Tom Chilton, #3 Team VERTU Hyundai i30 Fastback N, said:
“Somehow we’re still sixth in the points because we’ve had terrible luck this weekend, which all started in qualifying when we lost our time and ended up at the back of the grid. The first race was going okay until the puncture, which was caused by the rear left locking up. I’ve never had a tyre go like that in more than 500 BTCC races, so it was very bizarre.
“We should have been up there in the top ten and then in race two, everything was going along quite nicely and then Rainford chopped across me and it put me out with damage.
“Coming from the back again in race three to finish in eighth was really fun, and the reason I go racing is because I want to have fun. However, I’d have preferred to have three boring races up at the front where we should have been with the pace we had in the car.”
Senna Proctor, #18 Team VERTU Hyundai i30 Fastback N, said:
“We showed good pace in practice on Saturday and then made the right calls in qualifying to get through to Q3, where we should really have got pole – we just bolted the wet tyre on a little bit too early.
“We fought back to fourth in race one which was a good start to race day buyt then in race two, we were up there in the top six when I got a shunt from the rear and that was the end of that with the damage to the car. From 16th on the grid, we showed really good pace and had a strong run into the top ten before the penalty knocked us back, which was frustrating.
“It’s been one of those nearly weekends which means we leave with no silverware to show for our efforts, but we’ll put it behind us and roll on Brands Hatch.”
Adam Morgan, #33 Team VERTU Hyundai i30 Fastback N, said:
“It’s been a bit of a missed opportunity for us today, which stems from qualifying. We were quick in practice but when qualifying came around, we just didn’t get it right which meant we were on the back foot for race day.
“We made solid progress on the medium tyre in race one and then plan was to try and get into the top eight for race two and then we’d be in a strong position for race three on the soft rubber.
“Unfortunately we got removed from the race which put us at the back, but we had quite a fun race with Tom, Dan Cammish and Dan Rowbottom coming from the back. We’ve scored some points from the weekend but it’s a day of what could have been.”
Tom Ingram, #80 Team VERTU Hyundai i30 Fastback N, said:
“I think we’ve had as good a weekend as we could have hoped for given our qualifying pace. We knew that the TTB was always going to play against us in that scenario, so we just had to be fairly tactful with our moves and opportunities that presented themselves.
“The first race, if I’m honest, I was surprised to be able to outscore Ash as I thought he was going to claw some points back on us and then in the second, we took the risk of going with the soft tyre expecting a lot of others to be on the medium – meaning victory had to be the target.
“We were never going to outscore Ash in race three when he had the soft tyre on so had to just try and minimise our losses, which we managed to do despite some questionable driving from some of those we were battling with.
“We had to pick and choose our battles a bit but we come away from the weekend with a solid lead and can now put our full focus onto Brands Hatch.”
Justina Williams, Team VERTU Team Owner, said:
“Silverstone has been a bit of a mixed bag for us in terms of results, as it’s been fantastic to see Tom Ingram take another race win but Tom Chilton, Adam and Senna have been more in the wars due to circumstances outside their control.
“Despite that, we remain in a strong position in the fight for all three championship titles and our full focus now is on making sure that we are as ready as we can possibly be for Brands Hatch as we look to end the year on a high.”
