Ash Sutton took his second win of the day in round three at Donington Park. Having won race two, Sutton started eighth and made his way through the field to take his 49th BTCC win and leave Donington Park with an 18 point championship lead.

Polesitter Ricky Collard, reigning British GT champion, made a good start while Dexter Patterson, who started second, fell behind the two WSR BMW’s who both flew off the line. Series debutant Lewis Selby was tapped coming out of Redgate and lost plenty of time.

By lap two Sutton was third already, while up front Charles Rainford dived down the inside of Collard at the Old Hairpin, taking the lead. On the start of the following lap Collard made an audacious move on Rainford into Redgate. The pair battled down the Craner Curves before retaking the lead at the same place he lost it a lap prior.

Sutton was tapped by Patterson going into the final chicane, powersliding his way through it and hunting down the top two.

Further down the order, Gordon Shedden and Daryl DeLeon made contact, both put into half spins. Josh Cook and Tom Chilton were collateral damage, both suffering race ending damage.

Just as Sutton had in race one, Tom Ingram fought from last on the grid through the field, running seventh by lap seven.

Lap eight and Sutton was hounding Collard for the lead, both drivers showing incredible race craft. Heading into Redgate on lap nine, Collard went wide, with Sutton capitalising and taking the lead.

Behind the pair, Dan Cammish was lurking in third, and while he was trying to emulate teammate Sutton by passing Collard, Ingram caught up, making it a three way fight for second.

The reigning champion passed Cammish for third and was soon past teammate Collard for second, but it would be the best he can do with Sutton far down the road.

Track limits were the downfall of Plato Racing’s Dan Rowbottom in race one, and in race three it was the turn of Cammish, suffering a ten second penalty for multiple offences.

Sutton cruised to the win, showing imperious form, and that NAPA Racing had managed to make the transition from the Focus hatchback to saloon look almost effortless.

Ash Sutton’s resurgent Sunday continued with victory in round two of the British Touring Car Championship at Donington Park.

From second on the grid, Sutton surged into the lead and never lost it. Dan Cammish made it a NAPA Racing one-two, and a first win for the new Ford Focus Saloon. Gordon Shedden rolled back the years for third.

The drama began before the race started, with Tom Ingram putting on the end of the formation lap with an alternator issue with his car. His weekend going from bad to worse following his race one disqualification.

Rainford sprung off the line from third to pass Sutton and Doble for the lead. Sutton moved into second and on the exit of Redgate he nudged Rainford wide and took the lead. The Safety Car’s 100% appearance record continued with Nicholas Hamilton out in the gravel at Redgate. Tom Chilton went wide at the Craner Curves and almost collected team mate Ricky Collard on re-entry.

Dan Rowbottom pulled in during the Safety Car period and retired from the race, another driver whose weekend wasn’t going according to plan.

On the restart Sutton kept his lead, Cammish was up to third as race one winner Mikey Doble’s descent down the grid began. Shedden was past the beleaguered Audi driver on lap seven, not before a nudge from fellow Scot Aiden Moffat going into the Old Hairpin.

Lap eight saw Adam Morgan, Daryl DeLeon and PMR teammate Dexter Patterson pass Doble, with his car clearly suffering. Back up front Sutton was nursing a 1.6 second lead, untroubled in the lead.

Behind him Cammish was hounding Rainford for second, the Yorkshireman passed the WSR driver into Redgate, before going side by side down the Craner Curves, with Cammish finally making the move stick at the Old Hairpin. Shedden was now on Rainford’s tail.

Three laps from the end Shedden made the move for third on Rainford, with Moffat passing too as Rainford dropped from third to fifth in the blink of an eye.

Sutton took his 48th win of his career with Cammish following behind in the sister Focus. Shedden was third. Moffat was fourth with DeLeon squeezing past Rainford for fifth. Patterson finished seventh with Ricky Collard recovering from race one retirement for eighth. Adam Morgan was the lead Mercedes driver in ninth with Josh Cook taking tenth after ending race one in the gravel.

