Productive practice sessions resulted in 11th place in qualifying for race one, Tom’s best starting position of the season so far, and had it not been for the appearance of a yellow flag in the last few seconds of the session, he would almost have certainly made the top-ten on the grid. Despite heavy rain and spray making visibility very poor during the race, Tom put in a tremendous drive on the greasy surface to make ground and bring the SEAT Leon home in ninth place after a great mid-race battle with the Vauxhall Vectras of Andrew Jordan and David Pinkney. Another wet start ensured race two was full of incidents and although the Club SEAT car suffered a collapsed wheel bearing right at the start, Tom was undeterred and put in an amazing drive to finish in seventh place, within four seconds of the race winner.

With the top seven positions reversed for the final race, Tom was delighted to find himself on pole position, until a revised result from race two meant that the BMW of Steven Kane was promoted up into first place on the grid and Tom moved down to second, as he was promoted to sixth in the Race 2 results.

With conditions still damp for race three, the team made the call to start on full wet tyres, a decision which looked to have initially paid off with Tom taking the lead into the first corner, before losing out to the BMW of Matt Jackson on the third lap. An incident on the fifth lap then lead to the safety car being deployed and the significant early advantage that the front three cars had gained was lost. With a clear dry line beginning to emerge, the track began to favour those drivers who had opted to start with slick tyres, and following two more safety car appearances, tyre degradation problems meant Tom finishing the race in eighth place.

Speaking after the race, Tom said: “Overall, we’ve had a good, solid weekend, picking up another 11 points. The car has shown some encouraging pace and we can go to Oulton Park feeling strong.”