Overview

• Charles Rainford claimed his first BTCC pole position in qualifying, heading a West Surrey Racing BMW 1-2-3 at Knockhill.
• Daryl DeLeon set the second-fastest time and reigning champion Jake Hill completed the BMW lockout in third.
• Tom Ingram will start fifth to maintain his eight-point championship lead over Ash Sutton, who qualified 11th.
• Power Maxed Racing recovered from a garage fire by fielding two loaned Cupra Leons supplied by Un-Limited Motorsport and Dexter Patterson’s family.
• Goodyear allocated three sets of soft and one set of medium tyres per driver, making qualifying and tyre management decisive on the acrobatic circuit.