Rainford romps home as WSR take double podium

WSR's Charles Rainford took victory in Round 7 of the 2026 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship at Snetterton, claiming his second career victory, as the Surrey-based squad saw two cars reach the rostrum.

Team VERTU's Tom Ingram took a lonely second, having got the better of Speedworks Corolla Racing's Josh Cook on the opening lap.

Cook couldn't hang on to second for the duration of the race as the hard charging second WSR BMW of Daryl De Leon fired his #2 machine onto the final step of the podium.

The young gun made his way up to fifth early on before getting stuck behind NAPA Racing UK's Dan Cammish for much of the contest, with the intense heat pushing the engines to the limit while following another car.

De Leon eventually made an impressive move and, in free air, immediately pulled away from the #27 Ford Focus Titanium and onto the back of Cook's #66 Toyota Corolla.

The Anglo-Filipino wasted little time in relinquishing Cook of third place as the Cambridge resident grabbed silverware at his home event.

Cook and Cammish claimed fourth and fifth respectively, whilst Dan Rowbottom rounded out the top six in his Cataclean Plato Racing Mercedes.

It was a Team VERTU double in seventh and eighth with Tom Chilton heading teammate Ricky Collard โ€“ the latter having improved from 12th on the grid.

James Dorlin (Restart Racing) and Ash Sutton (NAPA Racing UK) completed with the top positions, with the championship leader coming from the back of the grid on the Goodyear medium tyre compound.

Charles Rainford, WSR, said:

Tom Ingram, Team VERTU, said:

Daryl De Leon, WSR, said:

P/No/Name/Entry/Laps/Time/Gap/Best/On/199Charles RAINFORDWSR1223:28.6571:56.1705280Tom INGRAMTeam VERTU1223:32.5743.9171:56.128332Daryl DE LEONWSR1223:37.0368.3791:56.4143466Josh COOKSpeedworks Corolla Racing1223:38.5299.8721:56.2413527Dan CAMMISHNAPA Racing UK1223:38.88310.2261:56.5104632Daniel ROWBOTTOMCataclean Plato Racing1223:40.25011.5931:56.713373Tom CHILTONTeam VERTU1223:41.33812.6811:56.8943811Ricky COLLARDTeam VERTU1223:43.49614.8391:56.85939132James DORLINRestart Racing1223:44.93116.2741:56.93731077Sam OSBORNENAPA Racing UK1223:48.15419.4971:57.315311116Ashley SUTTONNAPA Racing UK1223:49.45120.7941:57.51941233Adam MORGANCataclean Plato Racing1223:56.18827.5311:58.17071315Lewis SELBYNAPA Racing UK1223:57.41328.7561:58.033121452Gordon SHEDDENLaser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport1224:04.90736.2501:58.68351588Mikey DOBLELKQ Euro Car Parts with Power Maxed Racing1224:05.42136.7641:58.56041622Chris SMILEYRestart Racing1224:05.62036.9631:58.57931717Dexter PATTERSONSteel Seal with Power Maxed Racing1224:06.42937.7721:58.77151828Nicolas HAMILTONTeam VERTU1224:06.46237.8051:58.43841916Aiden MOFFATLKQ Euro Car Parts with Power Maxed Racing1224:10.78142.1241:58.80332050รrรณn TAYLOR-SMITHLaser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport1224:10.99842.3411:58.81452119Max BUXTONSpeedworks Corolla Racing1224:12.29743.6401:59.0083



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