Qualifying
Jacob ran inside the top three overall and led the Pro-Am times before a red flag halted the session. A track limits ruling then saw his lap times deleted, leaving him 13th overall and fifth in Pro-Am for Race 1. He was far from alone – the ruling caught out much of the field.
Race 1
From the penultimate row in the wet, Jacob kept it clean early on before working forward – up to 11th, then into a four-way battle for seventh. He looked to pass Olli Meadows out of Clervaux, then again at the Hairpin, running side by side into the chicane, but Croft is one of the hardest circuits in the UK to overtake on. Racing the ABS-equipped Masters cars, which can brake later in the wet, it was a patient, determined drive to fourth in Pro-Am.
Race 2
From tenth overall and fourth in class, Jacob dropped to 14th at the start but quickly found his rhythm, passing Carl Cavers and setting off after Meadows, and gaining another place when Jonathan Moore went off at Barcroft. The recovery had him in podium contention, but a five-second track limits penalty left him fourth in Pro-Am.
“The car felt really good in both the wet and the dry. Qualifying put us on the back foot after a lot of us had our laps deleted, and from there it's tough to make progress at a track like Croft.
“In race two I got alongside one of the Masters cars into Turn 1, but by the apex I realised it wasn't going to work. It was either hit him or cut the kerb, so I took the kerb – but by then the touring cars had cut a rut into it, and I spun. I caught back up to the other cars within seven or eight laps, so the pace was really good.
“Two fourth-place finishes isn't where I want to be, or where I know we can be. With the pace we have, we should be at the front of the Pro-Ams and fighting for overall podiums.”
Jacob remains third in the Pro-Am championship with two rounds remaining.
Weekend results
Pro-Am class (overall)| Qualifying | P5 (P13) |
| Race 1 | P4 (P10) |
| Race 2 | P4 (P13) |
Next up
Round 7 · Races 13 & 14 · Silverstone National
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