Ant Whorton-Eales said he was delighted with his performance on track at Snetterton after securing a top ten finish on his one off return to the series.

The current MINI Challenge points leader rejoined the AmD team for the weekend in one of the two MG6s in a late deal, which meant he went into the meeting with no time behind the wheel of the car.

Also faced with running maximum ballast in qualifying and the opening race, Whorton-Eales had to settle for 23rd spot after a late puncture but then fought through the field in the changeable conditions of race two to take a strong tenth place.

Although he just missed out on points in the Diamond Double race, Whorton-Eales ended the weekend having made up more places than anyone else across the three races to make him the winner of Dunlop’s #ForeverForward for the weekend.

“It’s been a really good weekend and I’m really pleased to come away from Snetterton with a points finish,” he said. “The start of the weekend was a bit of a struggle because of the weight we had to carry and the lack of time in the car, but we kept making improvements and then the conditions worked in our favour on race day.

“We had a decent car in the wet in race one but couldn’t get the result because of contact, and in the changing conditions in race two it was great to fight our way through to tenth – it’s just a shame there was no reverse grid this time!

“In race three I tried to take it easy on the tyres early on so that I could push in the later stages but the performance dropped away and it became quite frustrating because of the way that affected the handling. It’s a shame to miss out on the points but it was a good weekend as a whole and thanks to Shaun [Hollamby] and the team for trusting me to come in and do a job.”