1991 British Touring Car Championship Round 7

1991 BTCC Season Round 7 	1991 BTCC Season Round 7
 	
Round 7 of 12 in the 1991 British Touring Car Championship	Round 7 of 12 in the 1991 British Touring Car Championship
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Race details 	Race details
Date 	28 July 1991
Location 	Knockhill Racing Circuit
Course length 	2.038 km (1.30 mi)
Distance 	3 x 17 lap sprint
Pole Position 	Pole Position
Driver 	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Belgium.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium.svg.png Roy Cop
Time 	0:53.705
Race 1 Fastest lap 	Race 1 Fastest lap
Driver 	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Belgium.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium.svg.png Roy Cop
Time 	0:53.860 (on lap 3)
Race 1 Podium 	Race 1 Podium
FirstSecondThird 	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Belgium.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium.svg.png Roy Cophttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png Lorenzo Turrihttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Mike Bell
Race 2 Fastest lap 	Race 2 Fastest lap
Driver 	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Belgium.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium.svg.png Roy Cop
Time 	0:53.933 (on lap 14)
Race 2 Podium 	Race 2 Podium
FirstSecondThird 	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png Lorenzo Turrihttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Mike Bellhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Belgium.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium.svg.png Roy Cop
Race 3 Fastest lap 	Race 3 Fastest lap
Driver 	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Belgium.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium.svg.png Roy Cop
Time 	0:54.122 (on lap 17)
Race 3 Podium 	Race 3 Podium
FirstSecondThird 	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Belgium.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium.svg.png Roy Cophttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png Lorenzo Turrihttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png Johannes Meles
The 1991 British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) Round 7 was a Touring Car race that was held on 28 July 1991 at the Knockhill Racing Circuit in Fife, Scotland. The race was contested over three 17 lap sprint races and was the seventh round of the 1991 British Touring Car Championship. 
==Background==
Heading into the meeting, Vik Rune was leading the Overall and Manufacturer Drivers' Championship by thirty-five points from Roy Cop. Kaliber ICS Team Toyota was leading the Manufacturer's Team Championship by seventy-two points from Nissan Janspeed Racing. In the Independent Driver's Championship, Mike Bell lead Kris Simton by twenty-six points. However it was Simton's Auto Trader Techspeed Team which lead the Independent Team's Championship over ACE Motorsport by forty points.
===Entrants===
Ten drivers representing seven teams entered the race. Nissan Janspeed Racing, Kaliber ICS Team Toyota and John Maguire Racing Team entered two cars and ACE Motorsport, BMW Team Finance, BMW Team Labatts and Autotrader Techspeed entered single cars.
== Qualifying grid ==
Position	Driver 	Team 	Time 	Point	 	 	 	 	
Position	Driver 	Team 	Time 	Point	1	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Belgium.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium.svg.png Roy Cop	Nissan Janspeed Racing	0:53.705	1
2 	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png Lorenzo Turri 	John Maguire Racing 	+0.712	 	 	 	 	 	
3 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Mike Bell 	ACE Motorsport 	+0.845	 	 	 	 	 	
4 	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/22px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png Dimitris Gkaras 	Kaliber ICS Team Toyota 	+0.940	 	 	 	 	 	
5 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Michael Sneath	Kaliber ICS Team Toyota 	+1.081	 	 	 	 	 	
6 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png David Osborne 	Nissan Janspeed Racing 	+1.241	 	 	 	 	 	
7 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Adam Manderson	John Maguire Racing 	+1.497	 	 	 	 	 	
8 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png Johannes Meles 	BMW Team Finance 	+1.515	 	 	 	 	 	
9 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Kris Simton 	Auto Trader Techspeed Team	+1.979	 	 	 	 	 	
10 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Kevin Bolland 	BMW Team Labatts 	+2.889	 	 	 	 	 	
== Race 1 ==
Position	Driver 	Team 	Fastest Lap	Points
1 	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Belgium.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium.svg.png Roy Cop 	Nissan Janspeed Racing 	0:53.860 	20 (1)
2 	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png Lorenzo Turri 	John Maguire Racing 	0:54.521 	18
3 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Mike Bell 	ACE Motorsport 	0:54.839 	16
4 	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/22px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png Dimitris Gkaras 	Kaliber ICS Team Toyota 	0:55.534 	14
5 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Michael Sneath	Kaliber ICS Team Toyota 	0:55.306 	13
