Organisers of the British Touring Car Championship have officially confirmed the 30 car field for the 2019 season during a special event at Hever Castle. Whilst the make-up of the driver line-up was already known after the late news that Jack Goff would replace Mike Bushell at Team HARD, the entry list officially confirmed the … More »
Outgoing champion Ash Sutton won an epic season finale at Brands Hatch, defeating former team-mate Josh Cook in a photo-finish at the line on the final lap of the year. Team BMR’s Sutton took the flag by just 0.032 seconds, after pitching his Subaru Levorg around the outside of Cook’s Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra … More »
Dan Cammish took his first British Touring Car Championship win in the opening race at Brands Hatch, heading home team-mate Matt Neal in a Team Dynamics one-two, with polesitter Brett Smith taking a maiden podium in third. The new Jack Sears Trophy champion made the decisive move on Eurotech Racing’s Smith into Paddock Hill Bend on … More »
The full list of tyre choices have been announced for the British Touring Car Championship’s finals day at Brands Hatch. The choices for drivers who have completed the full season were already known ahead of the meeting and the allocations for the drivers who have taken part in a partial campaign have now been revealed. Title … More »
Eurotech Racing’s Brett Smith has taken his maiden British Touring Car Championship pole position at Brands Hatch, heading a quintet of Hondas at the sharp end of the grid, in a session where the title hopefuls found themselves mired in the midfield. Smith’s best time of 1.30.557, set with six minutes to go in his … More »
Team Dynamics’ Dan Cammish topped a shortened second free practice session at Brands Hatch, which was red flagged with four minutes to go after a heavy off for Team BMR’s Ash Sutton. Cammish’s best lap of 1.31.000 remained unchallenged for much of the session, and the chance of any late improvements ended when Sutton’s Subaru … More »
Outgoing champion Ash Sutton headed the first free practice session of the British Touring Car Championship finals weekend at Brands Hatch, despite having his running curtailed by an oil leak. Team BMR’s Sutton set a best time of 1.31.090 on his second of just two flying laps, before parking his Subaru Levorg in the garage. … More »
The two main contenders for the BTCC title will adopt different tyre strategies this weekend at Brands Hatch to add an extra level of intrigue to proceedings. With drivers forced to select which race to use the option tyre in at nine of the ten meetings across the season, the choices for the season finale … More »
Rank outsider Tom Chilton has vowed to ‘go for it’ in the battle for the BTCC title at Brands Hatch. The Motorbase driver would need to produce the greatest comeback of all time on Finals Day to secure the title, with a gap of 64 points to current leader Colin Turkington and just 67 left … More »
Ricky Collard will complete the season with West Surrey Racing after confirmation that he will again partner Colin Turkington for the BTCC finale at Brands Hatch this weekend. The BMW Motorsport Junior driver had originally been due to race at Rockingham and Knockhill in place of father Rob as he recovers from concussion but was … More »