WSR continue their British Touring Car Championship title defence at the shortest track on the calendar, the Brands Hatch Indy Circuit, this weekend with a thrilling three races guaranteed for what is sure to be a bumper crowd.
The 18-time series champions were victorious on last year’s visit to the 1.2-mile Kent venue with two wins and pole position with their BMW race cars.
Now their quartet of BMW 330i M Sports, driven by Jake Hill, Aiden Moffat, Charles Rainford and Daryl DeLeon head to the iconic and undulating venue determined to move up the order after a solid season-opener netted nine points finishes.
“It’s no secret that the rule changes for 2025 have benefitted the front-wheel-drive cars, so we were expecting Donington to be tough after our performance at Media Day,” commented Team Principal Dick Bennetts. “With this in mind I was pleased with the progress we made. We have a very experienced technical team here and we’ve left no stone unturned as we look to find a set-up that will help all four drivers unlock the performance from the BMWs this weekend. We are naturally targeting a more competitive showing at a circuit where we won twice last year.”
Leading the charge for WSR is Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport driver Jake Hill, the Kent racer who will compete at his home circuit for the first time since becoming BTCC Champion at a thrilling season finale on the longer Grand Prix loop last October.
The Indy layout was the scene of Jake’s first series podium in 2018 and he has added three more rostrum finishes since.
LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR driver Aiden Moffat was one of Sunday’s stars at Donington as he recovered from a 20th-place qualifying result to take a trio of top-10 finishes on race day.
The Edinburgh driver was a podium finisher on the Indy Circuit in 2021 and has been a race-winner on the GP layout as well.
Brands Hatch is the local circuit for Aiden’s LKQ team-mate Charles Rainford, who made his BTCC debut at Donington in April and only narrowly missed out on a spot in the Q3 ‘Quick Six’ pole position shoot-out section of qualifying.
The Horsham racer was a winner in the Carrera Cup GB in 2022 on the GP layout and a podium-finisher last year on the Indy Circuit.
Cambridgeshire’s Daryl DeLeon was another to excel at the 2024 season finale in Kent as he scored his career-best result of seventh place – again on the longer layout, but he has been a winner in sportscars at the track earlier in his career.
The WSR driver, who is set to make his 50th BTCC start in Race Two on Sunday, scored a trio of points finishes at Donington and is aiming to make further gains this weekend.
WSR’s record on the Indy Circuit is one of the strongest in BTCC with 17 victories – more than any other team on the grid. Pole position and a double win was achieved last year.
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