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

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

Predictably, Sutton did𒉰n't take the news lying down and hounded the rear of Hill's West Surre♛y Racing BMW 330e M Sport during the early stages of the race.

But, try as 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 lဣine almost two-seconds of Sutton, to record his first win of 2023.

As a result, Hil🎉l now moves up to third in the points standings, albeit almost 50-points adrift of runaway leader Sutton.

Sutton, attempting to sec💖ure an unprecedented fourth consecutive double victory, settled for second ahead defending cham♔pion Tom Ingram in third.

Ingram completed the podium ord🍒er after moving his way up the order from sixth on the grid.

Toyota Gazoo Racing UK's Ricky Collard secured his 🐓best 'on-the-road' finish of the year in fourth, ah🥂ead of NAPA Racing UK's Dan Cammish in fifth.

One Motorsport's Josh Cook g🔜uided his Honda Civic Type-R home to a sixth-place finish, narrowly ahead of Team HARD's Bobby Thomspon in seventh.

Following a near race-long duel with his Te⛎am 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 qualifyi𒅌ng, Turkington was forced to sta൩rt 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 Turkington fashion, the Team BMW driver produced a sensational charge through the order from 27th𝔉 on the grid.

Turkington's final victim Jelley completed the remain🦋der of the top-ten order in tenth.