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There would be battles of a different type waiting for Andrew when the series then headed on to Thruxton for the third meeting of the campaign. As in the first two rounds, Andrew was on the pace from the moment he hit the track but started to feel ill going into qualifying. Diagnosed with a virus, Andrew bravely fought his way to a brace of top six finishes before the virus got the better of him and he was forced to miss race three. Sitting in eleventh in the championship standings, Andrew went into round four at Oulton Park with his focus firmly on breaking back into the top ten – and the former champion more than delivered the goods. Making the most of the fact that he wasn’t carrying any success ballast into the weekend, Andrew qualified on the second row of the grid and converted it into a podium finish in the opening race. Having then taken a fourth place finish in race two, Andrew picked up his best
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The pace in the BMW was clear to see however, with hopes high of building on the podium finish to move up the championship standings at Donington Park. Although quick throughout practice, a mechanical issue in qualifying left Andrew towards the rear of the field and with work to do on race day. It certainly made points hard to come by against one of the most competitive grids seen in recent years, but Andrew battled hard to come away from the final race of the weekend with a fifth-place finish.
result of the year to date with second in race three as part of a podium lock-out with BMW team-mates Rob Collard and Colin Turkington. A haul of 45 points saw Andrew vault up the championship standings and another strong weekend then followed at Croft, with two more top six finishes allowing the 2013 champion to climb to fourth in the championship standings. With an exciting second half of the season still to come, the action will resume at Snetterton in late July with Andrew and the Pirtek Racing BMW well and truly in the hunt for championship honours.
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