Croft has a habit of throwing up the round nobody quite predicts, and the championship's return to the circuit for rounds 22 to 24 kept that reputation fully intact, not least because Tom Ingram arrived as the reigning lap record holder in both qualifying and the race itself.

The British Touring Car Championship spent its first weekend back from the summer break doing what Thruxton always seems to do, turning a simple return to racing into one of the most talked about rounds of the year.