• Robert takes 'phenomenal' win at Brands Hatch

Rob Huff took a sensational maiden victory in Round 24 of the Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch today. The 24 year-old, from Cambridge, took the lead on the very last lap of an incident-packed 27-lap race to lead home his SEAT Sport UK team-mate Jason Plato.

"Phenomenal! Absolutely unreal, I can't believe it, it's a dream come true," said a delighted Rob at the finish. "I had a fairly good start and then got bundled out of the way by about four or five cars on the second lap, Thompson, Muller Bentwood and Neal all got by me but the car was fantastic, the best it's been all day and I was able to pick them off one at a time, until I found myself behind Thompson.

"Then, when the safety car went in for the last time, I thought I'm going to have one last go at this on the last racing lap. Off the re-start I went into Paddock Hill Bend and nearly hit Jason after he'd been sideways, but he managed to do a fantastic save half way down the hill. I then managed to get around the outside of Matt Neal and Jason. Muller also found his way up the inside of Jason but locked up and ran wide so I just managed to sneak up the inside of all of them to exit Druids in the lead."

Starting the first race from seventh on the grid, he made a good start to slot in behind Luke Hines and for the opening three laps tried every which way to pass the Vauxhall driver, without success.

A safety car period on lap four, when Dan Eaves was sidelined with an electrical fire, bunched the pack up and as the race restarted five laps later, Rob had a look at taking Hines around the outside at Druids, before making his move at Paddock. It almost worked, as he dived up the inside but then ran wide on the exit allowing Hines to retake the position. With the race again extended to 27 laps following the safety car incident and with one eye on getting a good grid start position for the day's second race, he held off attempting to retake the position and allowed Tom Chilton to move ahead on the final lap.

"I got a good start, changed the revs slightly off the line, and the two in front made a really bad start so I had to lift off when I went into second gear to avoid hitting them. The car felt really good and I was pushing Hines a bit just to see whether I could pass him and I think I had the pace to do so. He was holding me up big time but every time he was holding me up badly I had to defend from Chilton. I let Chilton through to get a better position for the second race and to be honest I think I was much quicker than a lot of the cars around me. At the end though the pressure in the rear tyres was sky high, about half a bar more than they should be and the car wasn't quite as good as it had been. The balance was still there but the grip had gone away."

Starting the second race from third on the grid, Rob made a good getaway before being sideswiped by Shaun Watson-Smith before the cars even cleared the start finish straight, which dropped him down to fifth as the pack entered the first corner. He caught and passed Tom Chilton with a stunning manoeuvre before the safety car was again deployed to retrieve the stricken Watson-Smith, elevating Rob to third.

As he started to apply pressure on Colin Turkington ahead in second, the safety car was deployed for the third time to retrieve Rob Collard who was beached on the entry to Druids. At the restart and with his SEAT team-mate Plato in the lead, Rob applied pressure for the remaining laps, but was unable to find a way past Turkington as he crossed the line third.

"I made a horrendous start, far too much wheelspin, and three or four cars passed me but somehow managed to come out of it quite well. James Thompson hit Shaun Watson-Smith very hard going into the first corner and Thompson then bounced off him and I managed to get up the inside of him. Then a couple of laps later Watson-Smith lost it going down Paddock Hill Bend and I managed to claw my way past a few more people. It was all a bit hectic really. I had a great race with Colin Turkington. What I wanted to do was attack him enough so Jason could pull out enough of a gap and I could make a lunge on Colin which wouldn't affect Jason. Every time we got that kind of a gap and I got close to Colin the safety car came out. I was also worried about the vacuum caused by getting too close to the car in front. Three or four times where I was getting close to him my engine cut out a little and I kept dropping back twenty yards, so that was really frustrating - but overall it was another fantastic result."

Results for Round 22 – 27 laps

1.	Matt Neal	Honda Civic Type-R	24:39.495
2.	Yvan Muller	Vauxhall Astra Coupe	24:40.506
3.	James Thompson	Vauxhall Astra Coupe	24:50.375
4.	James Kaye	Honda Civic Type-R	24:50.896
5.	Luke Hines	Vauxhall Astra Coupe	24:51.948
6.	Tom Chilton	Honda Civic Type-R	24:52.157
7.	ROB HUFF	SEAT Toledo Cupra	24:53.558

Results for Round 23 – 27 laps

1.	Jason Plato	SEAT Toledo Cupra	25:33.956
2.	Colin Turkington	MG ZS	25:34.763
3.	ROB HUFF	SEAT Toledo Cupra	25:35.078
4.	James Thompson	Vauxhall Astra Coupe	25:36.969
5.	Matt Neal	Honda Civic Type-R	25:37.363
6.	James Kaye	Honda Civic Type-R	25:38.520

Results for Round 24

1.	ROB HUFF	SEAT Toledo Cupra	26:10.528
2.	Jason Plato	SEAT Toledo Cupra	26:11.892
3.	Michael Bentwood	Vauxhall Astra Coupe	26:12.136
4.	Matt Neal	Honda Civic Type-R	26:12.655
5.	Yvan Muller	Vauxhall Astra Coupe	26:12.887
6.	Anthony Reid	MG ZS	26:13.058

Fastest lap: ROB HUFF 50.196 87.94mph 141.52kph

Championship points after 24 rounds

1.	Yvan Muller	214
2.	James Thompson	211
3.	Jason Plato	177
3.	Anthony Reid	175
5.	Matt Neal	161
6.	Colin Turkington	136
7.	ROB HUFF	122