Jayden McBrearty ends ICCR season with hard-fought podium in Mondello Park

The final round of the Irish Championship Circuit Racing (ICCR) series was held in Mondello International Race Circuit and the sharp changing weather conditions were to play a major role in the final weekend results.

Donegal’s Jayden McBrearty had a very successful test day on Saturday being rejoined by Alex Denning offering his years of experience. 

The Killybegs driver set quickest times throughout practice sessions on Saturday in the dry conditions, setting his quickest times of the year and growing in confidence heading into the final race of the year.

Qualifying on Sunday morning could not be further from Saturday's track conditions as they were extremely wet. Wet conditions bring challenging conditions for the Mini as there is no wet tire choice allowed for the championship so the young junior drivers are going to the track in what are basically slicks.

McBrearty started P4 on the second row on the grid. Race 1 saw a great battle and the front three broke away from the rest of the chasing pack as the championship was at the sharp end for getting results. 

McBrearty had progressed well and was battling for P2 when the race was red flagged by accidents on track midway through. The race eventually finished under safety car and McBrearty had to settle for P3. 

Race 2, the final race of this year's championship, started with dry conditions which McBrearty was looking forward to after successful the dry practice sessions on Saturday. 

As the young drivers hammered towards Turn 1 disaster struck as McBrearty was rear-ended by another competitor damaging his suspension on the first lap. 

The car was clearly a handful to control after sustaining the damage which was massively disappointing for McBrearty and his team, but he showed racing grit and determination to hold his P3 all race having to defend from all angles during the race. A podium finish was one of the hardest got all year considering the conditions and damaged car.   

2025 has been a great year for the young Killybegs driver and he has thanked all of his sponsors: The Atlantic Dawn Group; Gormley Ltd; The Stables Motorsport Centre; Pod-Track; Mooney Boats; Toolforce.ie; Speedcar IRL & UK; KER Group; TrailerStuff.ie; TC Promotions; CBM Signs.ie; BAHCO; Finoil; John Autos; and JFS Crash Repairs.

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This support has resulted Jayden and his team achieving the following throughout this season: Rally Sport Association Junior & Mini Mini Winter cup Winter Series; Rally Sport Association Junior & Mini  Irish cup Summer series; Six podium finishes in The Irish Championship Circuit Racing Series.

As the racing season draws to a close both the RSA & ICCR cars will need to be re-prepped over the winter as the plans begin for the 2026 season.