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Ingram Extends BTCC Lead to Eight Points After Croft Round

Strict track-limit policing shaped tyre choices, resulting in three distinct race winners.

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Overview

  • Tom Ingram dominated practice, qualifying and Race 1 to seize the championship lead with a flawless start-to-finish win.
  • Dan Rowbottom exploited soft-compound tyres to claim a decisive victory in Race 2, with Ingram recovering to eighth to preserve his advantage.
  • Ash Sutton surged from fifth on the grid to win the reverse-grid finale and trimmed Ingram’s cushion to eight points at the top.
  • Multiple drivers, including Tom Chilton and Ash Sutton, had qualifying laps deleted for exceeding track limits, reshuffling the starting grids.
  • Jake Hill was withdrawn from the weekend on medical grounds after suffering a disorientating ear infection despite a brief FP2 substitution by Colin Turkington.