Charles Rainford is a racing driver from United Kingdom who competes in BTCC for West Surrey Racing. Rainford has recorded 1 win and 4 podiums from 34 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,096 ranks Rainford 1007th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.
| 2026-04-18 | Donington National | P5 | +101 |
| 2026-04-18 | Donington National | P3 | +128 |
| 2026-04-18 | Donington National | P6 | +78 |
| 2026-04-18 | Donington National | P5 | +90 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸BTCC | West Surrey Racing | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +397 | 4,096 |
| 2025 | ▸BTCC | LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR | 30 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | P11 | +899 | 3,699 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Ash Sutton | 6,866 | 30 | 6 | 24 | 20% |
| 🇬🇧 Aiden Moffat | 4,342 | 30 | 17 | 13 | 57% |
| 🇬🇧 Sam Osborne | 3,156 | 30 | 22 | 8 | 73% |
| 🇬🇧 Gordon Shedden | 4,877 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 62% |
| 🇬🇧 Tom Ingram | 6,921 | 28 | 6 | 22 | 21% |
| 🇬🇧 Adam Morgan | 4,862 | 28 | 12 | 16 | 43% |
| 🇬🇧 Daniel Rowbottom | 4,815 | 28 | 11 | 17 | 39% |
| 🇬🇧 Mikey Doble | 3,344 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 61% |
| 🇵🇭 Daryl DeLeon | 3,300 | 28 | 13 | 15 | 46% |
| 🇬🇧 Dan Cammish | 5,698 | 27 | 9 | 18 | 33% |
Charles Rainford is a British touring car driver in his second season of BTCC competition with West Surrey Racing. Across 34 starts in the championship since 2025, he has recorded one race win and four podium finishes, with an average classification of ninth place. His record against the grid shows mixed results; he has repeatedly finished ahead of several much stronger drivers including four-time champion Ash Sutton, two-time champion and FIA Gold graded Tom Ingram, and one-time champion Jake Hill, though he has also been outpaced consistently by those same rivals over the full body of races they have shared. His most regular competition has come against Aiden Moffat, a mid-field professional slightly above his rating, whom Rainford has beaten marginally more often than not.[1]
Rainford's strongest performances have come in 2026, where he has taken multiple race wins at Snetterton and Oulton Park and moved to one podium across four rounds of the season to date. His form against the wider field is that of a solid mid-grid touring car driver operating in a highly competitive national championship; he typically runs in the lower half of a professional field populated by former champions and established professionals. His rating of 4,096 places him in the middle tier of active drivers on the database, well above club level but considerably below the championship's leading contenders.[2]