The seventh-generation BMW 3 Series will make its debut in the BTCC this season after West Surrey Racing announced that it will switch to the 330i M Sport for 2019. The defending champions are currently hard at work building up three new cars to replace the 125i M Sport that has been campaigned in recent … More »
British Touring Car regular Jack Goff has confirmed he won’t be on the grid this year, after failing to find a seat for the 2019 championship season. The 27-year-old was left stranded when his team of the past two years, Eurotech Racing, confirmed their withdrawal from the championship. Goff joined the BTCC in 2013 with … More »
Senna Proctor will make a return to BMR Racing for the 2019 BTCC season after being confirmed as the first driver for the Subaru squad. Proctor raced under the BMR Academy banner in both the Ginetta Junior Championship and in the Renault Clio Cup UK prior to moving into the BTCC with Power Maxed Racing. … More »
Daniel Juncadella has been confirmed by R-Motorsport as the fourth driver for the team’s debut season in the DTM with the Aston Martin Vantage. Juncadella joins Paul di Resta and Jake Dennis, who were confirmed last week by the Austrian outfit, as well as Ferdinand Habsburg – who was announced as driver three earlier today … More »
Former F1 racer Mark Blundell will make his touring car debut in 2019 after concluding a deal to join the BTCC grid with Trade Price Cars Racing. The 52-year-old will team up with Jake Hill at the wheel of one of the two Audi S3s being run this season by Trade Price Cars’ technical partners … More »
Team Dynamics will retain manufacturer backing from Honda for the 2019 season and has also extended title sponsorship deals with both Halfords and Yuasa for another year. The team will continue to run under the Halfords Yuasa Racing banner as a result, with Matt Neal and Dan Cammish continuing to race the FK8 version of … More »
Dan Cammish insists that overall title can be his only aim as he prepares to embark on his second season in the British Touring Car Championship. The current Jack Sears Trophy winner will remain with Team Dynamics alongside Matt Neal as the Honda squad seeks to build on the knowledge it gained with the FK8 … More »
Series newcomer Dan Rowbottom says he is hoping to challenge for Jack Sears Trophy honours when he joins the British Touring Car Championship grid this season. Rowbottom will make his debut with Ciceley Motorsport after making the step up from the Clio Cup UK, where he finished fourth in the standings last year. Having spent … More »
Tom Ingram says he feels Speedworks needs to “manage expectations” when it introduces the all-new Toyota Corolla into the British Touring Car Championship this season. The team will take on a manufacturer programme for the first time after securing backing from Toyota GB, with development of the new car on-going ahead of the start of … More »
Trade Price Cars Racing managing director Dan Kirby says his team isn’t planning to “make up the numbers” during the 2019 British Touring Car Championship season. Trade Price Cars acquired a pair of Audi S3s from the AmD Tuning team over the winter and will now work alongside Shaun Hollamby’s outfit during the season ahead … More »