BTCC Silverstone: Morgan tops practice from DeLeon

British Touring Car Championship veteran Adam Morgan led the way in free practice for the penultimate round of the 2025 season at Silverstone.

The red-headed Lancastrian completed two laps quicker than the best managed by anyone else to plant his Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 N Fastback clear of the opposition to the tune of 0.070 seconds.

Weather permitting, the signs are that the qualifying lap record on the Silverstone National Circuit will take a battering. That stands to Josh Cook with a 57.324s, but the reduced weight for this season – 55kg from the removal of the hybrid system – is having a big effect on the venue’s long straights.

Dan Rowbottom was the first to dip under that standard after just 15 minutes of FP1, and Morgan finally stamped in a 56.596s in the closing stages of FP2.

“We’re quite happy,” said Morgan. “Me and my engineer had a good chat before we came here about the set-up we wanted to try.

“Ever since the first push laps in FP1 the car’s been in the window. A few tweaks for FP2 and the car’s in a good place. There’s lots of things we need to get right but, touch wood, it’s looking good.”

While Morgan set that time on ‘good used softs’, he was also the fastest across the two sessions on medium tyres, with a 56.953s.

Daryl DeLeon, WSR BMW 330i M Sport (Photo by: JEP)

Closest to Morgan was Daryl DeLeon, who wound his West Surrey Racing BMW 330i M Sport up to go top of the times in the middle of FP2 before his time was eclipsed by Morgan.

DeLeon has looked good all day, and topped the slower opening session by 0.036s from the Alliance Racing-run NAPA Ford Focus ST of Dan Cammish, with Morgan third.

Tom Chilton was third fastest in FP2 in his Excelr8 machine, while Dan Lloyd made it three Hyundais in the top four in his version run by Independent team Restart Racing.

Following this pair were the three remaining WSR BMWs, with reigning champion Jake Hill setting an identical time to Lloyd’s to head Aiden Moffat and Charles Rainford – the last-named was the second fastest of those on medium tyres.

Cammish failed to improve in FP2, but his best in the opening session remained good enough for eighth overall.

Next up were three of the Speedworks Motorsport Toyota Corolla GR Sports, with Josh Cook joining Gordon Shedden and Aron Taylor-Smith in reverting to the M-Sport-built TOCA customer engine, while BTCC new boy Max Buxton sticks with the bespoke Neil Brown Engineering-tuned Toyota unit.

Nick Halstead, Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing (Photo by: JEP)

Three-time champion Shedden set a time for ninth overall, ahead of Cook and Taylor-Smith.

Championship leader Tom Ingram put his Excelr8 Hyundai 12th in FP2, with main rival Ash Sutton 17th in his Alliance Ford. This means that Sutton will run in the first group in the initial phase of qualifying, with Ingram in the second.

