P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Tom Ingram claims pole position for Sunday’s first BTCC race at Croft, while defending champion Jake Hill is withdrawn from the remainder of the weekend.
Team Vertu Hyundai’s Tom Ingram secured pole position for the first British Touring Car Championship race at Croft by decisively outclassing NAPA Racing’s Dan Cammish with a gap of nearly 0.3 seconds. Ingram’s dominance was evident from earlier topping both practice sessions and culminated in his 12th career BTCC pole position in his Hyundai i30N. Progressing seamlessly through Q1 and Q2, Ingram set a new lap record of 1m20.522s, while other drivers struggled with track limits during the intense session. The front row is completed by Cammish, with an impressive third place by Mikey Doble of Power Maxed Racing, narrowly missing out on the front row ahead of Tom Chilton, whose deleted lap time was briefly faster than Ingram’s. Further back, championship leader Ash Sutton faces a tough battle from 11th on the grid after being penalized for exceeding track limits during qualifying.
