BTCC 2025 Round 2, Brands Hatch Race 2

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Highlights of the 2nd race of the 2nd round of the 2025 BTCC (British Touring Car Championship) from Brands Hatch on 11th May 2025.  Round 5 Starts - 23:20

Transcript

00:00:00And Josh Cook on the Ferris wheel.

00:00:03It's time for amusements.

00:00:06It's Josh Cook and Paul O'Neill.

00:00:08You all good, mate?

00:00:09Yeah, good. How are you?

00:00:10I'm really well. I am looking forward to this.

00:00:12You like a bit of Ferris wheel?

00:00:14Yeah, I do, yeah. Let's see what it's like.

00:00:16Shall we see what it's like? Shall we jump on?

00:00:17Right, mate. I'm getting on first, by the way,

00:00:19so let's just be careful here.

00:00:21Oh, my word. I think I need to do something.

00:00:24Come in, Josh.

00:00:26This is a bit close and personal.

00:00:27Have you ever been round Brands Act as fast as this Ferris wheel is going to take us?

00:00:31Not today, I haven't, no.

00:00:34300th race today.

00:00:35Not going to ask you how that's gone, because it wasn't brilliant, was it?

00:00:39But great to complete 300 races in British touring cars, isn't it?

00:00:43Yeah, you know, as you know, as a racer yourself,

00:00:46trying to get to the pinnacle of UK motorsport is a very difficult thing to do.

00:00:51So just to actually get there was a big achievement for me.

00:00:53But, yeah, it's incredible how quickly it's gone around to get to my 300th race.

00:00:58And I'm still loving it as much as when I first joined.

00:01:01But, of course, I want to be winning that championship, and that's why I'm here.

00:01:04Of course. Do you think that's still a thing you can do this year?

00:01:07I mean, this year, I knew coming back to the team,

00:01:10it was going to be a difficult ask in the first year.

00:01:14We've got a few things that we need to iron out.

00:01:16We need to get into a nice rhythm of how we work together.

00:01:20That's not going to happen overnight.

00:01:21We're going to have, you know, real good hits.

00:01:24We're going to have some big misses.

00:01:25And, you know, you look at yesterday and qualifying,

00:01:28we'd gone in a direction to try and look for a little bit more.

00:01:31But it wasn't there.

00:01:32We ended up going backwards,

00:01:33and we had to spend all of the last night reverting back to what we know.

00:01:37So, you know, that's going to happen.

00:01:40Are you going to win a championship doing that?

00:01:41I don't think so.

00:01:42But we're looking at year two, year three,

00:01:44where we need to make sure that we're on the money every single weekend.

00:01:46And you've got to go through the motions to get yourself to that place.

00:01:50Yeah.

00:01:51Talking about nerves and banging and things, mate.

00:01:53This is not for me.

00:01:54We're actually on the fully top of Brands Act.

00:01:58You can see quite a lot from here.

00:01:59But are you all right with heights?

00:02:01Because I actually didn't tell you what we were doing.

00:02:03So I'm not great with them.

00:02:04Hold my hand.

00:02:05Well, you can stop holding my leg now anyway.

00:02:08But, yeah, I don't mind heights.

00:02:11It's quite a nice view up here, isn't it?

00:02:13Seeing the cars go around.

00:02:14Yeah, I've never seen Brands Act from this perspective before.

00:02:17But, yeah, it's good.

00:02:18Would you rather be going around on this or going around in your Honda?

00:02:22Right in the Honda, obviously, every time.

00:02:25But, look, yeah, I think, look at the crowds today.

00:02:27It's pretty good.

00:02:27It's nice weather.

00:02:28I think it's a good race weekend for people to come and see.

00:02:31So, yeah, if you are interested in touring cars,

00:02:33come and have a little look at another race weekend.

00:02:36Wicked.

00:02:37Right.

00:02:37What are we going to do then, mate?

00:02:38We're going to swap around because you've got the better view then.

00:02:40So, I'm going to go this way.

00:02:42This is nice.

00:02:44Good job.

00:02:44It's not the first time you've been swinging around a pole, is it?

00:02:46Mate, at least I'm thin enough to do this.

00:02:50You watch now.

00:02:50This side will be really heavy.

00:02:52Here we go.

00:02:53We're in.

00:02:53I'm going to ask you a question now.

00:02:54And it's not to offend you.

00:02:57But Ash Sutton, teammate with you back in the day.

00:03:01You finished ahead of him in the points in the championship.

00:03:04He's gone on to win all those championships, four championships.

00:03:06It must be a difficult watch, but he is a good friend.

00:03:09Yeah, I mean, I can only, you know, change the factors that I'm in control of.

00:03:15And, of course, you know, Ash has gone on to do very well, as has Ingram, as has Jake.

00:03:20And, of course, you know, I want to be winning the championship.

00:03:22That's why I'm here.

00:03:23But it's not, you know, everything has to all line up for that to happen.

00:03:27I'm confident enough in my own ability that seeing others, you know, do well doesn't annoy me in any way.

00:03:35I just need to make sure that we do a better job as a team.

00:03:38And now I've got complete confidence in myself.

00:03:40But, you know, it's difficult.

00:03:43It's a difficult game.

00:03:45So, yeah, that's a tough one to answer, as you know.

00:03:49But, of course, I'm just going to keep giving it absolutely everything day in, day out until I can achieve what I came here to do.

00:03:55Well, we believe in you, mate.

00:03:56It's going to be awesome.

00:03:58Steven Jelly as a team, mate.

00:03:59He's quite an interesting character, especially with that second name, isn't he?

00:04:03Yeah, he's a really nice guy, you know.

00:04:05And we work really well as a team.

00:04:07I love that there's, you know, there's a lot of experience between us.

00:04:10There's no ego.

00:04:12You know, even look at Donington.

00:04:14As soon as, you know, I was on a different strategy to him, I got to him, he moved out my way and vice versa when he was on a different strategy.

00:04:19And it's nice to have that sort of relationship, you know.

00:04:22Of course, we want to beat each other, but we need to make sure that we do do right by the team as well.

00:04:26So, it's a nice atmosphere.

00:04:28I'm sure it is, mate.

00:04:29Listen, we've come to the end of our ride, mate.

00:04:31Never mention that about poles ever again.

00:04:34No deal.

00:04:34Thanks, Josh.

00:04:36Cheers.

00:04:38And Jay, there was, has joined us in the studio.

00:04:40And, I mean, it's the kind of in-depth interview that could only be conducted on a Ferris wheel, isn't it?

00:04:44Yeah, Paul O'Neill, a Ferris wheel, Josh Cook.

00:04:47Yeah, that line-up was never going to be the most sort of, you weren't going to learn too much about the motorsport as such.

00:04:53But, yeah, pole dancing and stuff, as was definitely mentioned, I hear.

00:04:56Yeah, I'm quite surprised.

00:04:57I mean, that was done in the lunch break, that in the middle of a sort of intense day like the drivers have, he does a lap of the Ferris wheel with Paul O'Neill.

00:05:05Yeah, two laps of the Ferris wheel, of course.

00:05:07It's either a very fast Ferris wheel or Josh had a little gap in his programme.

00:05:10But I think because it was Paul and he asked him nicely, I think, yeah, as much as he's got a busy day, he found a little bit of space for Paul to have a chat with him.

00:05:18Yeah, I'm quite surprised that Paul could afford the time as well with the work he has to do.

00:05:23What have you been up to?

00:05:24We talked a couple of weeks ago about Silverstone last weekend, the Citroen.

00:05:28How did the 24-hour race go?

00:05:30It was good.

00:05:31Like I said last time we were here, it was myself, Josh Cook, Aidan Moffat and a couple of our friends did a 24-hour race in a Citroen C1.

00:05:38Grid of 45-ish cars through the night.

00:05:42We should have really been on for a podium and I know we always say that, but in credit to our car crew who some had never done a motorsport event before, let alone a 24-hour, did not miss a beat.

00:05:54We had a couple of discrepancies with the car and strategy in the night which dropped us back.

00:05:58We finished inside the top 10, but what an amazing weekend we had.

00:06:02It was the fun of motorsport.

00:06:04This is all very professional and it's all very high intensity and brilliant for everyone to watch, but the C1 stuff was good fun and brilliant to spend some time with friends and family and go racing in such a competitive championship.

00:06:16Quick reflection on race one here, total control from BMW and Jake Hill and Charles Rainford outstanding.

00:06:22Yeah, I mean this is a complete U-turn from Donington from WSR and BMW.

00:06:26Jake was always going to be strong here at his home circuit, he loves it, but Charles' biggest grin on his face, he said in his interview that one of the most surprising things was how comfortable we found it.

00:06:36So that tells me that he's very confident with the car that's underneath him.

00:06:40We'll see how they go on these hard tyres.

00:06:41We saw with the hard tyre runners in that previous race, it doesn't really come back to them at any point, you know.

00:06:47So we'll see how they get on.

00:06:49It's going to be a challenge, but a challenge that I'm excited to watch play out.

00:06:53Yeah, what Tom Ingram was indicating was maybe you could be that bit more aggressive on the hard tyres.

00:06:58Yeah, they don't seem to drop off that much.

00:07:00We saw Ash Sutton I think only made two or three places, Josh made two, I think Chris Smiley dropped a couple.

00:07:06So they're quite hard, the gap on them is different, but from that data in race one I think people will notice that you could probably be a bit aggressive on them,

00:07:14knowing that the cliff edge is not going to be there as expected.

00:07:17So yeah, we might see a very different style of racing in this next race.

00:07:20Out of the Championship this season, it'd be great to have him back, but wandering around the paddock is Rob Huff and he's been talking with Louise.

00:07:28Well, one man we're always happy to have a chat with, although it's a shame that he's not in the car this year, is Rob Huff.

00:07:34Why are you not in the car this year, Huffie?

00:07:36Very kind of you, Lou, thank you very much.

00:07:39I mean, first of all, wonderful to be here, wonderful to be at such a wonderful brand's hatch in the sunshine, nice and busy.

00:07:45I'm here with FSM, partnering with Will Fuchs in the management company.

00:07:50We've got Mikey Doble that we've looked after for a while now, and this week we just signed Ronan Pearson.

00:07:55And obviously Ronan, we know he's racing with Toyota this year.

00:07:58Obviously I've got very close links with the Toyota and Speedworks team from last year,

00:08:02so here to support him in any way we can, just to try and get him a bit further up the grid.

00:08:08And so far this year, I think it's worked, because obviously Donington, he had a fantastic qualifying and, again, best of the Toyotas today.

00:08:15So is this it in terms of your driving days or is focusing on management?

00:08:20Now that face says, no, I'm always up for a drive if there's one available.

00:08:23Did you bring your helmet with you just in case?

00:08:25No, I'm past that stage.

00:08:27I'm past that stage.

00:08:28But no, I'm still doing a lot of driving, mainly in historics.

00:08:31You know, I loved being back in the British Touring Cars last year, but, you know, it just wasn't a great fit for this year.

00:08:37I've got so much going on outside of driving for myself that I just needed this time.

00:08:42And, you know, we're getting, you know, towards the end of the career.

00:08:46But, you know, never say never.

00:08:48But it is a massive thing for a young driver to be able to dive into that experience and that knowledge that you have, isn't it?

00:08:55What kind of stuff?

00:08:55I mean, obviously, you're not telling them how to drive, but what kind of, or maybe you are.

00:08:59What kind of things are you advising them on and helping them with?

00:09:02No, you're right.

00:09:03I mean, I've got a fantastic picture of Ronan and myself, 2011, in the Donington Pits, when I think he was 11 years old at that point.

00:09:11So, you know, we've got a great relationship.

00:09:13And it's the support, you know, these weekends, BTCC, it's such, you know, high maintenance as a driver.

00:09:21You're being pulled pillar to post.

00:09:22There's so much to think about.

00:09:24It's just a case of giving him the confidence that he's doing the right things.

00:09:27When he's not doing the right things, help him out.

