Tom Ingram: “I’m up for the fight and ready to go”

Tom Ingram has stated that he’s up for the fight heading to Brands Hatch after leaving Silverstone this past weekend with a share of the British Touring Car Championship lead.

The EXCELR8 Motorsport driver mastered the wet conditions around the Home of British Motor Racing to claim pole position and then claim victory in races one and three.

Those results, along with a fourth-place finish in race two, meant that the Hyundai i30 N driver heads into the season finale in less than two weeks’ time tied on points with Jake Hill at the summit of the standings.

“I think we’ve done really well this weekend,” said Ingram. “We lucked into pole which was a bonus for us and then we’ve been strong in the three races. We went the wrong way on set-up for race one and two a bit but we still managed to get a first and a fourth, which was was pleasing.

“Getting a gap in the first race at the start helped, but in race two the circuit changed quite a bit and we just didn’t have the pace to stay our front.

“We went back on things for race three, which perhaps we should have done a bit earlier, but you live and learn and we’ve not had a bad weekend when we then added another win in the final race. It was so difficult early on with the conditions as the circuit can flood so quickly at Silverstone and when a driver like Colin Turkington is sliding off, it shows how treacherous it was.

“I have no criticism at all of the officials for making the call to stop the race as they did the right thing to stop it when they did – and then to restart it again!

“We’re in the best place possible for Brands Hatch as the car feels phenomenal and we’ve been quick at Brands Hatch before, and I know we’ll only be faster there than we have been previously. I feel chilled and up for the fight, and I’m ready to go.”