Season's best points haul for Mountune-powered Team AON Focus' at Silverstone...

Team Aon, with Mountune prepared engines in their Ford Focus cars delivered a near perfect race weekend, having dominated proceedings with three victories from three races at Silverstone in the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship.

The engines continued with their impressive performance and reliability and having secured pole-position on Saturday the team secured double-podium finishes in race one and two, as well as victory in the final race of the day.
Tom Onslow-Cole also secured the fastest lap in all three races of the day earning himself a bonus point for each to add to his points haul.

Both Team Aon Ford's made a clean get away from the front row of the grid in the first race of the day and despite the close attentions of Jason Plato in his Chevrolet they made it a Team Aon one-two. The two Focus's lined up at the front of the grid once again for Race Two, with Tom Chilton this time starting from pole thanks to his Race One victory. Rob Collard's BMW made some robust overtaking attempts which meant that Onslow-Cole actually dropped back to third, behind the racy BMW, denying the Littlehampton based squad their second one-two of the day.

The third race of the day saw the customary reverse grid, meaning Tom Chilton started from sixth following his Race Two victory, with Onslow-Cole in fourth as a result of his third placed finish. A chaotic first lap allowed the two Team Aon cars into second and third and Onslow-Cole hunted down Paul O'Neill's Honda for the lead. Chilton then set about making it another one-two finish for Team Aon, but was hit from behind and this incident dropped him back to 6th place. Onslow-Cole raced to the top step of the podium, giving Team Aon and Mountune a clean sweep, with all three race victories.

Tom Chilton: “What a day! Two victories from the first two races. I would have loved to have made it three podiums from three races, but in the last one Jackson's BMW had other ideas. As a result we ended the day on a lower note than we could have, but still what a brilliant day for Team Aon!”

Tom Onslow-Cole: “A brilliant day for Team Aon winning all three races and I'm delighted to manage to get onto the top step of the podium for race three. Seconds and thirds are great, but as a racing driver you always want to win. I've scored 45 points this weekend and that's made our championship look much stronger, moving me from fourth to second.”

Mike Earle, Team Principal: “A great weekend for the team; three wins, plus a second and a third, therefore five podium finishes – not bad! We've moved into the lead of the Constructors championship and both drivers have moved up in the championship standings. Having both of them up there is very important for us heading into the final three rounds of the championship, so all in all a great weekend.”

2010 BTCC Drivers’ Championship
1. Jason Plato, 171 points
2. Tom Onslow-Cole, 157 points
3. Matt Neal, 148 points
4. Gordon Shedden, 138 points
5. Tom Chilton, 127 points

2010 BTCC Manufacturers’ Championship
1. Arena / Ford, 390 points
2. Honda / Dynamics , 368 points
3. Chevrolet / RML, 317 points

2010 BTCC Teams’ Championship
1. Honda Racing Team, 269 points
2. Team Aon, 265 points
3. Airwaves BMW, 228 points

Photos: Jakob Ebrey