West Surrey Racing’s Colin Turkington was resilient despite his championship hopes being delivered a severe blow in qualifying at Brands Hatch, after the two-time champion qualified down in 17th after an engine misfire, while championship leader Ash Sutton qualified in third in his Subaru. Turkington spent half the session in the pits as the team … More »
Title contender Colin Turkington said he isn’t expecting to be in the battle for pole at Brands Hatch this afternoon, but is confident of extracting the maximum from his car in his fight with Ash Sutton. West Surrey Racing’s Turkington said he made good progress with his BMW 125i M-Sport in second practice, despite reporting … More »
Brett Smith led the way in the second and final practice session at the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit, leading Eurotech Honda team-mate Jack Goff by just over a tenth of a second, with the Team Dynamics Honda of Gordon Shedden third. Goff had led the way through most of the session in the Eurotech … More »
The battle for the 2017 BTCC title will come down to the final three races of the campaign this weekend at Brands Hatch with Ash Sutton and Colin Turkington going head-to-head for the title. Sutton leads the way by ten points having recovered from a disastrous start to the campaign at Brands Hatch back in … More »
Ash Sutton admits he is “buzzing” ahead of his BTCC title showdown this weekend with Colin Turkington, with the Team BMR driver hoping to secure the crown for the first time. Sutton holds a ten point lead over his main rival going into the final three races of the campaign, with the pair set to … More »
This weekend, it’s the final round of the 2017 British Touring Car Championship, and while “technically speaking”, it’s a four-way battle, here’s why we (and probably almost everyone else) will be reporting as though it’s really just down to two. I ran a quick poll on Twitter ahead of the last race at Silverstone, asking … More »
Senna Proctor says he is looking forward to racing without the pressure of the Jack Sears Trophy hanging over him on BTCC Finals Day this weekend. The Power Maxed Racing driver wrapped up the title with five races to go at Silverstone last time out following a campaign that saw him emerge as the class … More »
Colin Turkington says he is taking the approach that “second place isn’t an option” going into the BTCC title decider this weekend at Brands Hatch. The West Surrey Racing driver sits ten points behind rival Ash Sutton going into the season finale and what is set to be a straight fight between the pair for … More »
Gordon Shedden says he is keen to bring his reign as BTCC champion to an end when the season draws to a close at Brands Hatch next weekend. The Scot retains the slenderest of mathematical chances going into the final three races of the year, but would need a turn-around the like of which has … More »
Rob Collard was left feeling “sore but okay” after the accident at Silverstone that saw him officially ruled out of contention for the 2017 BTCC title. The Team BMW driver was one of the innocent parties caught up in the incident triggered by contact between Aron Taylor-Smith and Chris Smiley exiting Copse, with Taylor-Smith’s MG … More »