BTCC reveals 25 car entry list for 2012 season

25 cars have been entered for the 2012 British Touring Car Championship season, with 15 of the cars built to the Championship’s latest Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) regulations, and no normally aspirated S2000 cars.

The majority of the entry has already been previously announced, with only 52-year-old Mark Hazell now confirmed at Rob Austin Racing in the No.31 Audi A4, though the team have not confirmed their other driver as yet.

The second Thorney Motorsport Vauxhall Insignia is also listed as TBA, though the team has said that it’s planned for Rob Hedley to drive the car when it enters the Championship from the fourth round in June at Oulton Park.

Motorbase Performance will run under the Redstone Racing banner this year whilst Team Wood Racing, with their new Vauxhall Vectra, will run as BINZ Racing.

Thorney Motorsport is effectively the only new team to the Championship this year, whilst five teams do not return for the 2012 season which includes RML, Arena Motorsport, Special Tuning Racing, Tech-Speed Motorsport and Geoff Steel Racing.

No – Driver – Team – Car
1 – Matt Neal – Honda Yuasa Racing Team – Honda Civic
4 – Mat Jackson – Motorbase Performance – Ford Focus ST
5 – Aron Smith – Motorbase Performance – Ford Focus ST
6 – Liam Griffin – Motorbase Performance – Ford Focus ST
8 – Rob Collard – West Surrey Racing – BMW 320si
11 – Frank Wrathall – Dynojet Racing – Toyota Avensis
12 – Dan Welch – Welch Automotive – Proton Persona
TBA – TBA – Rob Austin Racing – Audi A4
17 – Dave Newsham – Team ES Racing – Vauxhall Vectra
18 – Nick Foster – West Surrey Racing – BMW 320si
31 – Mark Hazell – Rob Austin Racing – Audi A4
33 – Adam Morgan – Speedworks Motorsport – Toyota Avensis
34 – Tony Gilham – TBA – Honda Civic
38 – Tom Onslow-Cole – West Surrey Racing – BMW 320si
43 – Lea Wood – Team Wood Racing – Vauxhall Vectra
44 – Andy Neate – Triple Eight Race Engineering – MG6 GT
48 – Ollie Jackson – AmD Tuning – Volkswagen Golf
50 – Tony Hughes – Speedworks Motorsport – Toyota Avensis
52 – Gordon Shedden – Honda Yuasa Racing Team – Honda Civic
55 – Jeff Smith – Eurotech Racing – Honda Civic
66 – John Thorne – Thorney Motorsport – Vauxhall Insignia VXR-R
77 – Andrew Jordan – Eurotech Racing – Honda Civic
78 – Chris James – Team ES Racing – Vauxhall Vectra
99 – Jason Plato – Triple Eight Race Engineering – MG6 GT
TBA – TBA – Thorney Motorsport – Vauxhall Insignia VXR-R