00:09:30And just be, you know, be here as a comfort blanket, effectively, with him knowing that I've got the experience of 20 years as a pro driver.

00:09:38But just to reassure him that everything he's doing is the right thing.

00:09:42And as we see on track, he's doing an amazing job.

00:09:44Good to have you around.

00:09:45Thank you very much.

00:09:46Cheers.

00:09:47Yeah, it is great when experienced drivers like that are able to put something back into the sport, you know, via the young talent that's out there.

00:09:54Absolutely.

00:09:54And I think that, like Rob was saying there, he's not necessarily telling people exactly how to drive.

00:09:59It's just helping them with the maintenance of the weekend and being a second pair of eyes.

00:10:03Having a driver coach as such or a manager that's able to look at your data and to look at the weekend from a different viewpoint will help anyone.

00:10:10So it's really good to see Rob back.

00:10:12And no doubt he's helping the team in general with his advice to just one of the drivers as well.

00:10:17Yeah, he might be able to do a job for Gordon Sheridan.

00:10:19I mean, he is having a bit of a nightmare, isn't he?

00:10:21Yeah, he's not having the season or the start of the season that he definitely wanted.

00:10:26We know he's quicker than the car is giving him at the moment.

00:10:29When we look at the list of drivers, we know that his name should not be where it is.

00:10:34So I'm sure he's working super hard with the team to find out what the issue is somewhere within the car that moves him forward.

00:10:40And hopefully between race one and two, they found something and we can see the Gordon that we all know throughout his career.

00:10:46OK, soft tyres.

00:10:47What do you expect him from Ash Sutton in race two?

00:10:50I think he's going to come alive a little bit.

00:10:52He knows he's got to scrape back some points that he's maybe lost in race one.

00:10:56But we'll also see how well the BMWs deal with the hard tyres.

00:10:59So we could see some swapping and changing, but he can't risk too much.

00:11:03We can't risk a DNF and no point score.

00:11:05So, yeah, Ash is going to be elbows out moving forward, but in a fairly sensible-ish way, if we can even use that word in British Touring Cars.

00:11:12OK, thanks, Jade.

00:11:14Picnics are over.

00:11:15Funfair is emptied and everyone is back taking their places ahead of this second race of a scorching afternoon on the short circuit at Brands Hatch.

00:11:23The cars heading to the grid will be out there with Louise in just a few minutes' time.

00:11:30Racing are back with a record-breaking 133rd win.

00:11:34Race winner Jake Hill and Charles Rainford will make up the front row of the grid.

00:11:38And they and Tom Ingram in third are all on hard tyres.

00:11:41Scorching hot at Brands Hatch.

00:11:43Let's go down and join Louise.

00:11:46Thank you, Steve.

00:11:46It is scorching hot down here.

00:11:48As you say, I'm down a P5 on the grid with Dan Camish, the man who, if you think back to Donington, took the first pole position of the season.

00:11:56He went on to have a puncture in race one at Donington, fought back to get onto the podium in race two.

00:12:01And we'll be hoping to do that again, at least in this race.

00:12:05But, Dan, I want to ask you, in race one, how much was that puncture you had last time out on your mind?

00:12:10Were you a little bit cautious on the soft tyres?

00:12:13Oh, no, absolutely.

00:12:14It was a big part of our debrief.

00:12:17I don't think my engineers slept properly since Donington, to be honest.

00:12:22Yeah, it's given us a lot of food for thought.

00:12:24You know, we've really had to, you know, look how hot it is today.

00:12:26I mean, it's beautiful.

00:12:27But it's hot.

00:12:30On this tarmac, you know, we've got this new tarmac down here.

00:12:33It's around 10 degrees hotter.

00:12:35I think that was 43 degrees track temperature on that side.

00:12:38So, you're asking the soft tyre to do a heck of a lot.

00:12:41And I was very conscious that, you know, yes, maybe there's a couple of places, but the flip side of that is catastrophe.

00:12:49And I got very lucky at Donington with the safety car timing.

00:12:53Drove well to get myself back into a sensible position that saved my day.

00:12:57But what were the chances of that happening again?

00:12:59So, we've got to the end, did a good job.

00:13:01The tyre looked great.

00:13:02So, I think we can sort of go a little bit more aggressive in this one.

00:13:05Well, and you've got three guys ahead of you, just ahead of you, who've got the harder tyre on.

00:13:09So, how easy is it going to be to overtake here?

00:13:12I mean, I want to say that, you know, that they should be a fairly decent grip deficit to start with.

00:13:17You know, we should have the advantage by quite a margin.

00:13:21They're going to make it difficult, I think.

00:13:22I hope not too difficult.

00:13:24Obviously, Tom might be thinking of trying to help Adam a little bit if he can.

00:13:27Because it looks like he might have helped him a little bit in race one.

00:13:29And my job, and Adam's job, is to get past these guys as fast as humanly possible.

00:13:35And then we can go race it out at the front.

00:13:38Yeah, I feel like we've got a good package under us.

00:13:40We've made some more changes.

00:13:42Let's see if we can take it to the Hyundai's and BMW's in this one.

00:13:45Thanks, Tom.

00:13:46Well, those soft tyres are definitely going to help in that.

00:13:48And in fact, between here and the back of the grid, there's only one driver who is on the hard tyre.

00:13:53And in fact, down at the back of the grid, I think is where Paul is right now.

00:13:55Yeah, standard stuff, Lou.

00:13:58Back of the grid as usual.

00:14:00How are you, Nick?

00:14:01Good to see you back.

00:14:03Loving to be back again.

00:14:05And what's the score?

00:14:06You've been testing, haven't you, before you come here?

00:14:08As in, you were racing here the other weekend, but you've been cheating.

00:14:11A very different car.

00:14:13A bit of a rejig from very, very fast straight line, rear-wheel drive,

00:14:19to the chaos that is BT's GT.

00:14:23Good to be back, though.

00:14:24Yeah, loving it.

00:14:25You know, all the fan engagement, bringing back crazy cars.

00:14:29Been a bit of back to the fire with no testing, but still loving it.

00:14:33Top man, I'm going to leave you to it, because I know how nervous it can be

00:14:36when you're back on the grid, BTCC-wise.

00:14:39Follow me.

00:14:40Let's talk to this absolute diamond of a gentleman.

00:14:44Nick Hamilton, round this side.

00:14:46Follow us.

00:14:47Nick has always got so many people around his car.

00:14:50He does so much for so many people.

00:14:53He probably hates talking to everyone, but quickly, Nick,

00:14:55how cool, man, is it to be back on this grid?

00:14:57And you do so much for the community, mate.

00:15:00Absolutely, buddy.

00:15:02Yeah, so grateful to be here.

00:15:04Thank you to everybody for getting me here in the first place.

00:15:07And to have a disabled person, you know, holding my grid board was incredible first race.

00:15:13I was very emotional.

00:15:14But, yeah, looking forward to it, mate.

00:15:16The sun's out.

00:15:17It's going well so far.

00:15:18So, really happy.

00:15:19You were hoping that these soft tyres are better than the hards, mate?

00:15:22Yeah, we tried to get rid of the hard tyres in the first race, which we did.

00:15:25Unfortunately, I had a power steering failure, which meant that we didn't finish the first race.

00:15:29But I feel like we got good race pace and just enjoying being back.

00:15:33You know what it's like.

00:15:34You know, it's such a privilege and honour to be here.

00:15:37So, yeah, I'm having fun.

00:15:39Just quickly on the disability front, it's amazing, isn't it, what you do?

00:15:43And I know you just kind of, like, bat it away.

00:15:46But it is amazing, mate, you're getting a bit of radio contact.

00:15:49Hang on.

00:15:50Yeah, I mean, disability for me is obviously super important.

00:15:55And now that I'm back in the car, I want to really open up doors for other disabled individuals within motorsport.

00:16:01You don't have to just be a racing driver to be a part of the sport.

00:16:04And, yeah, young George, who was in his wheelchair, you know, being a part of the team today meant the most to me.

00:16:10And, you know, this is my purpose, to live with my disability and try and open doors for other people.

00:16:16I do a great job in the car.

00:16:18Yeah, it's hard.

00:16:18And, you know, I'm not necessarily at the front.

00:16:20But to get here in the first place has taken a lot.

00:16:23And, yeah, I'm really grateful for the opportunity, but also really proud of myself to be here in the first place.

00:16:28Top man, well, we all love you to bits, mate.

00:16:30You do a great job for everyone.

00:16:31Good luck in this race.

00:16:32Back to you, Lou.

00:16:33Thank you, Paul.

00:16:34Yeah, I'm with another man.

00:16:35We talked to him earlier on, actually, about the fact he was running a reverse strategy needed to get rid of that hard tyre earlier on,

00:16:41which he has now done, but actually quite successfully, because made up three places on the grid in race one.

00:16:48I can see his focus is just off to the left, where I can see the guys putting his, if you just look the camera over,

00:16:55you can see the guys putting the marker tape in place on the wall.

00:16:58So, I don't want to button and disturb him too much while that's going on.

00:17:02Yep, you're back with me?

00:17:03Yep, cool.

00:17:04So, I'm just talking about the fact that you actually made up three places in race one on the hard tyre.

00:17:08So, pretty good result for you.

00:17:10Yeah, it was a good start, obviously.

00:17:13Chris Smiley was the only hard tyre in front of us.

00:17:15So, yeah, we made a jump on in.

00:17:17But we had a mega start, jumped two of the guys on softs and got past Chris at the end of lap one.

00:17:22So, yeah, it was a really good lap one and that was kind of it.

00:17:24They kind of settled in and sort of just brought it home from there.

00:17:28Soft tyre now, lots of changes to the car.

00:17:30It's the case of just send it, basically, and see how much high ramp you can get, is it?

00:17:33Yeah, exactly that.

00:17:34We've got to go forward now.

00:17:35We need some points.

00:17:36So, yeah, obviously, it is a bit of a soft tyre race other than the guys up front.

00:17:40And I think there's one car behind us.

00:17:42So, it's going to be difficult.

00:17:44But we've got hybrid now on our side, or boost on our side,

00:17:47which is going to help us get through the grid.

00:17:50But, yeah, we'll wait and see.

00:17:51We need to protect the soft tyre as well.

00:17:53It's still a concern for some people.

00:17:57Always a balancing act, but I'm sure you'll make the most of it.

00:18:00And I'm sure we're going to enjoy it as well.

00:18:01It's going to be coming up after this break.

00:18:07Racing resumes at Brands Hatch with round five.

00:18:11The Quick Fit British Touring Car Championship will go straight to the commentators.

00:18:14Tim Harvey and David Addison.

00:18:16And with the grid formed then, the second race of the day,

00:18:19ready to get underway with Jake Hill, this time starting on pole position.

00:18:23But this time around, Tim Harvey, he has fewer laps of boost.

00:18:27And he's on what you might call the wrong tyre, the harder, slower tyre.

00:18:31Yeah, the evidence from race one absolutely is that red side walled hard tyre

00:18:35is about six, seven tenths of that slumber.

00:18:37Looking at lap times of Ash Sutton and Chris Smiley in race one.

00:18:42So, he's definitely got his work cut out, but he knows that he's got faster cars behind him.

00:18:47He'll just have to manage his race and try and finish and get as many blocks as he can.

00:18:51But it's a great old duty for those starting fourth backwards on the soft tyre to potentially win this race.

00:18:58So, cars on the first of two formation laps.

00:19:01One or two drivers had a rather tough first race, which included Tom Chilton.

00:19:07Let's try and check in with Tom before we go racing.

00:19:0922nd on the grid, Tom.

00:19:11Race one was pretty tough.

00:19:13Yeah, it was really hard.

00:19:14Don't ever say 22nd ever again.

00:19:17It's not a place I want to ever be again.

00:19:20To be honest, in all fairness, it is the first ever time

00:19:24out of the over two decades I've been racing at the BTCC

00:19:28I've ever run a hard tyre at Brands Hatch.

