KENT F1 sidecar pairing of Tim and Tristan Reeves lead the World Championship after victory in the main 30-lap race at Brands Hatch on Sunday.

They hold a 15-point advantage over 10 times champion Steve Webster.

Riding the Team Roberts Racing LCR Suzuki the Reeves brothers won both the heat and semi-final of their five-lap match race but were beaten back into runner-up spot in the final by Webster and Woodhead by a narrow margin of just half a second.

The second race saw Tim and Tristan again beaten by the current world champions although they did hold the race lead until the halfway stage of the 14-lap event.

Webster was pressing hard and eventually took control as they exited Clearways to begin lap eight. Although Tim and Tristan chased hard they were unable to get back on terms with Webster, who managed to put a back marker between himself and Reeves on the final lap leaving Tim to power through and take the runner-up spot once again just 2.5 seconds adrift.

Third was Jorg Steinhausen and Trevor Hopkinson but the pace between the two front runners was so hot that Steinhausen found himself trailing home over 17 seconds later.

The final world championship event was the main 30-lapper which saw Webster take the lead at Paddock on the opening lap only to be out braked at Druids by Reeves a few seconds later.

Webster retook the lead on lap three and began to lap the back markers after just nine laps, chased hard by the Reeves brothers.

But everything changed when Webster suddenly slowed and pulled out of the race with a blown engine.

That gave Tim and Tristan a clear advantage and they completed the 30-lap race with a massive 24-second advantage over Richard Gatt and Paul Randall in second with Steinhausen and Hopkinson a further 10- seconds adrift in third.

Such had been the pace of the Reeves brothers that they lapped all but four of the 20 starters to take the victory and the world championship lead.

Tim said: "After just five laps the dashboard came away and I spent the rest of the race holding it in one hand. It was a miracle we were able to finish let alone win in those circumstances.

"But we did and now head the championship which is great. Because of the problem I had already accepted that we would finish second to Webbo and couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw he had gone."

The next round is in Hungary at the historic Hungaroring circuit near Budapest on May 29.