Qualifying
Technical problems limited Jacob to almost no meaningful laps in testing, and a clutch failure as he left for Qualifying 1 meant he missed the session, starting Race 1 from the back. The team changed the clutch in time for Qualifying 2, where on his first real laps of the weekend he qualified third in class.
Race 1
From the back, Jacob worked his way up to 14th and closed on Olli Meadows in the fight for third in Pro-Am. When Meadows ran wide at Sheene, Jacob pounced into McLeans and kept pushing to the flag, finishing third in class and tenth overall with the fastest lap in class.
Race 2
After a safety car, Jacob pressured championship leader Stephen Jelley into a mistake at Redgate and swept into second. He closed on Ollie Jackson and, with Jackson defending the inside into the final hairpin on the last lap, went around the outside to take the lead – his second class win of the season.
“That's probably been the hardest weekend of the year, if not my whole racing career. Qualifying 2 was literally my first quick laps of the weekend, so it was always going to be tough.
“Our pace was genuinely good in race one, and third from the back of the grid isn't bad at all. We were even quicker in race two, and to get the win on the last lap was brilliant. I'm just happy to repay the team for how hard they worked to get me out there.”
Jacob stays third in the Pro-Am standings with three rounds to go.
Weekend results
Pro-Am class (overall)| Qualifying 1 | No time – car issue |
| Qualifying 2 | P3 (P12) |
| Race 1 | P3 (P10) |
| Race 2 | P1 (P8) |
Next up
Round 6 · Races 11 & 12 · Croft
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