Higginson back to top of the Autoport National Rankings table

F1000 racer Matt Higginson has returned to the pinnacle of the Autosport National Rankings table, but it’s tight at the top with some very big movers behind.

Higginson had relinquished his position at the top of the Rankings in recent weeks, but the F1000 brigade were back in action at Snetterton last weekend and Higginson buzzed his Jedi to two victories from the three races, moving up from fourth to first in the table.

He therefore supplants Historics ace Connor Kay at the top of the Rankings. Both of them are on nine race wins for 2026, but Higginson’s have all been overall victories whereas Kay is relying on class successes.

The Autosport National Rankings is updated each week to give a snapshot of which drivers have scored the most wins across the season in car racing in the UK and Ireland, with each success counting equally.

A lot of the upwards movement this week comes from the 750 Motor Club action last weekend at Snetterton, including Higginson, but there have also been some big strides made by those who were in British Automobile Racing Club action at the opposite longitudinal end of the country – at Pembrey.

Foremost among these are Oli Willmott and Ollie Smith. Willmott took all three race wins in the Mini Challenge Clubsport at the Welsh venue, and has leapt 23 positions to third in the table. Among those he has leapfrogged is Smith, whose double success out of the trio of races for the Citroen Saxo-based Junior Saloons series moves him smartly up 15 places to fourth.

Making it four upwards movers in the top six this week is Warren Allen, who has become the man to beat in the CALM All Porsche series. Allen swept to all three race wins at Snetterton with his Cayman and that polevaults him 42 positions to sixth in the Rankings table.

The Norfolk circuit also provided us with the highest new entry this week to the Rankings top 50, with a double victory for Formula Vee star Dan Polley giving him 19th place.

Another new face this week is Pickups man Aaron Thompson, who won two of three outings at Pembrey to install himself in 23rd position.

Autosport National Driver Rankings

All car races in UK and Ireland are included except qualification/repechage, consolation and handicap races. No races in other countries. Class wins are only counted when there are at least six starters in the class, except: when the race is part of a multi-stage event where six or more have taken part in earlier heats that feed into a semi-final or final; when multiple championships are merged in the same race, the ‘overall’ winner from the slower championship can count a class win as long as that championship has at least 10 starters across all classes. Only classes divided by car characteristics are included, not those divided by driver characteristics such as ability, professional status, age, experience (for example rookie or pro-am classes). Each race counts only once, so an overall winner’s class win is not added. Where there is a tie, overall wins take precedence. Where there is still a tie, average grid size for a driver’s wins determines the order.

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