WSR BMW drivers Daryl DeLeon and Charles Rainford hold the top two spots in the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship’s Jack Sears Trophy (JST) following an action-packed weekend of racing at Snetterton.

The Brands Hatch overall race winners were consistent points-scorers on a challenging weekend in Norfolk, as were WSR stablemates Jake Hill – the reigning champion – and Aiden Moffat.

It was LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR racer Rainford who finished the day as the top BMW 330i M Sport-mounted points scorer.

The Horsham driver recorded a seventh-place result in the finale to add to ninth and 12th in the earlier races; results that also closed him to within seven points of DeLeon’s JST lead.

The JST – named after the series’ inaugural champion – is contested by drivers with one or fewer podium finishes to their name at the start of the season, meaning series rookie Rainford and sophomore racer DeLeon are both in contention in 2025.

The latter of the two was the JST winner in race one in 10th place overall as the Cambridgeshire racer opted to use the soft tyres in the opener – unlike the rest of the BMW cohort. The #2 was 15th in race two and 19th in the finale on the hard tyres.

Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport’s Hill maintains third place in the drivers' standings, but was in recovery mode after the 2024 champion was spun in race one and suffered suspension damage that required a lengthy repair in the pits.

Last year’s Snetterton double race-winner made a spirited charge from the penultimate row of the grid to finish 11th in the second bout of the day and the battled hard to ninth in the finale.

Moffat, in the second LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR BMW, secured his best qualifying result of the year on Saturday and raced well to 13th in the opener, only to lose that result due to a boosting issue post-race.

From the back of the race-two grid he recovered to 16th and then made further progress with 10th in the finale.

The weekend’s results included a Manufacturers’ victory in Race Two for BMW and mean that WSR maintain strong positions in the Drivers’, Manufacturers’ and JST points tables with three of 10 events now complete.

Charles Rainford, LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR, said: “It’s been a hectic weekend at Snetterton and wasn’t everything it could have been. I didn’t maximise things on Saturday with the BMW and that left me in a bit of a fight today. We’ll carry on doing what we’re doing. I think I could have qualified in the top six so we’ll keep going to achieve that more regularly. We have a really good race car with the BMW and I’m really enjoying my rookie season in the BTCC. Onwards to Thruxton…”

Aiden Moffat, LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR, said: “It was a very challenging weekend for the team. I felt good with where we got to with the BMW and with my own driving, but we never quite had the pace. I was happy to build the weekend from 13th in Race One on the hard tyres, but unfortunately I was disqualified for an over-boosting issue that really didn’t create a speed gain. That put me last on the Race Two grid and from there it was recovery mode and I’m pretty pleased to recover to the top 10.”

Jake Hill, Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport, said: “It’s been one of the most challenging weekends of my touring car career and certainly one of the most challenging I can remember since coming to WSR. We’ve still learned a lot, which is good for progress with both the car and the team, but it’s been difficult with my best result being ninth.

Daryl DeLeon, WSR, said: “It was a good result in Race One today with a top-10 finish and the Jack Sears Trophy win. From there we struggled a bit with the balance and in a straight line, and the last race was tough on the hard tyre. We have a few issues but I’m sure we’ll have a long debrief, a big delve into the data and get things sorted for Thruxton.”

Dick Bennetts, Team Principal, said: “It’s been a tough weekend, but we did make progress from Saturday into race day, which is a positive, and got the Manufacturers’ win in Race Two. Daryl and Charles are sitting one-two in the Jack Sears Trophy – which was one of our major targets for the year, and both Jake and Aiden’s days were hampered by what happened in Race One. We clearly have work to do for Thruxton, so working on that will be the focus over the coming days.”