Motorbase Performance has become arguably the biggest BTCC team yet to invest in TCR-specification machinery, after taking delivery of a brace of Volkswagen Golf GTI TCRs. Having been one of a number of BTCC teams to have expressed an interest in the new TCR UK series, Motorbase has now firmed up its plans to enter … More »
Tom Chilton has said he was happy with the progress during the 2017 British Touring Car Championship season with the Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra, although he admitted the results were slightly worse than expected on his return to the BTCC after six years away. Chilton’s best result came during the opening weekend of the … More »
Alain Menu has said the results in China for Hyundai and himself were a fantastic result, especially as the Swiss driver has only competed in two races in the last two years. The 54-year-old made his touring car return at Zhejiang, topping Free Practice 2 and the first part of qualifying, setting the best lap … More »
Outgoing champion Gordon Shedden praised his successor Ash Sutton for holding his nerve to win the BTCC title in only his second year in the championship, saying it reminded him of how much it meant to win it himself for the first time. Team Dynamics’ Shedden, who went into the Brands Hatch weekend with a … More »
Colin Turkington admitted that it just “wasn’t his turn” after missing out on a third BTCC title at Brands Hatch. The West Surrey Racing driver went into the weekend trailing BMR’s Ash Sutton by ten points, and then saw his rival move 24 points clear after the opening race as Turkington struggled to battle back … More »
BTCC series director Alan Gow said newly crowned champion Ash Sutton had done an “exceptional job” in 2017 – and revealed he told him as far back as Thruxton that he believed he’d win the championship one day. The Team BMR driver triumphed on a dramatic final day of the season at Brands Hatch, eventually … More »
Speedworks driver Toyota Tom Ingram ended the season with his first strike in the final race at Brands Hatch, after the stewards deemed the 24-year-old responsible for the incident with Motorbase’s Mat Jackson on lap two. The incident then saw Jackson hit West Surrey Racing’s Colin Turkington, ending the latter’s championship charge. Ingram tapped the … More »
Ash Sutton admitted he felt “worn out with emotion” after successfully wrapping up the 2017 BTCC title on Finals Day at Brands Hatch. The Team BMR driver went into the season finale with a ten point lead over Colin Turkington in the standings, and extended his advantage in the opening race of the weekend having … More »
An elated Tom Ingram heaped praise on his Speedworks Motorsport team after wrapping up the independent driver and teams’ trophies at Brands Hatch, as well as securing third place in the overall standings ahead of outgoing champion Gordon Shedden. Another fast and consistent weekend in Kent saw Ingram net a second, sixth and fourth in his … More »
It was a race of firsts and lasts for Rob Austin in the season finale at Brands Hatch, securing his first win for three years and a maiden win for Handy Motorsport, in the final race for the team’s Toyota Avensis. Austin led every lap of a sodden finale in the gloom in Kent, beating … More »