00:19:31And it definitely showed.

00:19:32We didn't get it right, did we?

00:19:34And was that just the tyre or tyre and setup or something more sinister?

00:19:39To be honest, it's a bit of everything.

00:19:42I think if you haven't done testing on a tyre, which we haven't,

00:19:46you can't expect to be good on it.

00:19:48And that's what's happened.

00:19:49We didn't get the setup right.

00:19:50And I had a bit of bad luck as well with Moffat nearly spinning himself into paddock.

00:19:57I had to brake to avoid him.

00:19:58Sure.

00:19:59Which, obviously, I was going to do.

00:20:01I was going to casually crash into him.

00:20:04But when you're in a position, you can't just pull out in front of oncoming traffic.

00:20:09It'll be a massive crash.

00:20:11So I just very unfortunately lost four places very quickly.

00:20:15And, yeah, it wasn't my day.

00:20:17But I'm now in the softs and I've got tons of hybrids.

00:20:20I'm very excited.

00:20:21Excellent.

00:20:22Good luck, Tom.

00:20:24Enjoy.

00:20:25So Tom Chilton starts with the maximum amount of boost rather than hybrid, to be fair to him.

00:20:32So 12 laps is the maximum.

00:20:34That's what he will have.

00:20:35Right.

00:20:35Let's have a look at the grid before we go racing.

00:20:38Jake Hill starts on pole position.

00:20:40Teammate Charles Rainford with him at the front of the grid.

00:20:43They're both on the hard tyre.

00:20:44And so is Tom Ingram.

00:20:46Anticipate them to drop back against Adam Morgan.

00:20:49Then Dan Kamish and Mikey Doble to round out the top six on the grid.

00:20:51Daryl Deleon starts seventh.

00:20:53Sam Osborne is eighth.

00:20:55Ninth is where you find Dan Lloyd.

00:20:57Ash Sutton, tenth this time, ahead of Ronan Pearson and Chris Smiley.

00:21:01Thirteenth is Michael Kreese on home soil, ahead of Stephen Jelly.

00:21:04Fifteenth is Josh Cook after a tough first race once again.

00:21:07Then Aaron Taylor-Smith, James Dawlin.

00:21:09The only other driver outside the top three on the hard tyre.

00:21:12Dan Rowbottom is next, ahead of Dexter Patterson and Aidan Moffat.

00:21:1621st, Gordon Shedham.

00:21:17Next is Tom Chilton, seeing that he asked me not to say 22nd again.

00:21:20Max Hall is 23rd.

00:21:22Nick Halstead is 24th.

00:21:23And after his power steering issues fixed, Nick Hamilton will go from the back of the grid.

00:21:29Two formation laps to get warmth into the tyres.

00:21:32It's a very, very warm day still.

00:21:34And now at least the teams have a bit of an idea in terms of what the soft tyre is going to do.

00:21:38You can see what tyre compound people are on.

00:21:40The red is the hard, the white is the soft.

00:21:42In terms of laps of the boost available.

00:21:45Pole position, race one winner, Jake Hill has five laps available.

00:21:48It goes up all the way to 12 if you are eighth or further back.

00:21:5312 laps out of the 24 is the maximum any body can have.

00:21:57Yes, and making use of it is proving very effective, isn't it?

00:22:02Although the policy is always to try and leave as much boost as you can for the end of the race

00:22:06unless you need to overtake or defend, it's proving mighty popular around here and quite effective.

00:22:13Pick a winner.

00:22:13I'm tempted to say Dan Kamish or Adam Morgan, but I wouldn't count out how subtle it is from.

00:22:21Okay, interesting choice.

00:22:22So that's three I've chosen.

00:22:24Yeah, it's a good fence to sit on, isn't it?

00:22:26Who are you choosing, David?

00:22:28Somebody that might come through first at the end of the race.

00:22:31Someone on softs.

00:22:32Absolutely.

00:22:32Great choice.

00:22:33Yes, I think Kamish is a good shout.

00:22:35After that, Adam Morgan maybe.

00:22:39I'd like to see Adam Morgan win.

00:22:41He normally goes well around brands.

00:22:43He likes front wheel driving.

00:22:44He's the first of those softs.

00:22:45It's going to be fascinating because there are other people like Ash Sutton,

00:22:48like Dan Roy, like Bruce Smiley, Stephen Jelly, plenty of others, Josh Cook on that soft tyre

00:22:52coming up the grid from further back.

00:22:54Aidan Moffat will start 20th.

00:22:55You're on board with him.

00:22:56I can tell you Ash Sutton is dangerously close to, as is Sam Osborne,

00:23:02dangerously close to being in front of their pit box.

00:23:06The grid market line, yes.

00:23:07It's actually Sam Osborne there.

00:23:09Yeah, you can see that.

00:23:10He's very far forward, isn't he?

00:23:12In front of the car.

00:23:12Probably okay.

00:23:13Over the line.

00:23:14Right, we're ready to go.

00:23:15The fifth race of the season in the Quick Fit British Touring Car Championship.

00:23:20Lights go red.

00:23:21It is blast off with another good start coming from the BMWs.

00:23:25Also away rapidly was Dan Kamish.

00:23:27Jake Hill is going to lead on the way up towards Paddock.

00:23:29Tom Ingram third.

00:23:30Adam Morgan has dropped back behind Kamish.

00:23:32So not a great start.

00:23:33Look at the gap.

00:23:33The two BMWs have pulled already.

00:23:35They come through Paddock for the first time.

00:23:37Ingram is third.

00:23:37Kamish is fourth.

00:23:38Morgan is fifth-ish on the outside line, but he's got Darrell De Leon charging up alongside him as they come into the hairpin for the first time safely through.

00:23:46Jake Hill leads downhill for the first time.

00:23:48Well, one good thing about this hot weather is it's, oh, someone getting wide there.

00:23:52That could have been Osborne.

00:23:54But it's, it's, no, it's further back.

00:23:57But one of the good things about the hot weather is the BMWs can switch on those hard tyres much quicker.

00:24:02Remember, they've always had problems with it in the past when the weather's been cold.

00:24:06But they're away and gone in formation at the front.

00:24:08I think the car that got all sideways may have been Dan Lloyd's restart racing Hyundai as they come up now towards the end of lap number one.

00:24:14So Jake Hill leads the way.

00:24:16He has one lap fewer of boost than Charles Rainsford does.

00:24:19But Dan Kamish already up into third, the best of those on that faster, softer tyre.

00:24:24He's cleared Tom Ingram now in fifth place.

00:24:26Darrell De Leon is making good progress.

00:24:28It's Adam Morgan in sixth.

00:24:29He's dropped back in real terms as they head towards the hairpin for the second time.

00:24:32Ash Sutton, they're right on the back of Mikey Doble.

00:24:35Seventh and eighth they are.

00:24:36Yeah, Ash Sutton's got that race sort of aggressiveness about him.

00:24:39He's looking for every gap.

00:24:41He wants to make progress quickly at the start of the race.

00:24:43So far so good as the cars can come along Cooper straight behind Suss.

00:24:48And it's Chris Smiley in ninth time.

00:24:50Osborne is tenth.

00:24:51How is Tom Chilton getting on?

00:24:52When he was 23rd across the line.

00:24:54Max Hall goes ahead of Dexter Patterson and opens up a gap for Tom Chilton to attack into.

00:24:58He manages to get up alongside Patterson who comes back at him.

00:25:01Look on the inside.

00:25:02They rub, but Dexter Patterson in the unlimited motorsport Cooper.

00:25:06He's going to hang on to the place.

00:25:07Yeah, it gets good traction off, but it looks like Chilton may be on the move.

00:25:11Well, Patterson's on the boost.

00:25:12You saw the light flashing, but in spite of that, Chilton's able to draw almost the wrong side of him.

00:25:18James Dorland on the hard tyre dropping back in the queue as well.

00:25:21There is Smiley under attack because right with him now is Sam Osborne.

00:25:25That means though that Chris Smiley fends off the forward.

00:25:27Mikey Doble dives up the inside, clasters across the side of the Sam Osborne focus,

00:25:32but does go through.

00:25:33And then behind you've got Ronan Pearson just being able to keep Dan Lloyd at bay.

00:25:38Now you can start to see that the cars on that hard tyre are just starting to lose the edge

00:25:42because Dan Kamish on softs has done the fastest lap of the race

00:25:45and look how much closer he is now to the BMWs.

00:25:48And Charles Rainford had a big moment coming out of clearways there.

00:25:52The back end of that BMW stepping out quite violently.

00:25:55A lot less grip on that time than he enjoyed in race one.

00:25:58So down through Paddock there is still a gap between the BMW of Jake Hill and Charles Rainford

00:26:05but if Dan Kamish can get past Rainford swiftly then he's in with a shout

00:26:08and so is Daryl de Leon because remember his BMW, well suited to the circuit, is on the better tyre.

00:26:14So Daryl de Leon, never a touring car race winner, has a chance here of a good result.

00:26:18You're on board with Aidan Moffat, his BMW is flying and that's Dan Rowbottom ahead

00:26:22and this means you're looking at the fight now for 15th and 16th places.

00:26:25Yeah, Rowbottom didn't enjoy race one.

00:26:28Oh, up the inside comes Kamish and Charles Rainford probably won't fight this

00:26:33but look, another big slide.

00:26:34See that oversteer for the BMW but Kamish is through

00:26:37so it looks like Rainford is struggling with that left rear hard tyre on the BMW at the moment.

00:26:42And right with him now is Daryl de Leon, he dives for the inside, came from a bit too far back.

00:26:47Charles Rainford tries to give his teammate enough room and Sam Osborne does indeed get a five-second penalty

00:26:53for a false start as Tim was fearing.

00:26:55Up the inside goes to Leon and a big, big dive from Adam Morgan as well.

00:26:58He will go through on the inside line.

00:27:00Morgan lost out on the opening lap but he's fighting back now trying to make amends.

00:27:04So Sam Osborne is 10th on the road.

00:27:06You apply the penalty for being slightly out of position at the start

00:27:09and he will drop even further down the order.

00:27:12Kamish then on a mission.

00:27:13Morgan, fastest man on the circuit, new fastest lap of the race.

00:27:16But here we see a replay. Kamish lining it up.

00:27:20Obviously he's got more grit.

00:27:21Rainford doesn't fight him too hard.

00:27:24And watch the slide. Watch the slide as he comes out.

00:27:28There, look at that. Wow!

00:27:30Really putting the power down hard there.

00:27:33But yeah, Kamish safely through.

00:27:34I think Kamish just used a couple of laps to bring his tyres in nicely, as did Morgan.

00:27:38But it won't be too long before Kamish has put the same sort of pressure on Hill.

00:27:44So race order is Jake Hill ahead of Dan Kamish.

00:27:47Third is Daryl De Leon. Fourth Adam Morgan. Fifth Charles Rainford.

00:27:51Sixth Ash Sutton with Chris Smiley, Mikey Doble, Sam Osborne and Tom Ingram rounding out the top ten on the road.

00:27:57Remember, Osborne has got a penalty.

00:27:59You've still got three of the four drivers on Hill in that top ten.

00:28:02And a big, big sort out sub. Osborne goes one side.

00:28:04There's contact there that fires.

00:28:06Chris Smiley way, way, way across the grass.

00:28:08And he's having a huge moment. It's Dan Lloyd, in fact.

00:28:11So apologies, Dan Lloyd.

00:28:12Rees-Long-Gunday is the one that got clipped onto the grass.

00:28:15But that was just everybody going for the same piece of tarmac.

00:28:18They managed more or less to survive, except for poor old Dan Lloyd,

00:28:22who yet again is the one that gets roughed up.

00:28:24There's his teammate Chris Smiley diving into panic with Ash Sutton just ahead of him.

00:28:29This is now for sixth place.

00:28:30But that could have been a lot, lot worse on Cooper Strait.

00:28:32It looked nasty. We've seen big accidents there in the past, haven't we?