BTCC Silverstone - Practice results

FP2

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Cla	Driver	#		Car	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h
1	A. Morgan Team Vertu	33		Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance	22	56.596		104.344
2	D. De Leon West Surrey Racing	2		BMW 330i M Sport	19	+0.070 56.666	0.070	104.215
3	T. Chilton Team Vertu	3		Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance	17	+0.220 56.816	0.150	103.940
4	D. Lloyd Restart Racing	123		Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance	24	+0.232 56.828	0.012	103.918
5	J. Hill Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport	1		BMW 330i M Sport	22	+0.232 56.828	0.000	103.918
6	A. Moffat LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR	16		BMW 330i M Sport	24	+0.322 56.918	0.090	103.753
7	C. Rainford LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR	99		BMW 330i M Sport	24	+0.343 56.939	0.021	103.715
8	G. Shedden Toyota Gazoo Racing UK with IAA	52		Toyota Corolla GR Sport	23	+0.435 57.031	0.092	103.548
9	J. Cook Toyota Gazoo Racing UK with IAA	66		Toyota Corolla GR Sport	25	+0.467 57.063	0.032	103.490
10	A. Taylor-Smith Toyota Gazoo Racing UK with IAA	40		Toyota Corolla GR Sport	26	+0.527 57.123	0.060	103.381
11	S. Proctor Team Vertu	18		Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance	19	+0.579 57.175	0.052	103.287
12	T. Ingram Team Vertu	80		Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance	23	+0.582 57.178	0.003	103.282
13	M. Doble Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing	88		Vauxhall Astra	23	+0.628 57.224	0.046	103.199
14	D. Rowbottom NAPA Racing UK	32		Ford Focus ST	21	+0.640 57.236	0.012	103.177
15	D. Cammish NAPA Racing UK	27		Ford Focus ST	23	+0.657 57.253	0.017	103.146
16	S. Osborne NAPA Racing UK	77		Ford Focus ST	23	+0.688 57.284	0.031	103.091
17	A. Sutton NAPA Racing UK	116		Ford Focus ST	23	+0.850 57.446	0.162	102.800
18	M. Buxton Toyota Gazoo Racing UK with IAA	19		Toyota Corolla GR Sport	25	+0.884 57.480	0.034	102.739
19	C. Smiley Restart Racing	22		Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance	17	+0.916 57.512	0.032	102.682
20	D. Patterson ROKiT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport	17		Cupra León	18	+1.137 57.733	0.221	102.289
21	N. Hamilton Powder Monkey Brewing Co with Esidock	28		Cupra León	23	+1.219 57.815	0.082	102.144
22	N. Halstead Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing	50		Vauxhall Astra	22	+1.698 58.294	0.479	101.304
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Cla	Driver	#		Car	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h
1	D. De Leon West Surrey Racing	2		BMW 330i M Sport	23	56.966		103.666
2	D. Cammish NAPA Racing UK	27		Ford Focus ST	19	+0.036 57.002	0.036	103.601
3	A. Morgan Team Vertu	33		Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance	20	+0.062 57.028	0.026	103.553
4	A. Moffat LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR	16		BMW 330i M Sport	23	+0.084 57.050	0.022	103.513
5	C. Rainford LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR	99		BMW 330i M Sport	25	+0.109 57.075	0.025	103.468
6	S. Proctor Team Vertu	18		Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance	14	+0.154 57.120	0.045	103.387
7	D. Lloyd Restart Racing	123		Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance	22	+0.226 57.192	0.072	103.256
8	T. Chilton Team Vertu	3		Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance	19	+0.240 57.206	0.014	103.231
9	D. Rowbottom NAPA Racing UK	32		Ford Focus ST	23	+0.262 57.228	0.022	103.191
10	A. Sutton NAPA Racing UK	116		Ford Focus ST	23	+0.276 57.242	0.014	103.166
11	J. Cook Toyota Gazoo Racing UK with IAA	66		Toyota Corolla GR Sport	23	+0.328 57.294	0.052	103.073
12	G. Shedden Toyota Gazoo Racing UK with IAA	52		Toyota Corolla GR Sport	20	+0.363 57.329	0.035	103.010
13	J. Hill Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport	1		BMW 330i M Sport	11	+0.378 57.344	0.015	102.983
14	T. Ingram Team Vertu	80		Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance	23	+0.403 57.369	0.025	102.938
15	A. Taylor-Smith Toyota Gazoo Racing UK with IAA	40		Toyota Corolla GR Sport	25	+0.547 57.513	0.144	102.680
16	C. Smiley Restart Racing	22		Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance	23	+0.602 57.568	0.055	102.582
17	S. Osborne NAPA Racing UK	77		Ford Focus ST	23	+0.784 57.750	0.182	102.259
18	M. Doble Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing	88		Vauxhall Astra	17	+1.140 58.106	0.356	101.632
19	M. Buxton Toyota Gazoo Racing UK with IAA	19		Toyota Corolla GR Sport	22	+1.254 58.220	0.114	101.433
20	N. Hamilton Powder Monkey Brewing Co with Esidock	28		Cupra León	18	+1.500 58.466	0.246	101.006
21	N. Halstead Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing	50		Vauxhall Astra	21	+1.508 58.474	0.008	100.993
22	D. Patterson ROKiT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport	17		Cupra León	17	+1.708 58.674	0.200	100.648
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