Aron Taylor-Smith took 11th with Chris Smiley, Tom Chilton, Mikey Doble and Lewis Selby rounding off the points.

Ingram and Rowbottom ruing car issues and losing early ground on Sutton.

It was a debut win for Power Maxed Racing’s new Audi S3 Saloon as Mikey Doble inherited the opening win of the season after a disqualification for reigning champion Tom Ingram.

Ingram secured victory in the first round of the 2026 British Touring Car Championship season leading from near lights to flag. He passed Dan Rowbottom off the line and led the rest of the way. But after the race it was found that Ingram’s Hyundai had over boosted, meaning a disqualification from the results.

Mikey Doble finished second on the road in a thrilling opening race while Ash Sutton came from 21st on the grid to finish fourth. Fourth initially became third though as Rowbottom suffered a ten second penalty for track limits offences – unable to repeat his Saturday heroics. It then became second after Ingram’s exclusion.

The new-for-2026 qualifying race on Saturday saw thrills and spills as Tom Ingram led from pole, being hunted down by Sutton and Rowbottom. Lap two saw Sutton and Ingram touch, with the former spinning out of the race, meaning he started 21st and last for Sundays race one.

The drama didn’t end there, as Ingram was handed a five second penalty for being marginally out of his grid box at the start. He showed scintillating pace trying to bridge the gap between himself and Rowbottom in second. The last lap saw Ingram just over four seconds ahead, he put in an incredible lap but it wasn’t enough, he lost the win to Rowbottom by just 0.024 seconds.

Rowbottom was on pole for race one, and gave Jason Plato and his new team the ideal start.

However off the line for race one, Rowbottom bogged down, seeing Ingram, Cook and Rainford leapfrog the Mercedes driver. Ingram burst free from the pack and was leading by the end of lap one by 1.5 seconds. Rowbottom’s recovery began by overtaking Rainford for third into the final chicane.

Speaking of recoveries, Ash Sutton surged up from the back of the grid to be 11th by the end of lap two. Cook and Rowbottom were chasing down Ingram, but the reigning champion was holding them at bay.

There were plenty of exciting battles in the midfield pack, with Gordon Shedden getting his elbows out in his Laser Tools Racing Toyota. He was battling the likes of Tom Chilton and Aiden Moffat. Sutton made his way past the Scotsman and was seventh by lap eight when the Safety Car made its first appearance of the season.

Going into the final chicane Josh Cook’s Toyota, running in second, suffered a left rear puncture, spinning him off and into the gravel trap, beached and not moving any time soon. After three laps the race resumed.

Doble made his way up to third on the restart with Sutton now fourth. Ricky Collard’s return to the BTCC ended prematurely as he suffered a puncture and damage, retiring from the race.

By lap 17 Doble was on the tail of Rowbottom, with the Audi man having more boost available to him. He managed to get past a lap later and made second his own. Behind them Rainford and Sutton were fighting for fourth. Rainford got past but was soon dispatched by the four time champion. Adam Morgan was close behind in the second Mercedes.

Sutton cleared Rainford and was hunting down Rowbottom in third – Morgan passed Rainford as an exciting battle was reaching its climax.

The final lap saw Rowbottom hit with a ten second penalty for track limits offences, dropping him from third on the road to 12th.

Ingram took the chequered flag, his 41st win of his career before being excluded. Doble won with Sutton finished fourth but inherited third then second, an incredible drive from the NAPA man.

Morgan was fourth but suffered a five second penalty for a separate infringement, finishing tenth, with Rainford now third. Dan Cammish finished fourth ahead of Shedden in fifth. Power Maxed pair Aiden Moffat and Dexter Patterson finished sixth and seventh respectively with Aron Taylor-Smith taking eighth.

Tom Chilton was ninth with Rowbottom finishing 12th once the penalty was applied. Daryl DeLeon was 11th, James Dorlin and Sam Osborne finished in the points with Lewis Selby taking 15th and a single point on his BTCC debut.