Hill rounds out 2020 BTCC season in style at Brands Hatch
On a day where conditions ranged from torrential rain to winter sunshine, MB Motorsport accelerated by BlueSquare's Jake Hill took points in all-three races on the compact Brands Hatch Indy Circuit, battling his way to a sixth podium finish of the year, and taking 7th overall in the Championship.
The day's opening race held in torrential rain saw Hill lose out to Matt Neal at the start, but quickly battle back past the former champion in to P6.
Catching and challenging Ollie Jackson's Ford Focus, a Safety Car saw Hill pick up a misfire courtesy of the engine running cooler.
However the 26 year-old dug deep and managed to hold on to P6 and even set his best lap on the final tour.
"The car worked really well, but the misfire and a slight handling issue meant I was really pleased to hang on for P6
The day's opening race held in torrential rain saw Hill lose out to Matt Neal at the start, but quickly battle back past the former champion in to P6.
Catching and challenging Ollie Jackson's Ford Focus, a Safety Car saw Hill pick up a misfire courtesy of the engine running cooler.
However the 26 year-old dug deep and managed to hold on to P6 and even set his best lap on the final tour.
"The car worked really well, but the misfire and a slight handling issue meant I was really pleased to hang on for P6
Hill takes superb debut Independant BTCC Win for MB Motorsport
MB Motorsport accelerated by Blue Square's Jake Hill continued his superb run of form in the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship, taking his fifth overall podium of the 2020 season, and with it the team's first Win in the fiercely competitive Independent drivers category at a chilly Snetterton.
Hill had marked his intent by setting the fastest time in free practice - the fourth time this season he has topped the practice times - then headed into the new format of qualifying confident of a strong showing.
After progressing through to the top-ten 'showdown', Hill put the #24 Honda Civic Type-R on Pole Position with less than 2 minutes remaining. However reigning champion Colin Turkington pipped the BRDC 'Superstar' to the top-spot, but Hill still took top qualifying for the Independent Category.
Hill had marked his intent by setting the fastest time in free practice - the fourth time this season he has topped the practice times - then headed into the new format of qualifying confident of a strong showing.
After progressing through to the top-ten 'showdown', Hill put the #24 Honda Civic Type-R on Pole Position with less than 2 minutes remaining. However reigning champion Colin Turkington pipped the BRDC 'Superstar' to the top-spot, but Hill still took top qualifying for the Independent Category.
Superb Double-Podium for Hill in BTCC blast at Croft
MB Motorsport accelerated by Blue Square's Jake Hill drove superbly all weekendat Croft in North Yorkshire, taking a season-best finish of P2 in race one, following up with another podium in race two, and then a battling drive to take P7 in race three, and with it achieve a career-best weekend points haul.
After taking P5 & P3 in practice in dry conditions, a wet circuit in qualifying saw the 26 year-old BRDC 'Superstar' briefly take Pole Position, before an incident put him off the road, and after dropping to P4 was subsequently promoted to P2 as both Ingram and Proctor were excluded from qualifying for technical issues.
"We had a great car from the outset - in both dry practice and the wet - I felt we could have taken Pole but the incident putting me off the road damaged our tyres so that was that. Then we benefitted from Tom and Senna's exclusion so we start P2.
After taking P5 & P3 in practice in dry conditions, a wet circuit in qualifying saw the 26 year-old BRDC 'Superstar' briefly take Pole Position, before an incident put him off the road, and after dropping to P4 was subsequently promoted to P2 as both Ingram and Proctor were excluded from qualifying for technical issues.
"We had a great car from the outset - in both dry practice and the wet - I felt we could have taken Pole but the incident putting me off the road damaged our tyres so that was that. Then we benefitted from Tom and Senna's exclusion so we start P2.
