Overview

• James Piszcyk won the opening Brands Hatch race from pole, but McLaughlin's second place sealed the championship.
• The result leaves McLaughlin on 336.5 points to Piszcyk's 284 and Martin Molnar's 267, an insurmountable gap with two races remaining.
• Piszcyk secured double pole in a qualifying session disrupted by two red flags on the Grand Prix layout.
• Pre-race problems altered the Race 1 field as Dries Van Langendonck started from the pitlane, August Raber did not make the start, and Rowan Campbell-Pilling was absent after qualifying damage.
• In his maiden car-racing season, McLaughlin has five wins and seven podiums and now turns to helping Hitech secure the teams' title on Sunday.