00:28:35But Dan Lloyd was unfortunate, and he was trying to take avoiding action.

00:28:39But of course, he's now, oh, and we've got an off at Paddock.

00:28:42Big off at Paddock with lots and lots of dust settling then.

00:28:44So there's a car well and truly beached in the gravel as the leading cars come onto Cooper Strait.

00:28:50You're riding with Aidan Moffett here, and that's Tom Ingram.

00:28:53Safety car deployed. Safety car is on track.

00:28:55As round the outside goes, Moffett, as he made the move stick before the safety car comes onto the track.

00:29:01Yes, as he goes through, wheel lifting ahead of him was Mikey Domell.

00:29:04But the safety car deployed because we've got the two teammates, Max Hall and Dexter Patterson, in the gravel.

00:29:11And that's not going to go down well in the camp, is it?

00:29:13No. The team like that, they don't need expensive repairs, and they definitely don't need non-finishes from both their drivers.

00:29:20And they don't need the non-finishes to be caused by another driver from the team.

00:29:23Dan Lloyd looked rejoining, but a lap down.

00:29:26I suspect with all the grass, the thing was off the clock temperature-wise, so he had to come in and scoop that out.

00:29:30Max Hall with broken front-right suspension, as you can see, trudges away.

00:29:34And this might take a while to get both of those cars out of the gravel, and they've gone a long way through the gravel.

00:29:39Yeah, they're both buried, aren't they? It may have been an innocent mistake, but they were both on the soft tyre,

00:29:45so it wasn't as though there was a tyre difference there.

00:29:47Look, teammates are going to have a whirl with each other.

00:29:49All looks, no, not friendly. Not friendly at all.

00:29:57So, the marshal now has to try and mediate between the two, and with lots of head shaking, the drivers head away.

00:30:06We have the cars in the gravel, the snatch vehicle is on its way, but they've gone a long, long way through the gravel.

00:30:13There is Dexter Patterson, who was very non-plus by all of that, and the latch wall likewise.

00:30:19So, the two teammates out of the race, and it would be interesting to be a fly on the wall when both drivers get back to the team debrief at the end of the race.

00:30:28Well, hopefully the temper will have cooled a little, but in these temperatures it's not going to be easy.

00:30:34But, clearly, we don't know the cause of it, so let's not summarize what might have happened,

00:30:40but certainly not the result from this race that Unlimited Motorsport wanted.

00:30:45Let's just recap at the front. Hill still leads on the hard tyre, with Kamish right behind.

00:30:51Obviously, the field will close right up again.

00:30:54De Leon in the second BMW, but the first BMW on Softs is in third.

00:30:59Morgan is in fourth, and Rainford on the hard tyre in fifth.

00:31:03Ingram has slipped back to twelfth on his hard tyres.

00:31:07He's obviously not wanting to be involved in any shenanigans at all.

00:31:12It may be a struggle for him to add to his four podium finishes on the trot.

00:31:18Indeed so, because with everybody bunched up behind him, he will be in jeopardy of losing more places before the end.

00:31:24The BMW, using contrast, haven't yet dropped away in the same vein that Ingram's Hyundai has done.

00:31:30Remember, with the safety car out, we can add a maximum of three laps on.

00:31:34So the cars come out of clear ways into Clark Curve.

00:31:37And Dan Lloyd is hugely frustrated about his part in the drama on Cooper Straight, because it dropped him off the lead lap.

00:31:46He's back circulating, but falls off the lead lap.

00:31:49So, likewise, he's going to be way out of the points.

00:31:52Interesting, looking at the lap times.

00:31:54The best lap for Hill on the hard tyres is a 47.9.

00:31:58And the best lap of the race, the fastest lap, Morgan, on the soft tyres, a 47.6.

00:32:03So only three tenths of a second difference.

00:32:06So that hard tyre is working actually very well on the BMWs.

00:32:11It's coming very good.

00:32:12So, Jake Hill, race leader, with the field currently working lap number ten.

00:32:20And looking a little bit further down the order, there is Tom Chilton making his way up towards Druid.

00:32:28While we're behind the safety car, let's try and grab a word with Tom Chilton, if we can.

00:32:32Tom, currently 18th.

00:32:35Progress being made, but it's still quite hard by the look of it.

00:32:38Yeah, well, I'm happy to make four places and a couple of really good, enjoyable overtakes.

00:32:44But it's not easy.

00:32:46But I've now caught up to the group again.

00:32:49Well, I have now the safety car, but I had just before that.

00:32:52And I felt that I was very fast.

00:32:55So, for sure, it's going to be exciting to get the race underway.

00:33:01So, I think we're strong.

00:33:02I think we've got a great car under us.

00:33:03What's been the strategy so far with the boost?

00:33:06Have you been using much of it?

00:33:07Has that been to try to get you through the traffic?

00:33:09Or have you been saving it to use should there be a safety car?

00:33:13Yeah, I wanted to use a bit at the beginning to get past a few.

00:33:17And then I was waiting for people's tyres to go off and then use it to overtake.

00:33:21I was a bit frustrated that I used some on that lap the safety car came out

00:33:25because I didn't know it was going to come out.

00:33:27So, I kind of feel like I lost the lap there.

00:33:29Okay.

00:33:29But that is frustrating, but that's part of racing sometimes.

00:33:34Right, we'll leave you to it.

00:33:35We're going to go racing soon, I guess.

00:33:36Thumbs up, then, from Tom Chilton.

00:33:40And he talks about gaining paces.

00:33:43Well, he has been chipping his way up the order.

00:33:45Here was one pass.

00:33:46This was against Dexter Patterson.

00:33:47Yeah, who at the time, look, has got Max Hall running in front of him.

00:33:50In fact, running very much a blocking manoeuvre.

00:33:53Well, they were definitely getting stuck into each other.

00:33:56Look, already, Patterson and all.

00:33:57That opened the door for Chilton to go through, but that might have been a precursor of what transpired a little bit later between those two teammates.

00:34:05Indeed so.

00:34:06Right, so that was two places gained in one fell swoop for Tom Chilton.

00:34:10And that's the bunch in front of you that he was talking about getting on the back on.

00:34:14Of course, the safety car will close everybody up prior to the restart, at least.

00:34:18And don't forget we have a new safety car restart procedure now in place for this year.

00:34:24So the cars will not be able to accelerate until they come out of clearways and get to the restart line.

00:34:30So that will keep the cars bunched up much closer on the restart.

00:34:34We've still got Max Hall's car to be removed from the gravel.

00:34:37They're going to use the lift, the roof hook lift.

00:34:41So it's going to take a little while just to get that fixed up.

00:34:46Indeed so.

00:34:47That was the car that seemed to have more front right corner damage.

00:34:51How is the Aidan Moffat being able to be getting on 11th currently?

00:34:57So Aidan, as oft he does on race day, rebuilding.

00:35:01He started 20th on the grid.

00:35:03He was, what, 25th on the grid for race one, 20th on the grid for race two,

00:35:06and he's now up into 11th, working towards maybe lucking in on the reverse grid for race three.

00:35:11Well, he's already into that lucky 12th, one of which will get the pole position for race three.

00:35:16So he's already achieved that.

00:35:17The higher up he gets, the greater chance for a front position on the reverse grid.

00:35:22So going well, Aidan Moffat.

00:35:25Not done yet.

00:35:26Of course, as across the timing line they come.

00:35:30The recovery operation almost done.

00:35:34Down at Paddock, there you can see the other crippled Cupra being moved away.

00:35:39And drivers not standing next to each other, rather pointedly.

00:35:43They are yards apart there.

00:35:45Yes, the body language is not, let's go for a beer later, is it?

00:35:48No.

00:35:49Definitely not.

00:35:49There is no kissing and making up yet.

00:35:51So, we're very shortly able to go back racing, because once the Cupra is in the safe place,

00:35:57so too will be the snatch vehicle.

00:35:59And already the lights are out on top of the safety car.

00:36:01So Ian Watson, the clerk of the course, wanting to let them go this time around.

00:36:05So the safety car will accelerate away to the pit lane.

00:36:07Jake Hill absolutely storms away by getting a big gap.

00:36:11Now, has Dan Cammich got a problem?

00:36:12Because he slowed right down and others were looking to try to find a way past him,

00:36:16which you're not meant to do.

00:36:18He stopped.

00:36:18But he has stopped.

00:36:18He stopped, and there's almost a traffic jam behind him.

00:36:21Look, Aidan Moffat has got into the back of him and has only now got going.

00:36:24Look at the damage on Cammich's car.

00:36:26It has stopped on the track, and this is going to make the safety car stay out, potentially.

00:36:31Well, it's coming to the pit lane, but Cammich is stranded on the track.

00:36:34There's broken suspension, possibly, where he was hit in the back.

00:36:37What's going to happen now?

00:36:37He's got the car moving slowly, crab-like.

00:36:40We go racing, and Daryl De Leon is going to make a move for the race lead.

00:36:44Look, coming up towards Paddock Hill Bend, and the safety car has been called.

00:36:48Again.

00:36:48That's because Cammich has stopped once again in a very dangerous place, so no way.

00:36:53I mean, see, you're not obviously supposed to overtake under the safety car,

00:36:57so the cars behind were queuing up behind him.

00:37:01Hill hadn't actually gone.

00:37:02He was just keeping up the pace of the safety car,

00:37:05and all of a sudden Cammich stopped.

00:37:07A couple of cars ran into the back of him,

00:37:09and they need to recover that car now.

00:37:11What a disaster for Cammich.

00:37:13Second place, looking in line for a possible win.

00:37:15He doesn't have much luck with that boy, does he?

00:37:17He does not, and talk about Donington being somewhere that he has very bad luck.

00:37:22Well, Brands Hatch as well.

00:37:23In fact, maybe it's just everywhere in a touring car these days,

00:37:25but the safety car deployed again,

00:37:28and there's an element of disbelief in the Napa Racing UK garage,

00:37:33and for the man himself as well.

00:37:34As Dan Cammich gets out of the car and has a look,

00:37:38it could have been something electrical that he was trying to sort,

00:37:40but with suspension damage, there's no chance of getting going now.

00:37:43Here you are again.

00:37:44Look, Jake Hill accelerates.

00:37:45Dan Cammich can't go with him.

00:37:47It suddenly becomes apparent to some of those behind that the car has a problem.

00:37:50Charles Rainford doesn't know what...

00:37:52Daryl De Leon.

00:37:52Daryl De Leon doesn't know what to do.

00:37:54Eventually, they do go past.

00:37:57And then Aidan Moffat in a moment is amongst those.

00:37:59Yes, Mikey Doble as well,

00:38:00that just had nowhere to go as the pack split and banged into the back of him.

00:38:05So let's have a look from how the traffic saw it.

00:38:07This is on board with Tom Chilton.

00:38:09He's getting ready to go racing,

00:38:10and then all of a sudden there's a traffic jam ahead of him.

00:38:13Yeah, completely unsighted, obviously.

00:38:16But gets through.

00:38:17They're going to have to shuffle some of these positions as well, aren't they?

00:38:20Get the cars back in the line.

00:38:22They were.

00:38:23This is on board with Moffat.

00:38:25It's Mikey Doble that I think gets the big hit.

00:38:33Oh, he's thinking, what do I do?

00:38:35What do I do?

00:38:37Oh.

00:38:38Bang, bang.

00:38:39It hits two of them.

00:38:40Yeah, that was...

00:38:41I'd be amazed if there isn't more damage on both cars.

00:38:45This is how Gordon Shedden saw it,

00:38:47with cars scattering all over the place.

00:38:49We're understanding from Louise in the pit lane,

00:38:51it's an ignition issue for Kamish.

00:38:54Keeps cutting out,

00:38:55but the bigger problem now is they've not just got that,

00:38:57they've also got the suspension damage to sort out for race three.

00:38:59And he's going to be at the back.

00:39:01Yeah, it's a double whammy, isn't it?

00:39:02Absolutely.

00:39:03For a potential race win and a good day,

00:39:07he's now got a disastrous day.

