The two meetings of the season have so far seen a deluge of rain and glorious sunshine, so it seemed only right that the longest laps of the season at Snetterton would bring a mixture of both.

For the first time in 2024, all three tyre compounds were due to be used on race day. NAPA Racing?s Ash Sutton headed the championship after Brands Hatch Indy, with Team BMW?s Colin Turkington and Tom Ingram in his Hyundai close behind. The leading trio had a healthy gap Jake Hill in fourth.

Qualifying

Saturday?s Quick Six session was held on a wet and greasy track that started to dry out as qualifying developed. Hill topped the times with Sutton, who only had one second of hybrid use, 2nd. The next row was filled by Adam Morgan and Dan Cammish, while Bobby Thompson, returning to the series in a WSR BMW, was 5th and Josh Cook 6th.
Race One, 3.5/10 – Jake Hill, Bobby Thompson, Ash Sutton

A dry race start saw Hill and Sutton cleanly away, with Thompson moving up to third off the line. Cook however, on the unfavoured hard tyres, lost a position off the line, before a huge slide sent him further down the pack.

Ingram, who?d started 13th, made a move on Chris Smiley to take 8th on lap 2, while Aiden Moffat had to pit following a puncture.

Ingram continued his forward momentum on the next lap with a move on Andrew Watson for 7th and it meant that the top nine were all on the favoured soft tyre. 

The impressive Thompson took 2nd from Sutton at the star...