Colin Turkington makes GT switch

Colin Turkington will make a return to West Surrey Racing for the 2026 season – but not as part of a programme in the British Touring Car Championship.

The four-time BTCC title winner wasn’t part of the grid last year after BMW reduced its support for the team, but hadn’t ruled out the possibility of a return following a season away.

However, Turkington has now been named as part of WSR’s first foray into endurance racing, forming part of an all-Northern Irish line-up alongside Ernie Graham in a GT4-spec BMW M4 GT4 EVO.

It will see Turkington instead try to add a British GT title to his career resume.

“I’m delighted to be back in racing full-time in 2026,” he said. “It’s been an ambition of mine for a little while to dive seriously into GT racing, so to be able to do it in the British GT Championship, with all its history and the big names and major brands that are here, is really exciting. To do it with WSR FlexiFly – a team that really has been a second family to me over the past 20-plus years – is the icing on the cake.

“I’ve been driving with Ernie since last summer and while he’s relatively new to circuit racing, he has so much experience from the rally stages and you need serious skill and bravery to do well there. I’m sure we have all the ingredients necessary to perform well.”