With rear-wheel-drive traction from his West Surrey Racing-run BMW 330e M Sport, it was no surprise that Hill got the jump on Sutton’s Motorbase Performance Ford Focus ST at the start.
Sutton stayed close on the opening tour, but Hill set fastest lap on lap two and then went quicker still the following time around to draw out a gap at the front.
But then the safety car emerged – Will Powell had already made heavy contact with Jade Edwards on the opening lap, forcing her Team Hard Cupra to the pits with suspension damage, and then he flew off the road at Cascades in his One Motorsport Honda on the fourth tour.
Hill had all that hard work to do again, but got his head down and was over a second clear within three laps of the restart.
The gap to Sutton stabilised at 1.7s, and Hill took the chequered flag 1.773s clear.
“My first BTCC double – what a feeling!” exclaimed Hill.
“The car’s just been faultless the first two races – so fast, so controllable, I’m over the moon.
“The start was as good as gold, a lot less pressure than race one. At the restart I thought I’m going to go a bit early and surprise everyone, and it worked – I pretty much got back to where I was before the safety car straight away.”
Source: Autosport