Photo: BTCC media

Results of the 1st round of the TcT Awards

By

In the first round of the TouringCarTimes Awards 2008, the readers of our website could vote for the best driver, best rookie, best privateer, best team and best manufacturer in the British Touring Car Championship. All the votes have been counted. See here who has won the BTCC Awards.

Best driver 2008 – BTCC
Just like last year, Fabrizio Giovanardi has been elected the best overall driver in the British Touring Car Championship. Eventhough he has received less votes than last year (when he received 59% of the votes), he has won this year with a large gap.

The position of Steven Kane is remarkable. Eventhough he finished in 11th in the championship, the readers of TouringCarTimes were very impressed with his performance this year and rewarded him with third place in this election.

1 – Fabrizio Giovanardi – 39,5%
2 – Mat Jackson – 23,2%
3 – Steven Kane – 12,9%
4 – Jason Plato – 11,9%
5 – Colin Turkington – 5,3%

Best rookie 2008 – BTCC
Steven Kane had an outstanding result in the Rookie election as well. He finished first, with a small margin over the also very impressive Andrew Jordan.

1 – Steven Kane – 42,5%
2 – Andrew Jordan – 39,6%
3 – Michael Doyle – 7,7%
4 – Stephen Jelley – 6,0%
5 – Stuart Oliver – 3,2%

Best privateer 2008 – BTCC
He won the Independents championship with a margin of just 10 points, but in the BTCC election he took the independents category with a large margin. With almost half of the votes, Mat Jackson was elected the best privateer in the 2008 BTCC championship. Colin Turkington, who had won last year in this category, finished in second with 22% of the votes.

1 – Mat Jackson – 45,3%
2 – Colin Turkington – 22,2%
3 – Steven Kane – 13,5%
4 – Adam Jones – 9,6%
5 – Andrew Jordan – 2,6%

Best team 2008 – BTCC
It’s not a surprise that VX Racing wins this years teams election, just like they did last year. The second place is however worth mentioning. With 21% of the votes, Motorbase Performance have done a great job.

1 – VX Racing – 41,6%
2 – Motorbase Performance – 21,3%
3 – Seat Sport UK – 11,6%
4 – BMW Dealer Team UK – 8,4%
5 – Team RAC – 7,4%

Best manufacturer 2008 – BTCC
With just two manufacturers in the championship, and the title going to Vauxhall, it’s not a surprise they have won this election. Unfortunately next year SEAT won’t be having a go anymore at this title.

1 – Vauxhall – 77,3%
2 – SEAT – 22,7%

The voting is still going for the other series, check the front page for the current voting!