Jake Hill put WSR on the British Touring Car Championship podium twice at Silverstone on Sunday while Charles Rainford scored Jack Sears Trophy success to set up a thrilling title-decider with stablemate Daryl DeLeon in a fortnight’s time.
Jake was one of the standout performers aboard his Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport BMW 330i M Sport as he closed to within a handful of points of the championship top three, despite having missed the Croft event in August through illness.
The 2024 champion moved up from his third spot on the opening-race grid, battling for the lead and eventually coming home second. He added third in Race Two to record his sixth podium finish of the season and WSR’s 11th.
Fourth place in the finale means he has set up an intriguing finale at his home circuit, Brands Hatch, as he is fourth in the Drivers’ standings, just four points off the top three, having began the day 39 adrift.
“Overall it’s been a good day with two podium finishes for Jake, a Manufacturer win for BMW in Race Two and the Jack Sears Trophy for Charles across the three races,” commented Team Principal Dick Bennetts. “Naturally starting on pole position and with two cars in the top three, we’d have hoped to have won today, but this has always been a front-wheel drive track and we’ve gone against the form book when we’ve won here in previous years.
“I’m very pleased for Aiden (Moffat), who’s been one of the most consistent drivers of all across the three races, but frustrated for Daryl, who could have been right up there in Race Three if he’d started from the second row, as planned.”
A similarly strong raceday was had by LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR’s Aiden Moffat, who followed his best qualifying result of 2025 on Saturday with his highest weekend points total of the year too.
Showing an impressive blend of speed and racecraft, the Scottish racer twice finished sixth and added eighth spot in Race Two. His 28-point haul helped him climb into the championship top 10.
His LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR team-mate Charles Rainford scored his fifth Jack Sears Trophy (JST) event win from the nine events held the season to take the title fight down to the Brands Hatch finale.
The Sussex racer’s best result came in Race Two as he charged from 15th to fifth (and best of the JST contenders) on the favoured soft tyre, surviving several hits to his rear end from rival drivers on the way.
Fifteenth and 12th spots in the day’s other races not only kept him in the top 10 of the overall standings, but also closed him to within eight points of Daryl DeLeon in the JST battle.
Daryl had made history on Saturday by becoming the first Filipino driver to score a BTCC pole position, but his race day was to be a frustrating one; a puncture of a left-front tyre that had earlier been flat-spotted dropping him to 13th at the finish.
The Cambridgeshire-based 20-year-old, who still led the JST contenders in that race, finished 10th in Race Two, but suffered a broken driveshaft while performing a practice start as he headed to the Race Three grid.
Instead of starting from the second row, as planned, he had to wait as his crew repaired his car in pitlane. This led to him starting a lap behind the field and finishing 20th.
He and Charles are two of only three drivers left in contention for the prize largely aimed at inexperienced or rookie drivers, with just one round remaining.
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS AFTER ROUND 9/10
DRIVERS
1/ Tom Ingram – 419 points
2/ Ash Sutton – 386
3/ Dan Cammish – 275
4/ Jake Hill – 271
5/ Dan Rowbottom – 257
6/ Tom Chilton – 212
8/ Charles Rainford – 160
9/ Aiden Moffat – 147
11/ Daryl DeLeon – 142
MANUFACTURERS
1/ Ford – 763 points
2/ Hyundai – 762
3/ BMW – 614
4/ Toyota – 471
TEAMS
1= NAPA Racing UK – 700 points
1= Team Vertu – 697 points
3/ LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR – 417
4/ Restart Racing – 347
5/ Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport – 291
6/ Toyota Gazoo Racing UK with IAA – 257
7/ WSR – 204
JACK SEARS TROPHY
1/ Daryl DeLeon – 417 points
2/ Charles Rainford – 409
3/ Sam Osborne – 369
4/ Dexter Patterson – 306
5/ James Dorlin – 247
6/ Nicolas Hamilton – 174
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