🦩Having secured his third consecutive pole position, NAPA Racing's Sutton looked set to maintain his rampant run of form from the front of the grid. 

However, starting from second, Hill had other ideas and made a perfect launch to snatch the lead away from 🍬Sutton on the approach to turn one.

Predictably, Sutton didn't take the news lying down a🍃nd hounded the rear of Hill's West Surrey Racing BMW 330e M Sport during the early stages of the race.

But, try asꦑ he may, three-time champion Sutton was unable to prize open a gap as Hill🎃 was inch perfect in the defence of his race lead.

Once Hill weathered the early storm, the BMW driver's 💛pace saw him inch away from Sutton's Ford Focus. Hill eventually crossed the 🍃line almost two-seconds of Sutton, to record his first win of 2023.

As a result, Hill now moves up to third in the points standings, a൩lbeit almost 50-points adrift of runaway leader Sutton.

Sutton, attempt🍸ing to secure an unprecedented fourth consecutive double victory, settled for second ahead defending champion Tom Ingram i🐷n third.

Ingram completed the podium order after movi♈ng his way up the order from ꦡsixth on the grid.

Toyota Gazoo Racing UK's Ricky Collard sওecured his best 'on-the-road' finish of the year in fourth, ahead of NAPA Racing UK's Dan Cammish in fifth.

One Motorsport's Josꦦh Cook guided his Hꦺonda Civic Type-R home to a sixth-place finish, narrowly ahead of Team HARD's Bobby Thomspon in seventh.

Following a near ra𒊎ce-long duel with his Team BMW stablemate Stephen Jelley, Adam Morgan took eighth, ahead of a mighty drive from four-time champion Colin Turkington in ninth.

Despite setting the seventh fastest time in qualifying, Turkingto🙈n was forced to start race one from the very back of the grid after his BMW 330e M Sport failed the post-qualifying 🏅checks with insufficient fuel levels left in the car.

Nevertheless, in typical Tu😼rkington fashion, the Team BMW driver produced a sensational charge through the order from 27th on the grid.

Turkington's final victim J🎃elley co꧟mpleted the remainder of the top-ten order in tenth.