Colin Turkington admits his Team BMW outfit 'need to find more speed' after the British Touring Car Championship points leader qualified eiꦺghth for the first of Sunday's three title decidin🐻g races at Brands Hatch.

Heading into the opening race, Turkington carries a slender nine-point lead ahead of Ash Sutton, but will start five positions behind his main title rival, who qualified a strong♈ third behind fellow championship cont🙈enders Tom Ingram and Rory Butcher.

At one point during the 30-minute qualifying shootout, Turkington faced the prospect of starting race one outsi🍎de of the top-ten, but the 38-year old managed to make a late move up the order to eighth before the session's final red flag.

Aside from the title battle, eighth position in Saturday's qualifying session was good enough for Turkington to cliꦉnch the Goodyear Wingfoot Award as the best qualifier during the 2020 season.

“It was a difficult session as there was not much grip. We were just trying to get the tyres working and trying to get them switched on. We did make gains at the end and found a chunk of time to go eighth," said Turkin💟gton.

"I’d prefer to be higher up, ജbut it could also have been the case that we could have ended up further downꦦ. We do need to find some more speed for tomorrow, as we expect the conditions to be about the same, so for us I think the wetter the better.

"It’s really nice to be taking the Goodyear Wingfoot Award home. It’s something I’ve had my eye on all year as it rewards our strong qualifying performances, so I think it’s our just rewaᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚrds to have picked up the trophy."