Daryl DeLeon rises to the top in second practice

WSR’s Daryl DeLeon rose to the top of the times in the second British Touring Car Championship practice session of the weekend at Brands Hatch, having earlier been second quickest in first practice.

DeLeon was just 0.027 seconds slower than the qualifying lap record set in 2024, as conditions at a now fully-dry Brands Hatch allowed drivers to up the pace in an uninterrupted second practice session.

Toyota’s Josh Cook was second quickest, 0.053 seconds adrift, with both WSR’s Charles Rainford and Team Vertu’s Adam Morgan in third and fourth also within a tenth of a second of the pace.

Team Vertu’s Senna Proctor was fifth, ahead of the leading NAPA Racing UK car of Daniel Rowbottom in sixth.

Championship leader Tom Ingram improved on his FP1 Performance to go seventh, 0.166 seconds off the pace, ahead of Restart Racing’s Chris Smiley in eighth, who was the top Independent class driver.

The top ten was completed by WSR’s Aiden Moffat and Team Vertu’s Tom Chilton.

In total, the top 16 drivers were within a second of the pace, although perhaps surprisingly, not NAPA Racing UK’s Dan Cammish or Ash Sutton, who were 17^th and 18^th respectively.

Cammish, who was fastest of all in first practice, was only two tenths faster than he had been in the morning, despite the much-improved track conditions.

Qualifying gets underway at 15:15 BST.

Session results

POS	NO	NAT	DRIVER	ENTRANT	CAR	LAPS	TIME	GAP
1	2		Daryl DELEON	WSR	BMW 330i M Sport	16	1:29.271	–
2	66		Josh COOK	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	13	1:29.324	0.053
3	99		Charles RAINFORD	LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR	BMW 330i M Sport	16	1:29.350	0.079
4	33		Adam MORGAN	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	18	1:29.363	0.092
5	18		Senna PROCTOR	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	17	1:29.424	0.153
6	32		Daniel ROWBOTTOM	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	18	1:29.425	0.154
7	80		Tom INGRAM	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	15	1:29.437	0.166
8	22		Chris SMILEY	Restart Racing	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	16	1:29.513	0.242
9	16		Aiden MOFFAT	LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR	BMW 330i M Sport	17	1:29.573	0.302
10	3		Tom CHILTON	Team Vertu	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	15	1:29.589	0.318
11	123		Daniel LLOYD	Restart Racing	Hyundai i30 N Fastback	17	1:29.638	0.367
12	1		Jake HILL	Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport	BMW 330i M Sport	14	1:29.735	0.464
13	40		Árón TAYLOR-SMITH	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	13	1:29.783	0.512
14	52		Gordon SHEDDEN	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	18	1:29.806	0.535
15	88		Mikey DOBLE	Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing	CUPRA Leon	17	1:29.911	0.640
16	17		Dexter PATTERSON	ROKiT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport	CUPRA Leon	16	1:30.160	0.889
17	27		Dan CAMMISH	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	17	1:30.331	1.060
18	116		Ashley SUTTON	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	12	1:30.429	1.158
19	28		Nicolas HAMILTON	Powder Monkey Brewing Co with Esidock	CUPRA Leon	17	1:31.050	1.779
20	77		Sam OSBORNE	NAPA Racing UK	Ford Focus ST	18	1:31.252	1.981
21	50		Nick HALSTEAD	Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing	CUPRA Leon	12	1:33.009	3.738
22	19		Max BUXTON	TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	11	1:34.086	4.815