2020 has been a challenging year in many ways, but it still provided us with an eventful touring car season once racing action was able to take place across the globe. This year also marked the 25th year of TouringCarTimes and proved to be another record-breaking year in terms of visitor statistics, with our traffic … More »
We head into the second part of the 14th annual TouringCarTimes’ staff rundown of the Top 30 touring car drivers of the season, ranking positions 20 to 11 from the 2020 campaign. We’ve selected the best touring car drivers in the world from the major national and international series, including the BTCC, DTM, Supercars, WTCR … More »
Ash Sutton says he is fully focused on adding a third championship to his name after confirmation that he will defend his BTCC title with the expanded Laser Tools Racing team in 2021. Sutton secured the 2020 crown in his first year with the Infiniti team after overhauling Colin Turkington during the final weekend of … More »
Glynn Geddie will return to Team HARD for a full season in the 2021 British Touring Car Championship after being named as the second driver for its new Cupra programme. Geddie joined Tony Gilham’s outfit for the final two rounds of 2020 at Snetterton and Brands Hatch, securing a best finish of 15th at the … More »
West Surrey Racing team boss Dick Bennetts has confirmed that the BMW squad will revert back to a three-car team for the 2021 British Touring Car Championship season. The team was forced to downsize to two cars for 2020 after Andrew Jordan was forced to stand down from his seat as a result of the … More »
Former race winner James Cole has been named as the BTCC’s new Driving Standards Advisor after Jeff Allam took the decision to stand down from the role. Allam elected to leave the position after the Brands Hatch season finale, with a number of different candidates being spoken to in relation to who would come in … More »
Organisers of the British Touring Car Championship have confirmed a series of changes ahead of the 2021 season following the latest meeting with the participating teams. The major change is a revision to the success ballast rules which will now be increased after the latest generation of cars were seen to perform better with weight … More »
Organisers of the Touring Car Trophy incorporating TCR UK have released details of a provisional six event schedule for the 2021 season. The 14 race campaign will kick off at the Anglesey circuit in Wales in early April before heading for Castle Combe in May – with the opening two rounds being double header meetings … More »
Ciceley Motorsport has announced that it will switch to the BMW 330i M Sport for the 2021 British Touring Car Championship season. The team has run the Mercedes A Class since 2014 but elected to retire the car at Brands Hatch, having concluded a deal with WSR to acquire two BMWs for the season ahead. … More »
Michael Crees admitted he was almost lost for words after wrapping up the Jack Sears Trophy during the BTCC season finale at Brands Hatch. The BTC Racing driver held the lead going into the weekend having moved back to the head of the points at Snetterton, and was one of four drivers still in contention … More »