Staff Vertu’s Tom Ingram hailed the efficiency of his Hyundai i30N after producing a dominant run to pole place in Saturday’s British Touring Automobile Championship qualifying at Croft.
Ingram arrives into the second half of the season sitting simply 10-points adrift of championship chief Ash Sutton, however is poised to considerably shut that hole after shattering the prevailing qualifying lap-record by over 0.5s.
The Hyundai i30N driver’s bid to shut the factors hole is additional aided by the NAPA Racing Ford of Sutton beginning race one from eleventh place.
Having topped each session on his approach to a twelfth profession BTCC pole, Ingram paid tribute to a lot of refinements made to the Hyundai over the mid-season break.
“I’m actually actually happy with that, however we all know the massive factors are awarded tomorrow,” mentioned Ingram.
“For those who’ve ended up with one in every of these (a pole place Goodyear Wingfoot Award) on the finish of Saturday, then you understand you’ve had day. The automobile feels excellent because it at all times does, we’ve refined issues over the mid-season break and we’re in place.
“We’ve labored exhausting on ensuring we might be as quick as potential on a Saturday, to offer us the very best likelihood of consequence on Sunday.”
