Tom Ingram fails ride height test, loses front row spot at Brands Hatch

Tom Ingram failed the ride height test following qualifying, which promotes Handy Motorsport’s Rob Austin to the front row for Race 1 at Brands Hatch.

The Speedworks Toyota had qualified in second position, just six-thousandths of a second behind Team BMR Subaru driver Colin Turkington and arrowly missed out on his third pole position of the season. However, with his Avensis found to be too low when his car was checked by the scrutineers, the 23-year-old will be forced to start from the back of the grid in 31st position.

Ingram’s demotion promotes the rival Toyota of Rob Austin to the front row, with two-time champion and championship outsider Jason Plato now starting from third in the Subaru Levorg GT.

Points leader Sam Tordoff is now promoted into the top ten in his West Surrey Racing BMW, with Honda title rivals Gordon Shedden and Matt Neal now seventh and 11th for the first of the day’s races.