00:39:09And that may even be the rear subframe,

00:39:11which could make it difficult to change for the race three.

00:39:14So, we'd already had one relatively lengthy safety car period.

00:39:18We now have another,

00:39:20and the number of laps to be added on is going to be limited, of course.

00:39:25So, we may not get too many racing laps out of all of this.

00:39:28Up towards Druids, there you go.

00:39:31The race order is still Jake Hill ahead of Daryl De Leon.

00:39:33Now, all of this is rather helping Jake,

00:39:35because it's taking away the number of green flag laps

00:39:38away the other side of the safety car,

00:39:40which means there's less time for him to try to hang on in there.

00:39:42Yeah, exactly.

00:39:43And if he does start to fall back

00:39:44because the others are quicker on the tyre,

00:39:46there's less time for them to pass.

00:39:48Precisely.

00:39:49But, in fact, that BMW is going well on the hard tyre.

00:39:52As I said, the lap times look pretty good.

00:39:55He's certainly managing it well.

00:39:56This has obviously helped the soft tyres

00:39:59in terms of them not being at such a risk at the end of the race.

00:40:03Here comes Dan Camish into the pit lane.

00:40:05He didn't have a long walk, did he?

00:40:06That's the only bonus out of that.

00:40:08And Louise is there,

00:40:09but I'm not sure Dan's in the mood to talk at the moment.

00:40:11Very, very disappointed indeed.

00:40:13So, Daryl De Leon in second place

00:40:15is the best of those on the soft tyre.

00:40:17He has never won a British Touring Car Championship race before.

00:40:20There he is.

00:40:21And the driver from Philippine may be on for victory.

00:40:26You never know,

00:40:26because although Jake Hill is a class act,

00:40:28he's just on the slower tyre.

00:40:30It is Adam Morgan in third place.

00:40:32He's on the soft as well.

00:40:33Pete Osborne, who runs the Alliance Racing team

00:40:36that operates the Napa Racing UK Ford,

00:40:38commiserates with a very disappointed Dan Camish.

00:40:41He just, again, can't believe the lap he has.

00:40:44Charles Rainford runs fourth at the moment.

00:40:46Ash Sasson is fifth.

00:40:47Chris Smiley is going really well in sixth.

00:40:50When the lights go out on top of the safety car,

00:40:52that's the indication that we're ready to go racing.

00:40:54There's the car to move.

00:40:55There might also be just a little bit of debris

00:40:57to be swept up as well,

00:40:58but I think that might have now been addressed.

00:41:01There's absolutely nothing you can say to a driver

00:41:03to console him in that situation.

00:41:05Nothing you will say that will actually take away the way he feels,

00:41:09which is, you know,

00:41:11it's not just this race,

00:41:13it's this weekend and potentially this year.

00:41:15because when you do lose what could have been a potential win,

00:41:19certainly a podium,

00:41:21that's a lot of points lost from this race and the next one.

00:41:25So the pack comes across the line.

00:41:28That now puts 17 laps in the book of the original 24.

00:41:34We are anticipating three being added on

00:41:37for this effectively one long safety car period.

00:41:42And we touched on Aidan Moffat a little bit earlier on.

00:41:44He's into the top ten now with the demise of Dan Cavish.

00:41:47Everybody behind shuffles up a break.

00:41:48So 25th he was on the grid.

00:41:51He managed to get himself to 20th in race one.

00:41:55And now Aidan Moffat running in tenth,

00:41:57a bit like Donington.

00:41:58He rebuilt that over the course of the races.

00:42:00A reverse engineered weekend

00:42:02in the sense that you're aiming everything

00:42:04for race two and three,

00:42:05particularly race three.

00:42:08And, you know, that's what he's trying to do.

00:42:11He's got that damage.

00:42:12As long as that bodywork doesn't start flapping,

00:42:13because remember we have

00:42:15a no bodywork flapping rule in this now.

00:42:19It looks pretty intact, doesn't it?

00:42:20So I think he's okay.

00:42:22We haven't got the coolers at the front of the car

00:42:24that we had for the hybrid system in the past.

00:42:27So that is a good thing.

00:42:28It looks pretty intact to me.

00:42:31So that is Aidan Moffat goes through.

00:42:34So we've lost Dexter Patterson.

00:42:35We have lost Max Hall.

00:42:37They were in the earlier incident.

00:42:39And then Dan Kamish's technical issue

00:42:42plus damage and a stranded car

00:42:44triggered the second safety car period,

00:42:46although it's effectively all one long one.

00:42:48We're going to go racing this time,

00:42:49we understand.

00:42:49Track is clear.

00:42:50Recovery vehicles are off track.

00:42:52And so the green flag is going to be prepared

00:42:54on the start line for the resumption of the race.

00:42:56There is Tom Ingram.

00:42:57He's on that slower, harder tyre.

00:42:59He's in 11th.

00:43:00And again, like anybody on the hards,

00:43:03willing the race to come to an end

00:43:04before he loses more places,

00:43:06more points in the championship.

00:43:07Yeah, let's see if we get this restart underway.

00:43:09Everybody's supposed to stay within two car lengths of each other.

00:43:12The speed should remain the same.

00:43:15And that's what they're doing at the moment.

00:43:16There's no accelerating and braking,

00:43:17no more weaving allowed

00:43:19until they get to the acceleration line,

00:43:21which is after this corner.

00:43:22So Jake Hill comes up towards Clark Curve,

00:43:26then in the all blue BMW,

00:43:28just behind him is Daryl De Leon's largely white example.

00:43:31This is where Adam Morgan needs to strike

00:43:32to get himself ahead of De Leon

00:43:34to be the best place of those on soft.

00:43:36And Jake Hill now accelerates away

00:43:38with everybody bunched up behind him,

00:43:40ready to go racing.

00:43:41And Adam Morgan,

00:43:42look, he's all over the back of De Leon.

00:43:43You can't overtake it until you cross the timing line.

00:43:45De Leon for the lead on the inside.

00:43:48Up the inside as well,

00:43:49goes Charles Rainford on the harder tyre.

00:43:50Daryl De Leon leads the British Touring Car Championship

00:43:52race for the first time.

00:43:54He's ahead as they get up towards Druid

00:43:55with Jake Hill on the inside.

00:43:57Rainford behind him

00:43:58and Hill goes wide

00:43:59and that forces Morgan out wide as well,

00:44:00which lets Rainford through.

00:44:02And all of a sudden,

00:44:03the man to watch is Ash Sutton,

00:44:04look,

00:44:05because he's right there with the BMWs

00:44:06and Morgan as De Leon gets away.

00:44:08The BMWs are doubly now acting as two corks

00:44:11in one big bottle

00:44:12to hold up everybody else behind

00:44:14and let De Leon get away.

00:44:15Well, Jake Hill's being obstinate.

00:44:17He wants to get as many points as he can

00:44:19and this is allowing De Leon to escape

00:44:21but it does put Hill at risk

00:44:23of being nerfed or turned round.

00:44:26There's only so much fighting you can do

00:44:27but boy, do I find the way he goes about his racing.

00:44:31Well, he's lost out to Charles Rainford as well.

00:44:33Morgan desperately wants to get past them,

00:44:34so does Sutton

00:44:35but while all of this swaddling is going on

00:44:37and look, Hill is being the sacrificial lamb for the team.

00:44:40He's sucking everybody up behind him.

00:44:41De Leon is getting away.

00:44:42Charles Rainford is now edging clear in second place

00:44:45and they are giving, through great teamwork,

00:44:48Daryl De Leon a mighty, mighty advantage

00:44:50as everybody else in the race seemingly

00:44:52is crawling over Jake Hill.

00:44:54Well, Rainford, don't forget,

00:44:54is on the same hard tie that Hill is

00:44:56so he's certainly not helping his teammates.

00:44:58Oh no, Doble got stirred.

00:45:00That was Moffat, I think,

00:45:02that just got into the back of him.

00:45:04Contact between the two,

00:45:05Mikey Doble then on Cooper Straight.

00:45:07He's not got going yet

00:45:08but he's about to be.

00:45:09There he is then.

00:45:09You can see the witness mark

00:45:10so bad, bad result for Mikey Doble.

00:45:1227 laps the new distance confirmed

00:45:15because of the safety car intervention.

00:45:16Right, the race leader, Daryl De Leon,

00:45:18out on his own,

00:45:20comes across the line

00:45:21and then in second place,

00:45:23Charles Rainford two seconds back

00:45:24in third now, Jake Hill

00:45:25and Morgan is fourth

00:45:27but that's going to change.

00:45:28Look, Morgan goes around the outside

00:45:29so now Morgan released.

00:45:31It's taken him a couple of laps to do it

00:45:32but he's on target now

00:45:33to try to gain more ground.

00:45:34Here is Sutton up the inside of Hill.

00:45:36Can't do it.

00:45:36Behind them is Chris Smiley

00:45:37in the black and red and blue restart racing.

00:45:40Hyundai, look further back.

00:45:41Sam Osborne is about to get mugged

00:45:43by Ronan Pearson,

00:45:44winner of race three here last year.

00:45:45That Toyota game well,

00:45:47clips the kerb

00:45:47but he's gone by.

00:45:49Got to say,

00:45:49that was a great restart by De Leon.

00:45:51I don't know if there would have been

00:45:53some team conversation

00:45:54on the radio

00:45:55about what was going to happen

00:45:56on the restart

00:45:57but he signals his intention

00:45:59straight away

00:46:00and went up the inside

00:46:01of Hill at Paner.

00:46:02Look at the grip advantage

00:46:04that Sutton enjoys there

00:46:05just coming out of Clearways

00:46:08and Smiley.

00:46:09The BMW is not hooking up now at all.

00:46:11But Charles Rainford's BMW

00:46:13is still going nicely

00:46:14because his last lap

00:46:15was a personal best

00:46:16and he is on that hard tyre.

00:46:18So it's De Leon,

00:46:19Rainford,

00:46:19Morgan,

00:46:20Sutton is fourth,

00:46:21Smiley is fifth.

00:46:22There they are.

00:46:23Jake Hill is down into sixth place now.

00:46:25Ronan Pearson's

00:46:25Toyota Kazoo Racing UK entry

00:46:28is in seventh place.

00:46:29Up into eighth

00:46:29is Aidan Moffat

00:46:30and ninth is about to become

00:46:32Dan Rowbottom.

00:46:33I think on the inside line.

00:46:34No, it's Sam Osborne,

00:46:35in fact,

00:46:35battling with Josh Cook.

00:46:37Rowbottom is next in the queue.

00:46:38Now for second place,

00:46:39Rainford under attack

00:46:40from Morgan

00:46:40who needs to get by

00:46:42before Sutton latches

00:46:43onto the tail of the Hyundai.

00:46:44Yeah,

00:46:44he can't afford to waste any time.

00:46:46He'll have that grip advantage

00:46:47through here

00:46:48that we saw Sutton enjoying

00:46:50but Rainford actually

00:46:51has that pretty well covered

00:46:53depending on how much boost

00:46:54they use

00:46:54as losing another place

00:46:56to James Thornan

00:46:57is Jake Hill.

00:47:00Ronan Pearson goes past him

00:47:01as into Paddock

00:47:02Adam Morgan

00:47:02gets past Charles Rainford.

00:47:04So up into second place

00:47:05goes Adam Morgan

00:47:06and that Sutton won't be long

00:47:08before he is looking

00:47:09for a way past Rainford.

00:47:10Moffat's come up

00:47:10the inside of Jake Hill

00:47:11in the background there

00:47:12so Moffat is still

00:47:13absolutely charging

00:47:14and should clear him

00:47:15as they get up to Druid.

00:47:16Morgan then up into second place

00:47:18but he's three seconds back.

00:47:19Replay here

00:47:20Aaron Taylor-Smith

00:47:20versus Michael Kreese

00:47:21going up towards Surtees.

00:47:24Kreese gets elbowed

00:47:25towards the foliage

00:47:26and Gordon Shedden

00:47:27dives up the inside

00:47:28of his teammate.

