INGRAM IN A CLASS OF HIS OWN AT BRANDS

Four went into one at Brands Hatch, as the gloves came off for the biggest prize in British motorsport. Tom Ingram stood tallest of all after the three rounds at Brands Hatch having scooped his maiden crown under immense pressure.

In truth, the Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 driver had been a whirlwind all weekend, head-and-shoulders faster than his rivals and two wins put him in a position to control his own destiny in the reversed-grid showdown.

Ash Sutton (Motorbase Performance Ford Focus) was battling against a car where he couldn’t quite find the sweet spot on race day but still managed second in the points, while MB Motorsport BMW 330e M Sport driver Jake Hill left nothing on the table as he sought to keep his dream alive. He kept his chances going into race three, which was more than outside shot Colin Turkington (WSR BMW 330e M Sport), who dropped out of the running after race two.

Race 1

From pole position in car that he described as “unreal”, Ingram only had one thing on his mind for the opening race. As has often been the case this year, he converted race-one pole into a convincing win heading all of the 18 laps.

Not only that, he performed a clean sweep of all the bonus points too to outscore his main title rivals and edge into a three-point lead at the head of the chase