WSR made Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship history at Brands Hatch on Sunday by breaking the series all-time wins record with an incredible triple victory.
Reigning champion Jake Hill and team newcomers Daryl DeLeon and Charles Rainford all visited the top step of the podium in Kent in their BMW 330i M Sport race cars on what was an ultra-successful day for the Sunbury-on-Thames organisation.
It was polesitter Hill who claimed the day’s first silverware; the Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport driver controlling the opening race from the front and scoring his first win of 2025 and the 21st of his BTCC career at his local circuit.
That result was also his 60th podium finish in the series and he added a strong second-place result in the finale plus eighth in race two; results that have lifted him to third in the Championship standings, only 12 points away from the top spot.
More significantly it was the 133rd win for WSR, putting the team on their own at the top of series all-time wins record. It was a number that would increase to 135 by the end of the day too.
The 2024 champion was joined on the podium in race one by Charles Rainford, who scored a magnificent second-place finish – on only his fourth BTCC start – after a hard battle during the closing stages.
The Horsham racer went one step better in race three as he charged into the lead on the second lap and pulled away to a commanding victory for LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR.
Charles, who finished seventh in the second bout of the day, was also the Jack Sears Trophy winner for the event for the first time and sits second in the standings behind WSR’s Daryl DeLeon, who had earlier claimed his own first outright win on his 50th start.
The Cambridgeshire-based driver’s victory was historic for another reason as it was the first time a Filipino driver had triumphed in the BTCC, and came after a superb overtaking move on Hill as the race resumed following a late safety-car period.
DeLeon, aged 19 years, 10 months and nine days, also became WSR’s youngest-ever BTCC race winner and is now the leader of the Jack Sears Trophy contest with two events complete.
It is the first time in 10 years that any BTCC team has won all three races on the same day with three different drivers. The last time it happened was at Croft in 2015 when WSR drivers Andy Priaulx, Sam Tordoff and Rob Collard all triumphed.
Aiden Moffat turned in one of the performances of the day as he claimed his best finish of the season in Race Two. The Edinburgh racer climbed from 20th on the race two grid to fifth by the chequered flag in his LKQ Euro Car Parts BMW. Finishing eighth in the finale, he put LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR third in the Teams’ points.
Jake Hill, Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport, said: “What a weekend we’ve had. A win, a second, an eighth and a pole position on Saturday too. It’s been a mega, mega weekend. A huge thank you to everyone at WSR, Laser Tools and MB Motorsport; they’ve given me a Laser Beemer that was very, very fast. On to Snetterton…”
Daryl DeLeon, WSR, said: “I am a BTCC race winner and to do it on my 50th start in Race Two as well was brilliant. I started seventh on the soft tyre and made it to the front. I’m happy with the progress we’ve made with the BMW so a huge thank you to the team for all their hard work. I’m over the moon with the weekend and I’m leading the Jack Sears Trophy heading into Snetterton, so it’s all been brilliant.”
Charles Rainford, LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR, said: “Sunday done. If I’d thought yesterday was good, we were only just getting started. To get my first podium in Race One, a ‘hard’ second race on the hard tyre and then my first win to and the day! I’m unbelievably happy. We’ve done it on pace today and I’m so grateful to the team, my sponsors and my family. Let’s go get another at Snetterton!”
Aiden Moffat, LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR, said: “It’s been a bit of a wasted opportunity of a weekend after a silly mistake in qualifying from me, but Race Two was really good in coming from 20th on the grid. The last race was fun. I picked up some damage at the start and returned some favours later on. We scored some points, but really with the pace we had we should have challenged for a podium. It’s been great seeing the other lads win today and a fantastic result for the team.”
