Jake Hill has been threatening to top the BTCC grid for a couple of years now, and was hotly tipped to be a title contender in 2022 when he joined up with the hugely successful West Surrey Racing. Jake Hill - ROKiT MB Motorsport - BMW 330e M Sport With all that in mind, though, Sutton will know that he is in the best possible position to become only the fourth person to win three consecutive titles, and the first since Andy Rouse in 1985. You just have to look at Colin Turkington’s weekend at Silverstone (which we’ll get on to shortly) to see how much a poor qualifying can impact your race day. Sutton goes into the weekend with the lowest amount of hybrid boost available to him for both qualifying and race one, and it’s been in qualifying where the lack of boost has been most felt. The three-time champion has scored an average of 37.6 points in his last five race meetings at the 2.4-mile Kentish circuit, and you have to go back to his debut year in 2016 to see a weekend where he came away with points in single figures. Such confidence will be backed up by Sutton’s recent performances around the Brands Hatch Grand Prix layout. The NAPA Racing UK squad is now a force to be reckoned with at the top of the field and both team and driver should go into the final weekend of the season full of confidence. Of the 27 races already in the book, he has finished 26 – coming home in the top nine on all but one occasion. But he has gone on to make a further two trips to the top step of the podium en route to the sharp end of the points table.Ĭonsistency has been the key for Sutton. Despite a smattering of podiums throughout the first half of the year, Sutton had to wait until the series went north of the border to claim his first win, coming in the 17 th race of the 30-race season. It was a slow start to 2022 by the lofty standards of the triple champion, having to relearn the nuances of front-wheel drive following five seasons in rear-propelled cars. Ashley Sutton - NAPA Racing UK - Ford Focus
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