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Josh Wilby will seek to maintain his lead in the Vertu MINI CHALLENGE Trophy when the series heads for Thruxton this weekend for the third meeting of the season.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Team Avago driver bagged his second win of the campaign last time out at Brands Hatch to establish a ten point lead in the championship standings.<\/p>\n Wilby heads for the fastest circuit on the calendar looking to build on his impressive run of form so far this season, which has seen him bag four podium finishes from the first six races of the campaign.<\/p>\n \u201cIt feels amazing to be leading the championship standings and I feel I\u2019ve improved a lot since last year,\u201d he said. \u201cBrands Hatch was the best weekend we\u2019ve had so far and it\u2019s all down to the team and the fantastic work they have done.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWe knew from pre-season testing that we would be taking a big step forwards compared to last year, and we are working really well together as a team. My confidence is at an all-time high and I think it shows in the results.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve got improvement to the car to come for Thruxton and I\u2019m looking forward to getting back out on track.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_enable_image=”off” background_size=”contain” background_position=”center_left” custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.minichallenge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Wilby2.jpg” title_text=”Wilby2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.minichallenge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WIlby1.jpg” title_text=”WIlby1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Josh Wilby will seek to maintain his lead in the Vertu MINI CHALLENGE Trophy when the series heads for Thruxton this weekend for the third meeting of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":28765,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1462,1466],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-cooper"],"yoast_head":"\n