BMW stable before the start of the 2021 season.