00:47:29Yeah,

00:47:30that was actually

00:47:30it was actually

00:47:31Ronan Pearson

00:47:32getting past Hill

00:47:33on the previous lap

00:47:34but yeah,

00:47:35great opportunist driving

00:47:36by Gordon Shedden

00:47:37saw that gap opening up

00:47:38for him

00:47:39and through he went.

00:47:41Race leaders then

00:47:41go over the line.

00:47:42Darrell De Leon

00:47:43still up front

00:47:43and Adam Morgan

00:47:45behind with a new

00:47:45lap record set

00:47:46by Darrell De Leon

00:47:47three and a half seconds

00:47:49to the good

00:47:49three laps to go

00:47:50he's just going to bring

00:47:51this home.

00:47:52He's driving fantastically

00:47:53and shame on us

00:47:55for not picking him

00:47:56as a potential winner

00:47:57but he was seventh

00:47:58on the grid

00:47:58don't forget.

00:48:00Ash Sutton

00:48:00throw on the inside

00:48:01of Charles Rainford

00:48:01Chris Smiley

00:48:02following the forwards

00:48:04every move

00:48:04so the door is being

00:48:05opened by Sutton

00:48:07and Chris Smiley

00:48:07tries to follow through

00:48:08didn't quite work

00:48:09getting past

00:48:10Charles Rainford

00:48:10who in a sense

00:48:12is driving even better

00:48:13in this race

00:48:13because he has such

00:48:14a good spirited

00:48:15defence on the wrong tyre

00:48:16whereas Jake Hill

00:48:17has fallen further

00:48:18back in the queue

00:48:19only one lap

00:48:20difference of boost

00:48:21Smiley now clears

00:48:22Rainford

00:48:22Moffat ought to be

00:48:23able to do the same

00:48:24as Darrell De Leon

00:48:25he's on for a maiden

00:48:26British touring car

00:48:27championship win

00:48:28and the Browns

00:48:29Hatch Indy Circuit

00:48:30lap record to boot

00:48:31there he is

00:48:32on his own

00:48:33yeah out in front

00:48:34he must be

00:48:35absolutely in love

00:48:36with this

00:48:36what a place

00:48:37to score

00:48:37your first victory

00:48:38don't want to jinx it

00:48:39he's not home yet

00:48:40but he's driving

00:48:41beautifully

00:48:42so there

00:48:43Aidan Moffat

00:48:44somebody else

00:48:45that's had a really

00:48:45impressive drive

00:48:46to get himself

00:48:47up the order

00:48:48goes ahead of Rainford

00:48:49now Ronan Pearson

00:48:50tries the outside

00:48:50and Josh Cook

00:48:51has arrived at the

00:48:52party as well

00:48:52Cook 8th

00:48:53at the start of this

00:48:54lap

00:48:54but he is not

00:48:55finished either

00:48:55reverse grid's

00:48:56going to be

00:48:57fascinating

00:48:57that's for sure

00:48:58isn't it

00:48:58drop downhill

00:48:58go left

00:48:59this is Cook

00:48:59Cook

00:49:00looking to get

00:49:01the cutback

00:49:02advantage

00:49:03will he get

00:49:03enough momentum

00:49:04along Cooper

00:49:05straight

00:49:05he does

00:49:06and turns

00:49:06into 30s

00:49:07first

00:49:08nice momentum

00:49:09coming out

00:49:10of Graham Hill

00:49:10clears two

00:49:11cars there

00:49:12he got past

00:49:13Moffat

00:49:14he got past

00:49:14Pearson

00:49:15and Jake Hill

00:49:15being roughed up

00:49:16in the background

00:49:17by Dan Rowbottom

00:49:17as over the timing

00:49:18line goes

00:49:19Darrell De Leon

00:49:20fastest man

00:49:21on the circuit

00:49:21Adam Morgan

00:49:22thinking about

00:49:22what might have

00:49:23been here

00:49:24second

00:49:24and Ash Sutton

00:49:25is up into

00:49:26third

00:49:26so after

00:49:28a tough qualifying

00:49:29yesterday

00:49:29with limited boost

00:49:31he's up into

00:49:31third

00:49:31Chris Smiley

00:49:32is fourth

00:49:32Aidan

00:49:33Moffat

00:49:33is fifth

00:49:34but there's still

00:49:35lots that could

00:49:35change on the

00:49:36last lap

00:49:36Chilton

00:49:37he's 13th

00:49:38well when we were

00:49:38at Donington

00:49:39two weeks ago

00:49:40we didn't predict

00:49:41as Hill gets

00:49:42roughed up

00:49:42even further

00:49:43we didn't predict

00:49:45two BMW victories

00:49:46did we

00:49:46in the first two

00:49:47races at Brands

00:49:48but they have come

00:49:49back

00:49:49BMW are back

00:49:50in the game

00:49:52Pearson

00:49:52versus Hill

00:49:53door opens

00:49:54for Robottom

00:49:54on Cooper

00:49:55Strait

00:49:55so the Napa

00:49:56Racing UK

00:49:56Ford

00:49:57goes through

00:49:58gets ahead

00:49:58of the Toyota

00:49:59and Robottom

00:50:00will attack

00:50:01Hill

00:50:01Darrell De Leon

00:50:02wins in the

00:50:03British Touring Car

00:50:03Championship

00:50:04for the first time

00:50:05a maiden win

00:50:06for Darrell De Leon

00:50:07second is Adam

00:50:08Morgan

00:50:08for third

00:50:09Ash Sutton

00:50:10Chris Smiley

00:50:11takes fourth

00:50:11fifth across the line

00:50:12is Aidan Moffat

00:50:13and then for six

00:50:14the scramble comes

00:50:15Josh Cook

00:50:16Charles Renford

00:50:17then Jake Hill

00:50:17Robottom ninth

00:50:18Pearson tenth

00:50:19Ingram

00:50:20Chilton

00:50:20Jelly

00:50:20Grease

00:50:21Taylor

00:50:21Smith

00:50:2115th

00:50:22what a race

00:50:23that was

00:50:24a dramatic race

00:50:25I can't

00:50:26I can't praise

00:50:28De Leon

00:50:28enough

00:50:28he drove

00:50:29absolutely

00:50:30impeccably

00:50:31Morgan

00:50:31also

00:50:32Sutton

00:50:32up to the

00:50:33third

00:50:33of the podium

00:50:34look at the team

00:50:35they are

00:50:36so ecstatic

00:50:37and a faultless

00:50:40drive

00:50:41by Darrell De Leon

00:50:41who arrived

00:50:42in the championship

00:50:43a couple of years

00:50:43ago

00:50:44and just

00:50:44kept his head

00:50:45down

00:50:45and learnt

00:50:46and

00:50:46with

00:50:48smaller teams

00:50:49learnt

00:50:49all the nuances

00:50:50of the British

00:50:51Touring Car

00:50:51Championship

00:50:52steps up

00:50:53to what you

00:50:53might call

00:50:53the big league

00:50:54this year

00:50:55but it's

00:50:55hard to find

00:50:56fault with that

00:50:57just not put a

00:50:57wheel wrong

00:50:58and credit

00:50:59again to

00:51:00Charles Renford

00:51:00finished the

00:51:01highest hard

00:51:02placed tyre

00:51:03runner

00:51:03just in front

00:51:04of Jake Hill

00:51:05Ingram

00:51:05was 11th

00:51:07at the end

00:51:07of the day

00:51:07Chilton

00:51:08was 12th

00:51:09so we now

00:51:09await the

00:51:10reverse grid

00:51:11to see who's

00:51:12on pole

00:51:12for race

00:51:12three

00:51:13so Darrell

00:51:14De Leon

00:51:15there he is

00:51:15savouring the

00:51:16moment

00:51:16thinking if only

00:51:17it were a

00:51:18longer lap

00:51:19because it

00:51:19would be a

00:51:20longer lap

00:51:20saver

00:51:20before I

00:51:21have to

00:51:22jump out

00:51:22of the

00:51:22car

00:51:22but there'll

00:51:23be an

00:51:23awful lot

00:51:24of attention

00:51:24on him

00:51:24that is

00:51:25for certain

00:51:26Darrell

00:51:27comes down

00:51:27the pit

00:51:28lane

00:51:28Adam

00:51:28Morgan

00:51:29former BMW

00:51:30racer

00:51:30for second

00:51:31spot

00:51:32and then

00:51:33Ash Sutton

00:51:34taking third

00:51:35but Darrell

00:51:37De Leon

00:51:37former radical

00:51:39champion

00:51:39wins at

00:51:40Brands Hatch

00:51:41round five

00:51:42is won by

00:51:43Darrell De Leon

00:51:44with Adam

00:51:45Morgan

00:51:45second and Ash

00:51:46Sutton third

00:51:46Chris Smiley

00:51:47fourth and the

00:51:48winning independent

00:51:48ahead of Aidan

00:51:49Moffat

00:51:49and then Josh

00:51:50Cook in sixth

00:51:51great drive by

00:51:52Charles Rainford

00:51:52to be the best

00:51:53of those on the

00:51:53hard tyre

00:51:54seventh ahead of

00:51:54Jake Hill

00:51:55also on the

00:51:56hard

00:51:56Dan Row

00:51:56bottom ninth

00:51:57and Ronan

00:51:58Pearson's Toyota

00:51:58rounding out the

00:51:59top ten

00:52:00Tom Ingram

00:52:0111th ahead of

00:52:02Tom Chilton

00:52:02then Stephen

00:52:03Jelly with the

00:52:04final two

00:52:04scorers being

00:52:05Michael Kreese

00:52:06and Aaron

00:52:06Taylor-Smith

00:52:07Gordon Shedden

00:52:07got up to

00:52:0816th ahead of

00:52:08Sam Osborne

00:52:09who faded

00:52:09James Dawlin

00:52:1018th on his

00:52:11hard tyre

00:52:12Nick Hamilton

00:52:1219th from

00:52:13Nick Halstead

00:52:14in 20th

00:52:15a lap down

00:52:15after a pit

00:52:16stop Dan

00:52:16Lloyd

00:52:17Mikey

00:52:17Doble

00:52:18also pitted

00:52:19after his

00:52:20spin

00:52:20but he

00:52:20survived

00:52:21unlike Dan

00:52:22Kamish

00:52:22Max Hall

00:52:22and Dexter

00:52:23Patterson

00:52:23so another

00:52:28interesting race

00:52:29for sure

00:52:30and for the

00:52:30championship

00:52:31it changes

00:52:31again with

00:52:32Ash Sutton

00:52:32now getting

00:52:33back to the

00:52:33top ahead of

00:52:34Tom Ingram

00:52:34Jake Hill

00:52:35third

00:52:35Dan Kamish

00:52:36slips to

00:52:37fourth

00:52:37Adam Morgan

00:52:37is fifth

00:52:38Tom Chilton

00:52:39sixth with

00:52:40Dan Rowbottom

00:52:40and Chris

00:52:41Smiley

00:52:41the next

00:52:42pair

00:52:42and Daryl

00:52:42DeLeon

00:52:42now ninth

00:52:44ahead of

00:52:44Aidan

00:52:44Moffat

00:52:45so Daryl

00:52:48DeLeon

00:52:48very rapid

00:52:49Carter

00:52:50came into

00:52:52cars

00:52:52in 2021

00:52:53with two

00:52:55very successful

00:52:55seasons

00:52:56in radical

00:52:58racing

00:52:58but as he

00:52:59arrives into

00:53:01the technical

