Adam Jones has praised his GR Asia-run Team Aircool outfit on the back of his podium finish during the second round of the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship at Rockingham.
It looked like Jones was going to suffer a repeat of the bad luck he suffered twelve months ago when he hit engine trouble in he second free practice session at the Northamptonshire circuit but quick work from the team to change the engine in the Leon meant he was able to hit the track for qualifying and secured a place on the second row of the grid.
In the opening race, Jones took a solid fourth place finish after losing out on third late on to
Matt Neal and then finished eighth in race two – putting him on pole for race three.
Having initially planned to start the race on slick tyres after rain started to fall, Jones benefitted when the start was aborted and switched to wet tyres before a stunning performance in the rain saw him finish third behind Neal and Tom Chilton.
"Race day was a mixed bag for us really but overall it was a good change in fortune compared to last year," he said in his latest
Crash.net column. "We had a good first race, not so good second race and then came good again in race three. The balls were drawn in our favour to start from pole position and then the heavens opened to change everything again. From then on, it was into the unknown as you don't know who is capable of doing what and you don't how fast people will be.
