Overview

• Team VERTU’s Hyundai pair locked out the front row in wet qualifying and delivered a Race 1 one-two, with Chilton leading team-mate Tom Ingram.
• NAPA Racing UK completed the top five in the opener as Dan Rowbottom took third ahead of Ash Sutton and Dan Cammish after working past early stopper Chris Smiley.
• Qualifying unfolded in worsening rain with decisive tyre choices and strict track-limit rulings, as Sutton failed to reach the Quick Six and Jake Hill lost a key lap.
• Practice pace foreshadowed the weekend as Rowbottom topped FP1 and Chilton rebounded from a red flag to head FP2. Power Maxed Racing’s Mikey Doble qualified third in a loaned Cupra, securing the model’s best-ever BTCC grid position following the team’s recent workshop fire.