00:53:01check area

00:53:02and then into

00:53:02Parc Fermet

00:53:03when the door

00:53:03opens

00:53:04it's going to

00:53:04be a very

00:53:05noisy reception

00:53:06for him

00:53:06I'm sure

00:53:07the WSR

00:53:09team

00:53:09after such

00:53:10a tough

00:53:10Donington

00:53:10come here

00:53:11and two

00:53:12races

00:53:12and two

00:53:13wins

00:53:13and you can

00:53:15see they're

00:53:15all grinning

00:53:15like Cheshire

00:53:16Cats

00:53:16Dick Bennett

00:53:16arrives in

00:53:17the background

00:53:17to come

00:53:18and cheer

00:53:19Daryl

00:53:19DeLeon

00:53:20the first

00:53:20time winner

00:53:21in the

00:53:22British

00:53:22Touring

00:53:22Car

00:53:22Championship

00:53:23stands on

00:53:24the side

00:53:24of the car

00:53:24and punches

00:53:25the air

00:53:26with delight

00:53:26part of the

00:53:28British Racing

00:53:29Drivers Club's

00:53:30Rising Stars

00:53:30programme

00:53:31and again

00:53:32young talent

00:53:32being recognised

00:53:33he goes to

00:53:34congratulate the

00:53:35team

00:53:35and Daryl

00:53:38DeLeon

00:53:38with Dick

00:53:39Bennett's

00:53:39the team

00:53:39principal

00:53:40a first

00:53:41time winner

00:53:41in the

00:53:41BTCC

00:53:42can't wait

00:53:43to hear

00:53:43what he has

00:53:43to say

00:53:44about it

00:53:44and we

00:53:44will do

00:53:45so

00:53:45after the

00:53:46break

00:53:46storming

00:53:53storming start

00:53:53from the

00:53:54BMWs

00:53:54in round

00:53:55five of

00:53:55the

00:53:55QuickFit

00:53:56British

00:53:56Touring

00:53:56Car

00:53:57Championship

00:53:57hill from

00:53:58Rainford

00:53:58with

00:53:58Camish

00:53:59forcing

00:53:59his way

00:53:59into third

00:54:00and then

00:54:00past

00:54:01Rainford

00:54:01for second

00:54:02but the

00:54:03exit of

00:54:03Max Hall

00:54:04and Dexter

00:54:05Patterson

00:54:05brought out

00:54:06a safety

00:54:07car

00:54:07and it

00:54:07was a

00:54:07lengthy

00:54:08one

00:54:08and at

00:54:12the

00:54:12conclusion

00:54:12of the

00:54:12safety

00:54:13car

00:54:13period

00:54:13Dan

00:54:14Camish

00:54:15had a

00:54:15collision

00:54:15just as

00:54:16the

00:54:16safety

00:54:16car

00:54:17was

00:54:17being

00:54:17released

00:54:18he

00:54:18slowed

00:54:19with

00:54:19an

00:54:19ignition

00:54:20issue

00:54:20others

00:54:20hit him

00:54:21and

00:54:21chaos

00:54:22ensued

00:54:22and on

00:54:24the

00:54:24eventual

00:54:24restart

00:54:25Dowder

00:54:25DeLeon

00:54:25who was

00:54:26up to

00:54:26second

00:54:26went

00:54:27inside

00:54:28his

00:54:28teammate

00:54:29Jake

00:54:30Hill

00:54:31for the

00:54:31lead

00:54:31and

00:54:32stretched

00:54:32away

00:54:33Hill

00:54:33was the

00:54:33man

00:54:33under

00:54:33pressure

00:54:34Morgan

00:54:34got

00:54:34past

00:54:35Hill

00:54:35tumbled

00:54:35down

00:54:36the

00:54:36order

00:54:36with

00:54:37Ash

00:54:37Sutton

00:54:37getting

00:54:38up to

00:54:38serve

00:54:38but

00:54:39what

00:54:39a

00:54:39first

00:54:39win

00:54:40for

00:54:40Daryl

00:54:41DeLeon

00:54:41who's

00:54:42now

00:54:42with

00:54:42Louise

00:54:42what

00:54:44a

00:54:44win

00:54:45indeed

00:54:45Steve

00:54:45celebrating

00:54:46and making

00:54:46the most

00:54:47of the

00:54:47moment

00:54:47with all

00:54:48your

00:54:48family

00:54:48here

00:54:48as

00:54:48well

00:54:49I

00:54:49mean

00:54:49it

00:54:49is

00:54:50something

00:54:50special

00:54:50isn't

00:54:51it

00:54:51is

00:54:51really

00:54:52special

00:54:52it's

00:54:52really

00:54:52nerve wracking

00:54:53at the

00:54:53end

00:54:53of the

00:54:54race

00:54:54when you're

00:54:54just

00:54:54trying to

00:54:54keep

00:54:55it

00:54:55on

00:54:55the

00:54:55road

00:54:55but

00:54:55it's

00:54:56such

00:54:56a

00:54:56good

00:54:56feeling

00:54:57when you

00:54:57see

00:54:57that

00:54:57chequered

00:54:57flag

00:54:58what

00:54:58about

00:54:58the

00:54:59feeling

00:54:59when

00:54:59you

00:54:59took

00:54:59the

00:55:00lead

00:55:00that

00:55:00must

00:55:00have

00:55:00been

00:55:00second

00:55:01best

00:55:01to

00:55:01it

00:55:02was

00:55:02really

00:55:02close

00:55:03I

00:55:03didn't

00:55:03know

00:55:03what

00:55:03was

00:55:03going

00:55:04to

00:55:04happen

00:55:04but

00:55:04once

00:55:04I

00:55:27that

00:55:28is

00:55:28the

00:55:28best

00:55:28race

00:55:28ever

00:55:28first

00:55:29win

00:55:30lap

00:55:30record

00:55:31as

00:55:31well

00:55:31and

00:55:31also

00:55:31another

00:55:32first

00:55:32you

00:55:32get

00:55:32to

00:55:32do

00:55:33the

00:55:33reverse

00:55:33draw

00:55:33with

00:55:34Steve

00:55:34so

00:55:34I

00:55:35will

00:55:35let

00:55:35you

00:55:35head

00:55:35over

00:55:36there

00:55:36while

00:55:36I

00:55:37grab a

00:55:37word

00:55:38with

00:55:38our

00:55:38second

00:55:38place

00:55:39finisher

00:55:39I love

00:55:40the fact

00:55:40that

00:55:40do you

00:55:41remember

00:55:41that

00:55:41moment

00:55:41your

00:55:42first

00:55:42win

00:55:42it

00:55:42is

00:55:42something

00:55:43isn't

00:55:43it

00:55:43you

00:55:44remember

00:55:44your

00:55:44first

00:55:44win

00:55:45and

00:55:45yeah

00:55:47that would

00:55:47be

00:55:47special

00:55:47for

00:55:47Daryl

00:55:48and he

00:55:48deserves

00:55:48it

00:55:48he

00:55:48drove

00:55:49brilliantly

00:55:49in that

00:55:50race

00:55:50but

00:55:50I

00:55:51made

00:55:51a

00:55:51massive

00:55:52hash

00:55:52of

00:55:52the

00:55:52start

00:55:53from

00:55:53now

00:55:53on

00:55:53I'm

00:55:54never

00:55:54going

00:55:54to

00:55:54say

00:55:54I

00:55:54need

00:55:54to

00:55:55get

00:55:55a

00:55:55good

00:55:55start

00:55:55I'm

00:55:55going

00:55:55to

00:55:56get

00:55:56a

00:55:56rubbish

00:55:56start

00:55:56and

00:55:57hope

00:55:57for

00:55:57the

00:55:57best

00:55:57but

00:55:57the

00:55:58car

00:55:59is

00:55:59very

00:55:59quick

00:55:59and

00:56:00I'm

00:56:00feeling

00:56:00very

00:56:01comfortable

00:56:02throwing

00:56:02the car

00:56:03around

00:56:03and driving

00:56:04it

00:56:04on its

00:56:04limit

00:56:04and

00:56:05yeah

00:56:06that's

00:56:06a nice

00:56:07way

00:56:07to

00:56:07finish

00:56:09what we

00:56:09started

00:56:09on

00:56:09the

00:56:10soft

00:56:10tyres

00:56:10and

00:56:10now

00:56:11we've

00:56:11got

00:56:11the

00:56:11hard

00:56:11tyres

00:56:11in

00:56:11race

00:56:12three

00:56:12but

00:56:12we're

00:56:13happy

00:56:13we're

00:56:13happy

00:56:14well

00:56:14make

00:56:14the

00:56:14most

00:56:14of

00:56:14the

00:56:14nice

00:56:15feeling

00:56:15I

00:56:39spring

00:56:40in

00:56:40ash

00:56:40I

00:56:41don't

00:56:41think

00:56:41you'd

00:56:41call

00:56:42that

00:56:42result

00:56:42steady

00:56:42would

00:56:43you

00:56:43I

00:56:43mean

00:56:43it

00:56:43was

00:56:43what

00:56:43you

00:56:43wanted

00:56:44to

00:56:44get

00:56:44as far

00:56:45as

00:56:45you

00:56:45could

00:56:45up

00:56:45the

00:56:45grid

00:56:46having

00:56:46descended

00:56:46a bit

00:56:47but

00:56:47it

00:56:47absolutely

00:56:48worked

00:56:48yeah

00:56:49shame

00:56:50about

00:56:50the

00:56:50safety

00:56:50car

00:56:51really

00:56:51I

00:56:51was

00:56:51looking

00:56:51for

00:56:51more

00:56:52than

00:56:52that

00:56:52but

00:56:52yeah

00:56:53safety

00:56:53car

00:56:54put a

00:56:55stop

00:56:55to

00:56:55that

00:56:55and

00:56:55obviously

00:56:56saved

00:56:56the

00:56:56guys

00:56:56on

00:56:56the

00:56:56hard

00:56:57tyre

00:56:57a bit

00:56:57so

00:56:57mega

00:56:58please

00:56:58obviously

00:57:09this

00:57:10weekend

00:57:10is

00:57:10phenomenal

00:57:10what

00:57:11are

00:57:11your

00:57:11thoughts

00:57:11looking

00:57:12ahead

00:57:12to

00:57:12the

00:57:12final

00:57:13race

00:57:13of

00:57:13the

00:57:13day

00:57:13I

00:57:14mean

00:57:14that's

00:57:14I

00:57:15know

00:57:15exactly

00:57:15what

00:57:15your

00:57:15thoughts

00:57:16are

00:57:16actually

00:57:16I

00:57:16can see

00:57:17it

00:57:17written

00:57:17all over

00:57:17your

00:57:18face

00:57:18yeah

00:57:19obviously

00:57:19I

00:57:20think

00:57:20Tom's

00:57:20going to

00:57:20be

00:57:20on

00:57:20the

00:57:20soft

00:57:21tyre

00:57:21see

00:57:21what

00:57:21the

00:57:22reverse

00:57:22grid

00:57:22is

00:57:22hopefully

00:57:23Darrell does

00:57:23a good

00:57:23job

00:57:23on that

00:57:24it's

00:57:24his

00:57:24first

00:57:24time

00:57:24doing

00:57:24that

00:57:25so

00:57:25yeah

00:57:26we've

00:57:27got a

00:57:27soft tyre

00:57:28a lot

00:57:28people

00:57:28are

00:57:29going

00:57:29to

00:57:29be

00:57:29on

00:57:29hard

00:57:29tyres

00:57:29so

00:57:30we

00:57:30can

00:57:30stand

00:57:30on

00:57:31the

00:57:31podium

00:57:31again

00:57:32around

00:57:32the

00:57:32weekend

00:57:33now

00:57:33the

00:57:33sun

00:57:33is

00:57:33shining

00:57:34so

00:57:34I'm

00:57:34sure

00:57:34you'll

00:57:34be

00:57:34making

00:57:35that

00:57:35hay

00:57:35good

00:57:36stuff

00:57:36Steve

00:57:37over

00:57:37to

00:57:37you

00:57:37thanks

00:57:39Lou

00:57:39Darrell

00:57:40Deleon

00:57:40you are

00:57:40still

00:57:40buzzing

00:57:41aren't

00:57:41you

00:57:41yeah

00:57:42there's

00:57:45a whole

