Tom Ingram took two out of the three race wins at the final round of the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch at the weekend.

Ingram made a strong start to the opening race on Sunday morning to hit the front of the field ahead of Aiden Moffat before the Audi driver managed to reclaim the lead when he dived down the inside on the GP loop. 

However, Ingram refused to let his rival break away and despite having less TOCA Turbo Boost at his disposal, made a move around the outside at Clearways to reclaim a lead he would retain to the finish.

Moving up into fourth on the opening lap, Collard held position throughout the race to finish just off the podium on the road, but a penalty for Moffat would see him promoted into third spot to give the team a double podium finish.

Chilton climbed to 13th place before he was handed a time penalty that dropped him a spot in the results, with Hamilton rounding out the finishers in 20th spot.

From pole for the second race of the weekend, Ingram controlled proceedings from the front to make it two wins from two, although Collard was unable to replicate his earlier result as he faded to seventh having been overhauled by a number of drivers running the soft compound tyre.

Chilton would find himself embroiled in a huge battle I’m the midfield pack before being classified in twelfth, with Hamilton dicing with Ryan Bensley and Nick Halstead throughout before finishing in 21st.

The final race of the season would start in disappointing fashion as both Ingram and Chilton were forced out after an incident going into turn one, leaving Collard to fly the flag for Team VERTU as he blasted his way to the front on the opening lap from the second row of the grid.

From there, Collard was able to maintain his position at the front of the pack despite huge pressure from behind to cross the line first before an unfortunate penalty for a restart infringement dropped him back to eighth place.

Hamilton meanwhile rounded out the season with 16th place to just miss out on an overall points finish.

Speaking after the race, Ingram said: “The final race wasn’t how I expected the season to finish but it almost sums up our year as something completely outside our control prevented a good weekend from being a great one! 

“Before the final race, things had been going really well and the car was absolutely mega earlier in the day. The fight with Aiden in race one is what the BTCC is all about as it was hard but fair racing that I really enjoyed and to come out on top of a battle like that was particularly pleasing, especially given the different levels of TTB we had.

“Leading race two from the front was also great and was further indication of the pace we’ve had all season but – for whatever reason – we haven’t been able to show.

“The season as whole obviously hasn’t delivered what we were looking for at the start, but I’m hugely proud of the team for the way they’ve continued to fight hard when things weren’t going our way.

“Ash deserved the championship this season as he’s had a fantastic year, but I don’t plan to let him have it all his own way in 2027.”

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