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If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs… Giacomo Petrobelli and Jonny Adam’s imperious performance to win British GT’s Spa round last weekend, ahead of chaos behind them, fell into that category.

If Ash Sutton claims a record-breaking fifth British Touring Car Championship title this October, he may well look back on a weekend in June when he outscored main rival Tom Ingram because his pace was so inferior as key to that success.

Tom Ingram demolished his opposition to take a dominant victory in the first British Touring Car Championship race of the fifth round at Oulton Park.

Phil Hanson, Le Mans winner.

Pre-weekend TCR UK championship leader Adam Shepherd won all three races on the road at Croft, but was disqualified from race two for avoidable contact.

Collisions. Controversy. Penalties. The referee waving play on and no penalties. And, as the constant we can rely on in the same way as death, taxes or people moaning about how quick Hyundais are on the straights, the displays of superiority from Tom Ingram and Ash Sutton. 

The high-speed Thruxton circuit and Minis are a combination that is almost guaranteed to produce frenetic action. And that was certainly the case in the final Mini Challenge Trophy race last weekend when the lead trio frantically squabbled and there was a chaotic 12-car battle for fourth behind.

On the face of it, two poles and a race victory may sound like a straightforward affair for GB4 leader Daniel Guinchard. But it was far from routine, as changeable weather created tricky tyre choices for everyone across the Oulton Park weekend.

Well, that wasn’t predicted… The British Touring Car Championship experienced one of those weekends at Snetterton where its acknowledged title-winning Big Three – Ash Sutton, Tom Ingram, Jake Hill – all failed to win a race, and each suffered a setback. That threw the door open to victories for Dan…

Winning five of the first six races of the Mini Challenge season is an impressive turnaround in form for Jamie Osborne, who failed to take a victory in the whole of 2024, and is somewhat disbelieving of his dominant start to the year.

Antipodean success was a key theme of GB3’s annual visit to Zandvoort last weekend, with Patrick Heuzenroeder and Alex Ninovic among the winners and Australians heading the championship standings.