00:57:46range

00:57:46of new

00:57:46experiences

00:57:47you've

00:57:47got

00:57:47the

00:57:47reverse

00:57:48grid

00:57:48draw

00:57:48to

00:57:49come

00:57:49in

00:57:49just

00:57:49a

00:57:50second

00:57:50or

00:57:50two

00:57:50just

00:57:51take

00:57:51us

00:57:51things

00:57:53have

00:57:53been

00:57:53turned

00:57:54round

00:57:54so

00:57:54dramatically

00:57:55for

00:57:55West

00:57:55Area

00:57:55racing

00:57:56when

00:57:56did

00:57:56you

00:57:56think

00:57:57you

00:57:57might

00:57:57be

00:57:57a

00:57:57part

00:57:58of

00:57:58this

00:57:58huge

00:57:59success

00:57:59that

00:57:59they're

00:58:00suddenly

00:58:00feeling

00:58:00they're

00:58:00having

00:58:00this

00:58:01weekend

00:58:01to

00:58:02be

00:58:03honest

00:58:03all

00:58:03four

00:58:04drivers

00:58:04in

00:58:04WSI

00:58:05they're

00:58:05all

00:58:05very

00:58:05good

00:58:06they're

00:58:06all

00:58:06very

00:58:06competitive

00:58:07so

00:58:07it

00:58:07was

00:58:07going

00:58:07to

00:58:08be

00:58:08tough

00:58:08but

00:58:08I

00:58:09honestly

00:58:09couldn't

00:58:10tell

00:58:10you

00:58:10I

00:58:21once

00:58:21I was

00:58:22in

00:58:22the

00:58:22league

00:58:22using

00:58:22hybrid

00:58:23managed

00:58:23to

00:58:23pull

00:58:23a

00:58:23gap

00:58:24and

00:58:24that's

00:58:25when

00:58:25it

00:58:25was

00:58:25like

00:58:26keep

00:58:26cool

00:58:27here

00:58:27don't

00:58:28want

00:58:28to

00:58:28drop

00:58:28a

00:58:28wheel

00:58:29or

00:58:29anything

00:58:29just

00:58:29keep

00:58:29it

00:58:29on

00:58:30the

00:58:30island

00:58:30and

00:58:30I'm

00:58:30so

00:58:31happy

00:58:31to

00:58:31bring

00:58:32it

00:58:32home

00:58:32in

00:58:32the

00:58:33restart

00:58:34was there

00:58:34a bit

00:58:34of

00:58:34planning

00:58:35involved

00:58:35in

00:58:35that

00:58:36no

00:58:37so

00:58:37there's

00:58:38a new

00:58:39rule

00:58:39where

00:58:39everyone

00:58:40has

00:58:40to go

00:58:40to

00:58:40a

00:58:40certain

00:58:40board

00:58:41to

00:58:41keep

00:58:41the

00:58:41racing

00:58:41closer

00:58:51and

00:58:52congratulations

00:58:52on

00:58:53your

00:58:53first

00:58:53win

00:58:53this

00:58:54is

00:58:54the

00:58:54reverse

00:58:55grid

00:58:55draw

00:58:55we

00:58:56changed

00:58:56it

00:58:56a

00:58:56little

00:58:57bit

00:58:57you

00:58:57have

00:58:57to

00:58:57twist

00:58:58and

00:58:58screw

00:58:59these

00:58:59things

00:58:59to

00:58:59get

00:58:59them

00:58:59open

00:59:00let's

00:59:00just

00:59:00remind

00:59:00everyone

00:59:01at

00:59:01home

00:59:01that

00:59:01in

00:59:01the

00:59:01bowl

00:59:02here

00:59:02we

00:59:02have

00:59:03numbers

00:59:03relating

00:59:04to

00:59:04the

00:59:04drivers

00:59:04who

00:59:04finished

00:59:056

00:59:05through

00:59:0512

00:59:06so

00:59:07that's

00:59:07Josh

00:59:07Cook

00:59:07who

00:59:08is

00:59:08number

00:59:086

00:59:08Charles

00:59:09Rainford

00:59:10who

00:59:10is

00:59:10number

00:59:107

00:59:10Jake

00:59:11Hill

00:59:11will

00:59:11be

00:59:11number

00:59:128

00:59:21required

00:59:22then

00:59:22put

00:59:22your

00:59:23hand

00:59:23in

00:59:23and

00:59:23see

00:59:23what

00:59:23you

00:59:23can

00:59:24find

00:59:24and

00:59:24see

00:59:24what

00:59:24you

00:59:24can

00:59:24root

00:59:25out

00:59:25in

00:59:25you

00:59:25go

00:59:25that's

00:59:27the

00:59:27heart

00:59:28stretching

00:59:28in

00:59:29yeah

00:59:30go

00:59:30give it

00:59:30a

00:59:30good

00:59:30swirl

00:59:31there

00:59:33you

00:59:33go

00:59:33now

00:59:33then

00:59:33can

00:59:34you

00:59:34open

00:59:34that

00:59:34hey

00:59:37well

00:59:37done

00:59:37and

00:59:38you

00:59:38have

00:59:39drawn

00:59:39out

00:59:39number

00:59:39nine

00:59:40number

00:59:40nine

00:59:41Dan

00:59:41row

00:59:41bottom

00:59:42will

00:59:42be

00:59:42on

00:59:43pole

00:59:43position

00:59:43for

00:59:44our

00:59:44reverse

00:59:44grid

00:59:45race

00:59:45coming

00:59:45up

00:59:45just

00:59:46before

00:59:465

00:59:47o'clock

00:59:47terrific

00:59:48how

00:59:49do

00:59:49you

00:59:49wind

00:59:50down

00:59:50after

00:59:50something

00:59:51like

00:59:51that

00:59:51I

00:59:52probably

00:59:53need a

00:59:53towel

00:59:53and a

00:59:54lot

00:59:54of

00:59:54water

00:59:54it's

00:59:55really

00:59:55hot

00:59:55there

00:59:56but

00:59:56go

00:59:57back

00:59:57to

00:59:57the

00:59:57team

00:59:57do

00:59:57debrief

00:59:58see

00:59:58if

00:59:59we

00:59:59need

00:59:59to

00:59:59make

01:00:00any

01:00:00changes

01:00:00for

01:00:00the

01:00:00next

01:00:00race

01:00:01I'm

01:00:01going

01:00:01to

01:00:01be

01:00:01starting

01:00:02on

01:00:02the

01:00:02hard

01:00:02so

01:00:02it's

01:00:03going

01:00:03to be

01:00:03difficult

01:00:04but

01:00:04that's

01:00:04the

01:00:05plan

01:00:05for

01:00:06now

01:00:06for

01:00:07the

01:00:07way

01:00:07forward

01:00:07now

01:00:07you've

01:00:08got

01:00:08W

01:00:08against

01:00:08your

01:00:09name

01:00:09how

01:00:09does

01:00:09this

01:00:09change

01:00:10your

01:00:10whole

01:00:10self

01:00:11belief

01:00:11and

01:00:11attitude

01:00:11towards

01:00:12the

01:00:12championship

01:00:12honestly

01:00:15it's

01:00:16the

01:00:16same

01:00:16I

01:00:16think

01:00:17because

01:00:17the

01:00:18level

01:00:18is

01:00:18so

01:00:18tight

01:00:18everyone

01:00:19is

01:00:19so

01:00:19good

01:00:19in

01:00:19the

01:00:19championship

01:00:20any

01:00:21weekend

01:00:22can

01:00:22go

01:00:22anyone's

01:00:23way

01:00:23so

01:00:23I

01:00:24think

01:00:24the

01:00:24same

01:00:25again

01:00:25full

01:00:25push

01:00:26and

01:00:26full

01:00:26commitment

01:00:26at

01:00:27the

01:00:27weekend

01:00:27and

01:00:27see

01:00:29where

01:00:29we go

01:00:29from

01:00:29now

01:00:30now

01:00:30you're

01:00:31a

01:00:31winner

01:00:31well

01:00:31done

01:00:31Daryl

01:00:32Deleon

01:00:33winner

01:00:33of

01:00:34our

01:00:34second

01:00:35race

01:00:35this

01:00:35afternoon

01:00:35and

01:00:35he

01:00:35has

01:00:36drawn

01:00:36Dan

01:00:36Rowbottom

01:00:37out of

01:00:38the

01:00:38hat

01:00:38to

01:00:38go

01:00:38on

01:00:38pole

01:00:39position

01:00:39for

01:00:39the

01:00:39reverse

01:00:40grid

01:00:40race

01:00:40which

01:00:40will

01:00:40be

01:00:41the

01:00:41climax

01:00:41of

01:00:42our

01:00:42afternoon

01:00:42here

01:00:42at

01:00:42Brian

01:00:43Satch

01:00:43we'll

01:00:43take

01:00:44a

01:00:44quick

01:00:44break

01:00:44and

01:00:44then

01:00:44we're

01:00:45back

01:00:45in

01:00:45action

01:00:45with

01:00:46the

01:00:46Caterham

01:00:467s

01:00:48by

01:00:51Daryl Deleon

01:00:51in our

01:00:52second

01:00:52touring car

01:00:53race

01:00:53we've got

01:00:53Caterham

01:00:53coming up

01:00:54but a

01:00:54quick thought

01:00:55or two

01:00:55from

01:00:55Jade

01:00:56on

01:00:56what

01:00:56you've

01:00:56seen

01:00:57how

01:00:57do

01:00:58we

01:00:58miss

01:00:58Daryl

01:00:58as a

01:00:59potential

01:00:59winner

01:00:59here

01:01:00I

01:01:00think

01:01:00on the

01:01:01line-up

01:01:02he was

01:01:02a dark

01:01:02horse

01:01:03but I

01:01:03am

01:01:03over the

01:01:04moon

01:01:04for him

01:01:04those

01:01:05that

01:01:05remember

01:01:05when I

01:01:06switched

01:01:06teams

01:01:06in

01:01:0623

01:01:07it

01:01:07was

01:01:07Daryl

01:01:07that

01:01:07took

01:01:08over

01:01:08my

01:01:08seat

01:01:08at

01:01:08team

01:01:09Harden

01:01:09the

01:01:09Cupra

01:01:10and I

01:01:10knew

01:01:11straight

01:01:11away

01:01:11he

01:01:11was

01:01:11a

01:01:11talent

01:01:12but

01:01:12obviously

01:01:12the

01:01:12car

01:01:13wasn't

01:01:13the

01:01:13best

01:01:13it

01:01:14could

01:01:14be

01:01:14and

01:01:14now

01:01:15he's

01:01:15got

01:01:15the

01:01:15car

01:01:15underneath

01:01:15him

01:01:16he's

01:01:16had

01:01:16a

01:01:16couple

01:01:16of

01:01:16races

01:01:16to

01:01:17settle

01:01:17in

01:01:17and

01:01:17he

01:01:17just

01:01:17showed

01:01:18today

01:01:18what

01:01:19he

01:01:19can

01:01:19do

01:01:19and

01:01:19yes

01:01:19okay

01:01:20tyre may have

01:01:20played a part

01:01:21but so proud of him

01:01:22he's so polite

01:01:23so happy

01:01:23yeah credit to him and his family really

01:01:26he is buzzing

01:01:27Dan Kamish is buzzing in a different kind of way

01:01:29that was extraordinary what happened behind the safety car

01:01:32yeah real bad luck for Dan Kamish

01:01:34sad to see he had an amazing pace he was fighting

01:01:37seemingly for the lead overall at some point during that race

01:01:40and yeah a strange thing he said maybe ignition

01:01:42issue brought him to a halt

01:01:44but it's really hard as a driver behind him to know when to judge

01:01:47to do an overtake or to sit behind but yeah it just caused a

01:01:51consultiner effect but a lot of damage to the car by the look of it

01:01:54yeah okay we will talk some more a bit later in the afternoon as the

01:01:57countdown continues to the reverse grid race which will have Dan

01:02:00row bottom on pole position but right now caterums are out on track and we'll go straight

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