Rory Butcher insists that the new Motorbase Performance Ford Focus will be able to push for a big haul of points when the 2020 BTCC season kicks off after a solid showing in qualifying at Donington Park. The Scot goes into the weekend being tipped as one to watch in the new Focus ST after … More »
Had 2020 turned out to be a normal season, then the fight for the British Touring Car Championship would now be moving towards the business end of the campaign, with the weekend just gone having been scheduled to host the sixth meeting of the year at Snetterton. Instead, the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic and … More »
The opening rounds of the new BTCC season will go ahead behind closed doors this weekend at Donington Park after the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport deemed the series to be elite sport. Motor Sport Vision has allowed fans to attend events at its circuits, including Donington, since early July having introduced a … More »
Thruxton will once again play host to two rounds of the British Touring Car Championship in 2021 after next seasons calendar was released by series organisers TOCA. The Hampshire circuit had hosted two rounds last year after the demise of Rockingham, but reverted to a single meeting again this year as Silverstone was instead handed … More »
Power Maxed Racing has announced that it will not contest the full 2020 British Touring Car Championship season as planned and will instead look to run a part campaign with guest drivers. The team was keen to try and launch a championship challenge in its fourth season running the Vauxhall Astra, having agreed a deal … More »
MotorSport Vision has announced that it will allow fans to attend race events at its circuits from 11 July. MSV, headed by former racer Jonathan Palmer, operates five circuits across the UK – four of which feature on the British Touring Car Championship calendar. In a statement, MSV revealed that races would be open to … More »
Bosses at the Anderstorp circuit have said they are eager to ensure that the Swedish venue can be part of the 2021 DTM season after the cancellation of the planned 2020 event. Anderstorp – as well as Brands Hatch, Igora Drive and Monza – was dropped from the revised calendar announced by the series as … More »
ITR, the organising body of the DTM, has announced a heavily revised calendar for the 2020 season as a result on the ongoing issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The revised calendar, which will run from July through to November, features a total of ten race meetings but will be focused on Germany, Belgium and … More »
Organisers of the British Touring Car Championship have announced a number of tweaks to the 2020 season ahead of the planned resumption of action in August. Whilst the campaign is still slated to begin at Donington Park on the weekend of 1/2 August, round two the following week will now take place on the Brands … More »
We continue our analysis on how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the touring car racing scene with the second and final article. TouringCarTimes has conducted a series of interviews with team managers from various domestic, regional and international championships, trying to paint a clearer picture of both the short- and long-term effects of the pandemic. … More »