He looked, well, a little less tense than this time last year, prior to the race that would define the destiny of the British Touring Car Championship.
Tom Ingram is a creature of habit – he has joked in the past about “being OCD” – so there he was doing his Tom Ingram things prior to the second race of the Brands Hatch season finale. A quick trip in the direction of the gents’. Back to the Excelr8 Motorsport truck. Down the steps again, this time zipping up his racesuit. A quick arm around the shoulder from his dad Bruce. Into the garage and donning his HANS Device, the clicky-clacky straps finally done up. A word with his own engineer Spencer Aldridge and team-mate Tom Chilton’s man Barry Plowman. A cheery exchange with his mechanic. Then on went the gloves and helmet, ITV Sport cameraman and photographers studiously ignored. And, finally, climbing aboard his Hyundai i30 N Fastback. Drowning out the noise, all the distractions.
