The 2025 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship saw Tom Ingram take not only the Drivers’ crown, but also the Goodyear Wingfoot Award in what was a dominant display on both Saturdays and Sundays throughout the season. We take a look at the two-time champion’s impressive qualifying quality.

Getting the year underway back in April at Donington Park, it was not the Team VERTU star that took the first trophy of the season. That fell to NAPA Racing UK’s Dan Cammish, who would be the #80’s closest rival in this series through the entirety of the campaign.

It would be a Ford Focus front-row lockout as Ingram’s nearest rival in the Driver’s championship, Ash Sutton, missed out on pole position by an agonising 0.011 seconds. The opening Quick Six session of the year did see an interruption as Ingram’s teammate, Tom Chilton, ground to a halt with an electrical problem. Action resumed swiftly after the stoppage, with the leading Hyundai i30N driver slotting into third as the top trio were separated by just 0.031 seconds

Brands Hatch Indy was the second destination on the 2025 calendar, and one that saw a complete shake-up from what was seen at Donington Park. The WSR-run BMWs struggled at the opening event, with the highest qualifier being Jake Hill in eighth.

This would not be the case as the Kent-driver returned home to take pole position in another team front-row lockout with rookie Charles Rainford alongside. The #99 going from 12th on debut to second a fortnight later brought an optimism back to the Surrey-based squad. The #1 set the current qualifying lap record en route to pole position as Ingram and Cammish were the only drivers to return to the Quick Six.

It would be the standings leader who would rise to the top once more as Cammish set the early benchmark for Saturday supremacy. Seeing two out of three qualifying lap records being set, with our first double polesitter of the season, Cammish quickly became an early favourite.

Despite this, Ingram would not let the NAPA Racing UK driver out of his sight as the #80 would once again be right on his heels, 0.030 seconds away from pole position. The duo taking the front row continued to be the only two competitors to make the Quick Six at all events so far. The weekend would also see Adam Morgan, Mikey Doble, Sutton and Rowbottom be the only drivers to make the Quick Six on two occasions to set sights on the leading pair.

Heading to the UK’s fastest circuit, Thruxton, all drivers get excited to lay down their most on-edge times of the season. This was then heightened as the rain fell down, heavily. Josh Cook would be the one to succumb to the elements, as the #66 would find the barrier exiting Goodwood and sliding off through Village.

After the lengthy stoppage, it would be none other than four-time champion Sutton who would find the perfect way around the 2.37-mile venue. Taking his first pole position of the season, the #116 would launch back into contention once again, even with Cammish and Ingram maintaining their 100% record to start third and second, respectively.

As the opening half of the season came to a close, it was Ingram’s turn to take his maiden pole position of the year and in very dominant fashion. At Oulton Park, the #80 would place another Hyundai i30N in the form of Restart Racing’s Chris Smiley between himself and Cammish as the pole sitter would stand 0.473 seconds clear of the field, the biggest pole margin of the season.

The event would see a change in momentum as the Team VERTU car would stand as the standout of the pack as the second half of the campaign loomed. Also, just as impressively as Smiley’s first final session was rookie James Dorlin, who made it two Quick Six sessions in a row.

A trip to North Yorkshire would see the return of the series after its traditional mid-season break, and none other than standings leader Tom Ingram would take to the fore as the #80 became the second two-time polesitter of the campaign.

It would be a familiar front row with Cammish alongside and Doble picking up his best qualifying result of the season in third. Daniel Lloyd would also make his first appearance in the Quick Six at his home event to take a season-best sixth place.

A shake-up was once again in store in the championships' annual pilgrimage to Knockhill as the BMWs would rise once again to the fore. This time, Rainford took his maiden BTCC pole position with WSR-stablemate Daryl DeLeon taking his first ever front row start. In third was Hill, who completed the BMW 1-2-3.

The standings looked to be a two-horse race after the Croft event, and that remained the case in Scotland as both Ingram and Cammish once again found themselves in the Quick Six, qualifying fourth and sixth to keep the 100% record intact.

The return to the opening venue of the season would see another first pole position of the campaign. Chilton would stand atop the grid order as the Team VERTU man heading a team 1-2 with Ingram alongside.

Smiley and DeLeon would once again return to the Quick Six alongside Senna Proctor, who made it two weekends from two in the final session of the day. Cammish would qualify sixth, only as Doble failed ride height, and this left Ingram as the only driver to keep the 100% record after the eighth event of the year.

Heading to Silverstone, Ingram could leave the event with an unassailable lead if he outscored Cammish by eight points. Disaster struck for both as Cammish failed ride height in the opening session to lose all of his lap times and qualify in 21st. Then, the standings leader could not capitalise as the #80 only qualified 14th, leaving both out of the Quick Six for the first time all year.

It would be DeLeon who would take his maiden BTCC pole position and the first Filipino driver to take a pole position in the championship. Gordon Shedden found himself alongside the polesitter as the three-time champion made the Quick Six session for the first time in his return to the series. Josh Cook would also make the session for the first time this year after his mid-season departure and return to the championship.

The final session of the year would need to see Cammish outscore Ingram by 16 points to take the crown, meaning anything lower than second on the grid, regardless of where the Team VERTU man qualified. 

Cammish would indeed get where he needed to be, placing his NAPA Racing UK Ford Focus on the front row alongside DeLeon, who would take his second BTCC pole position in as many weeks.

With two pole positions and eight Quick Six appearances, Ingram qualified seventh to seal the 2025 Goodyear Wingfoot Award — edging out Cammish by just eight points after one of the most competitive qualifying seasons in recent memory.