Irish, British and European Rallycross Champion Derek Tohill completed a dominant title-defence in the Motorsport UK British Rallycross Championship 5 Nations Trophy by winning on both days in the final weekend of the season at Lydden Hill to claim a third British crown.
In front of a packed sell-out crowd on Saturday evening under floodlights, PFCRX driver Tohill needed to finish third overall in the penultimate round of the year to put the title beyond the reach of his rivals.
But, having qualified on pole position, DA Racing-supported Tohill led the race from the front to claim his sixth win of the year and net the coveted GB1 crown for a second successive season in a race held under floodlights, ahead the annual Lydden Hill fireworks display.
Entering the final day of the season on Sunday with no championship pressures, Tohill dominated the qualifying stages to again start on pole position for the final. And again the Peugeot 208 WRX made the best start and led the race from the front to claim a seventh win from seven starts to end the season in style.
The success adds to Tohill’s 10th straight Irish RX crown secured earlier in the year, and third overall in the highly-competitive French Rallycross Championship in his first attempt at racing full-time in the series.
Derek Tohill | Supercar | Peugeot 208 WRX | #GB1, #IRL1 & #77
“Unbelievable. When I won the British Championship once, that was the dream. I was happy and for me that meant everything. I never really expected to win it again. So to be here three times a champion is amazing. There’s been a lot of good men before me. I thought of Dermot [Carnegie] again in the pre-grid area before the final on Saturday and thought ‘let’s do it for that man’.
It would have been easy to drive around and pick up the points, but it’s always important to try and do it with a win. That feels great. Then to wrap up the season unbeaten with the win on Sunday is stuff you can only dream of. This has been a perfect end to our very busy 2026 and now it’s time for everyone to hibernate and see what we do for the future.
Thanks to the Dubourg family, DA Racing, all of PFCRX, our partners and of course my family. I have the easy job, there are so many people to thank for what we’ve achieved.”
