BMW driver Colin Turkington has secured the British Touring Car Championship. He has been trying for seven year and has finally succeeded- but he did in a kind of Jenson Button-style.

The 27-year-old Northern Irishman was approximately 40 points clear by June but only snuck across the line with a five-point advantage at the end of the 30-race competition after a spectacular final meeting at Brands Hatch.

It was a superb show of controlled violence from Turkington around the 2.6-mile Kent circuit for the final meeting and it was enough to put him ahead of Giovanardi and get his hands on the trophy.