Jake Hill put WSR on the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship podium twice at Silverstone on Sunday while Charles Rainford scored Jack Sears Trophy success to set up a thrilling title-decider with stablemate Daryl DeLeon at Brands Hatch (4/5 October).
Hill was one of the standout performers aboard his Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport BMW 330i M Sport, closing to within a handful of points of the championship top three despite having missed the Croft event in August through illness.
The defending champion moved up from third spot on the opening-race grid, battling for the lead before eventually coming home second. He added a third-place finish in race two to record his sixth podium finish of the season and WSR's 11th.
Fourth place in the finale means he has set up an intriguing finale at his home circuit, Brands Hatch. The #1 sits fourth in the Drivers' Standings, just four points off the top three, having begun the day 39 adrift.
A similarly strong raceday was had by LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR's Aiden Moffat, who followed his best qualifying result of 2025 on Saturday with his highest weekend points total of the year. The Scottish racer twice finished sixth and added eighth spot in the day's middle bout. His 28-point haul helped him climb inside the top ten in the standings.
Team-mate Charles Rainford scored his fifth Jack Sears Trophy event win from the nine events held this season to take the title fight down to the Brands Hatch finale.
The Sussex racer's best result came in the second race of the day as he charged from 15th to fifth – and best of the JST contenders – on the soft tyre. Fifteenth and 12th spots in the day's other races closed him to within eight points of Daryl DeLeon in the JST battle.
DeLeon had made history on Saturday by becoming the first Filipino driver to score a BTCC pole position, but his race day proved frustrating. A puncture on a left-front tyre that had earlier been flat-spotted dropped him to 13th come the chequered flag.
The Cambridgeshire-based 20-year-old, who still led the JST contenders in that race, finished 10th in race two but suffered a broken driveshaft while performing a practice start as he headed to the grid for the final race.
Instead of starting from the second row as planned, he had to wait as his crew repaired his car in the pit lane. This led to him starting a lap behind the field and rounding out the day with a 20th-place finish.
Jake Hill, Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport, said: “It’s been a mega day and I’m super, super happy. In race one the pace was strong and I had a good fight with Dan Lloyd for the win, but he was ahead when the safety car that we finished under came out. Then third place in race two and onto the last race where I came from 10th to fourth. For me and the Laser Beamer, it’s been a good day.”
Aiden Moffat, LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR, said: “It’s been a great weekend. We had really good pace on Saturday, got into Q2, but left too much pressure in the rears when we crossed the tyres over so had too much oversteer and just missed Q3. Then today I was fighting for fourth in race one but ended sixth, added eighth in race two when I was a bit in the wars and then in race three I had a lap-and-a-half to go and made a stupid mistake, locked up the front left and ended up sixth when I was on for fourth.”
Charles Rainford, LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR: “It’s been a lovely Sunday. We had a steady opening race, a really nice race two to go from 15th to fifth and then a dodgy race three that put us right back there again. But to come away with a Jack Sears Trophy win and having closed right in on Daryl in the points has been fantastic. It’s full prep now towards Brands Hatch. Let’s go and win this!”
Daryl DeLeon, WSR: “Today’s not been ideal. In race one I locked a wheel, which gave me a flat spot for the rest of the race, and then had a puncture, but I managed to get home for the Jack Sears Trophy lead. In race two I was on the medium tyre, but had a really good battle to finish 10th, which I was happy with. In the last race I was supposed to start third, but my driveshaft broke on the way to the grid. I’m so grateful to WSR for getting the car fixed so I could at least get out and score some Jack Sears points. We’re going to fully focus for Brands Hatch and we’ll give it our all there.”
Dick Bennetts, Team Principal: “Overall it’s been a good day with two podium finishes for Jake, a Manufacturer win for BMW in race two and the Jack Sears Trophy for Charles across the three races. Naturally starting on pole position and with two cars in the top three, we’d have hoped to have won today, but this has always been a front-wheel drive track and we’ve gone against the form book when we’ve won here in previous years. I’m very pleased for Aiden, who’s been one of the most consistent drivers of all across the three races, but frustrated for Daryl, who could have been right up there in race three if he'd started from the second row, as planned.”
