Nicolas Hamilton Wins Jack Sears Trophy at Snetterton
Nicolas Hamilton won the Jack Sears Trophy at Snetterton on 24 May 2026, collecting the award across Rounds 7, 8 and 9 of the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship. The result came during a scorching hot weekend at the 2.97-mile circuit and landed in front of tens of thousands of fans.
Snetterton Reward For Hamilton
Hamilton’s trophy run added a clear result to a day that had already produced race wins for Charles Rainford, Ash Sutton and Gordon Shedden. He was described as “lost for words” after the victory, a simple reaction to a prize that sat alongside the final BTCC podium of the day.
The Jack Sears Trophy was not the only battle that moved on Sunday. James Dorlin still led the Jack Sears Trophy standings after Hamilton’s triumph, so the Snetterton result changed the day’s winner without changing the top of that specific order.
Rainford, Sutton And Shedden
Rainford set the tone by taking a commanding lights-to-flag win in Race 1, his second career victory. Team VERTU’s Tom Ingram finished second, while Josh Cook took third after losing second place on the opening lap and again later in the race.
Sutton then won Race 2, and Shedden completed the sweep in Race 3. The final race also put Shedden alongside Mikey Doble at the head of the Independent Drivers’ order, while LKQ Euro Car Parts with Power Maxed Racing held sway in the Independent Teams’ table.
BMW’s First Triumph
Rainford’s win carried extra weight for WSR BMW. BMW had come into the weekend without a race triumph, and the qualifying-race victory at Snetterton was the first for the manufacturer after wins earlier in the season had gone to Audi, Ford, Toyota and Hyundai machinery.
Daryl De Leon added another piece to BMW’s weekend by taking third in Race 1 in the #2 WSR BMW after moving up to fifth early in the race, getting stuck behind Dan Cammish, and then making a clean pass before pulling away in free air.
After the three races, Sutton stayed on top of the overall Drivers’ standings and extended his advantage over Ingram. Alliance Racing/Ford and NAPA Racing UK led the Manufacturers’/Constructors’ and Teams’ tables, and the next BTCC event was scheduled for Oulton Park on 6/7 June.
