TOM INGRAM

The British Touring Car Championship is just about as competitive a series as you can find, and success is measured in fractions of a second. That means investigating data to unearth those final hundredths can be crucial.

However, the 2018 runner-up did all of his work on his own. His single-car Speedworks Motorsport Toyota Avensis operation was the ones that had to put in the hard yards away from the track without the benefit of two cars gathering vital feedback.

Although the Avensis was a well-known proposition for the team and driver, developments made over the winter months meant there were elements of the car that still needed refinement.

The fact that Ingram was the only other driver in with a shout of overall glory at the final round of the championship at Brands Hatch in September along with Colin Turkington was a real sign of the effort the crew had put in.