DROITWICH-based Team Vertu achieved three podium finishes in the second round of the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) at Brands Hatch.
Title contender Tom Ingram finished third in race one and secured another podium finish in race three after finishing 11th in race two.
The Coventry driver has now achieved five podium finishes from six races in the BTCC this season.
Ingram also broke the Brands Hatch Indy circuit lap record in the third and final race of the weekend.
And teammate Adam Morgan finished second in race two to ensure the Droitwich team have finished on the podium in all six BTCC races this season.
Morgan placed fourth in race one to just miss out on the podium and 12th in race three.
Team Vertu lead the teams standings on 166 points with NAPA Racing UK in second on 143 points.
And Ingram sits second in the drivers’ standings on 87 points – just five points behind leader Ash Sutton.
Ingram said: “It was a really good weekend and the car has felt beautiful. We haven’t need to touch it from the start of FP1.
“It’s been a dream and we’ve been able to score solid points once again which has allowed us to retain second in the points.
“It’s a nice place to be in at this stage, and it sets us up well for the rest of the season to try and carry this momentum on.
“It would have been nice to finish higher up in race two, but we didn’t expect so many people to run the soft there which caught us off-guard a little.
“As it was, I feel we did a good job there to get the result that we did, and when we bolted the soft tyre back on for race three, the pace allowed us to come back through to the podium again.
“Five podiums from six shows our consistency, and whilst I want to get that win, it won’t be far away with the pace we have.”
Morgan added: “It was a pretty good weekend from the moment we rolled the car out of the truck as we’ve been on the money, and it’s great to score my first podium with EXCELR8 and Team Vertu.
“We’ve been quick in all three races, even on the hard tyre, and have picked up solid points to move up the standings.
“Without fluffing the start, I think could potentially have won the second race but I’m not going to come away from the weekend disappointed with a podium finish, especially with the pace we have in the car at the moment.
“Looking at race one and two and how people had performed on the hard tyre, I knew the final race would be tough – especially with the lack of boost – but I was first car home on the hard tyre so I know we did the best we could and maximised the result.”
Team Vertu driver Tom Chilton improved over the course of the weekend as he finished 22nd, 12th and seventh respectively.
And Michael Crees placed 13th, 14th and 16th to round off another successful weekend for the Drotiwich team.
The BTCC season continues at Snetterton on the weekend of May 24 and 25.