6 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png Johannes Meles 	BMW Team Finance 	0:55.350 	12
7 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Kevin Bolland 	BMW Team Labatts 	0:55.601 	11
8 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Adam Manderson	John Maguire Racing 	0:55.791 	10
9 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png David Osborne 	Nissan Janspeed Racing 	0:55.357 	9
10 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Kris Simton 	Auto Trader Techspeed Team	1:01.658 	8
== Race 2 ==
Position	Driver 	Team 	Fastest Lap	Points
1 	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png Lorenzo Turri 	John Maguire Racing 	0:54.735 	20
2 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Mike Bell 	ACE Motorsport 	0:55.018 	18
3 	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Belgium.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium.svg.png Roy Cop 	Nissan Janspeed Racing 	0:53.933 	16(1)
4 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Adam Manderson	John Maguire Racing 	0:54.953 	14
5 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Kris Simton 	Auto Trader Techspeed Team	0:55.825 	13
6 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png Johannes Meles 	BMW Team Finance 	0:55.850 	12
7 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Michael Sneath	Kaliber ICS Team Toyota 	0:55.035 	11
8 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png David Osborne 	Nissan Janspeed Racing 	0:54.848 	10
9 	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/22px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png Dimitris Gkaras 	Kaliber ICS Team Toyota 	0:55.551 	9
10 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Kevin Bolland 	BMW Team Labatts 	0:58.264 	8
== Race 3 ==
Position	Driver 	Team 	Fastest Lap	Points
1 	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Belgium.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium.svg.png Roy Cop 	Nissan Janspeed Racing 	0:54.122 	20 (1)
2 	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png Lorenzo Turri 	John Maguire Racing 	0:54.448 	18
3 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png Johannes Meles 	BMW Team Finance 	0:55.523 	16
4 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Mike Bell 	ACE Motorsport 	0:55.075 	14
5 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Michael Sneath	Kaliber ICS Team Toyota 	0:54.729 	13
6 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Kris Simton 	Auto Trader Techspeed Team	0:55.588 	12
7 	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/22px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png Dimitris Gkaras 	Kaliber ICS Team Toyota 	0:55.361 	11
8 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png David Osborne 	Nissan Janspeed Racing 	0:55.093 	10
9 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Adam Manderson	John Maguire Racing 	0:55.225 	9
10 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Kevin Bolland 	BMW Team Labatts 	0:57.275 	8
==Championship standings after the race==
;Drivers' Championship standings
;
Position	Driver 	Points
1 	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Belgium.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium.svg.png Roy Cop 	302
2 	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png Vik Rune 	277
3 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Michael Sneath	259
4 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Mike Bell 	256
5 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png David Osborne 	194
;Manufacturer Drivers' Championship standings
;
Position	Driver 	Points
1 	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Belgium.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium.svg.png Roy Cop 	302
2 	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png Vik Rune 	277
3 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Michael Sneath	259
4 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png David Osborne 	194
5 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Josh Jones 	154
;Manufacturer Teams' Championship standings
Position	Team 	Points
1 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png Kaliber ICS Team Toyota 	570
2 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png Nissan Janspeed Racing 	496
3 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Vauxhall Sport 	203
4 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png BMW Team Listerine	201
5 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png John Maguire Racing 	159
;Independent Drivers' Championship standings
;
Position	Driver 	Points
1 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Mike Bell 	168
2 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Kris Simton 	136
3 	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png David Todaro	72
;Independent Teams' Championship standings
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|-
! scope="col" | Position
! scope="col" | Team
! scope="col" | Points
|-
|align="center"|1
|http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Auto Trader Techspeed Team
| align="left" |208
|-
|align="center"|2
|http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png ACE Motorsport
| align="left" |168
|-
Category:1991 BTCC Races