The Touring Car Trophy has confirmed its calendar for the 2019 season, which will incorporate the TCR UK Touring Car Championship as a sub-class for this season. The new calendar incorporates some of the original TCR UK championship calendar. As reported previously, the Snetterton round which was scheduled to be the season opener on April … More »
Andrew Jordan admitted he was thrilled to secure a first win for the new BMW 330i M Sport on its maiden outing in the BTCC at Brands Hatch. The car had only had one day of pre-season testing prior to Brands Hatch, with Jordan having lapped in the top four during the season launch at … More »
Tom Chilton said he had no arguments with the post-race penalty that cost him a first win of the 2019 BTCC season in the final race of the weekend at Brands Hatch. The Motorbase driver looked to have secured victory in the final race of the weekend after fighting his way past Stephen Jelley and … More »
Josh Cook leads the way in the BTCC standings following a dramatic opening weekend of the season at Brands Hatch – despite admitting to there still being “niggles” with his new BTC Racing Honda. Cook stormed to victory in the opening race of the weekend at the wheel of his new Civic Type R having … More »
Rory Butcher has secured his maiden win in the British Touring Car Championship after Tom Chilton was hit with a penalty after the final race at Brands Hatch. Chilton had crossed the line first to secure honours in his Motorbase-run Ford Focus but was then deemed to be at fault for an incident involving Matt … More »
Andrew Jordan romped to a stunning victory in the new West Surrey Racing BMW 330i M Sport in the second BTCC race of the weekend at Brands Hatch. Jordan had started the race down in 15th place on the grid after the wet season opener but showed frightening pace throughout in the new car to … More »
Tom Ingram was happy to find himself “in the mix” after snaring a top ten place on the grid for the BTCC season opener at Brands Hatch. The Speedworks driver heads into 2019 driving one of the two all-new cars on the grid in the Toyota Corolla and secured the seventh best time in a … More »
Colin Turkington said he felt West Surrey Racing had made “good gains” with the new BMW 330i M Sport after qualifying third on the grid in mixed conditions at Brands Hatch. The opening qualifying session of the BTCC season marked the first time that the car had run in wet conditions, meaning a step into … More »
Jason Plato admitted it felt nice to be “in the mix” after qualifying on the front row of the grid for his debut with the Power Maxed Racing team at Brands Hatch. Plato, back in a Vauxhall for the first time since winning his first BTCC title back in 2001, showed solid pace in free … More »
Ash Sutton admitted he was pleased to secure the first pole of the BTCC season after topping the times in a wet qualifying session at Brands Hatch. The Team BMR driver beat former team-mate Jason Plato to top spot in a session that was stopped three times for incidents elsewhere, and was affected by poor … More »