Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall driver Tom Chilton has been ruled out of the next round of the British Touring Car Championship at Silverstone, after a medical operation last week. The 32-year-old had an operation on his gallbladder, after which he’s been instructed not to race for four weeks, ruling him out of next weekend’s round … More »
Fabrizio Giovanardi has been confirmed for his first touring car race in three years at Vallelunga on September 24th. The Italian will be at the wheel of a DSG-equipped SEAT León TCR run by BF Motorsport, sharing the car with TCR Italy regular Alessandro Thellung. The touring car legend sampled the car for the first … More »
West Surrey Racing’s Colin Turkington lost the lead of the drivers’ championship at Rockingham, but stays closely in touch with new leader Ash Sutton after a strong weekend at Rockingham, leaving 12 points behind the Subaru driver, declaring that the formbook is now out of the window. While Rockingham has previously seen a mix of … More »
Handy Motorsport boss Simon Belcher admits he is delighted to have revealed the news that his team will became a constructor outfit for 2018 with the new Alfa Romeo Giulietta. Having campaigned a Toyota Avensis for the past four seasons, Belcher’s team will shortly start work on the build of the new Giulietta, which will … More »
The Alfa Romeo name will return to the BTCC grid for the 2018 season after Handy Motorsport revealed plans to run a new Giulietta next year. The car, which is being entered with the blessing of Alfa Romeo and with support from the UK dealer network, will replace the Toyota Avensis that has been used … More »
Ten drivers on the grid have now used up at least three of their permitted uses of the Dunlop SportMaxx option tyre for each race, heading into this weekend’s race at Rockingham, where the option tyre is now the hard compound. Throughout the course of the season, drivers are required to nominate which race of … More »
BMR team boss Warren Scott admits that his drivers miscalculated the position of the timing line during the opening race of the BTCC meeting at Knockhill after Ash Sutton missed out on a bonus point for leading a lap. Team-mate Jason Plato had led the race from the start having snared pole position before moving … More »
Jeff Smith admits that he has been left frustrated by the nature of the injuries he sustained in the multi-car accident at Croft prior to the BTCC’s summer break. Like rival Luke Davenport, the Eurotech Racing boss was left with multiple serious injuries following the accident and spent a lengthy spell in hospital before being … More »
The Motorbase team is readying to begin the off-track race to ensure it has three cars out for the next round of the BTCC season at Knockhill. Following Luke Davenport’s accident at Croft, the team has been forced into building up a brand new car to ensure it fulfills its TBL commitments through the remainder … More »
The BTCC season bursts back into life this weekend, with the sixth round of the year at Snetterton kick-starting the run-in to Finals Day at Brands Hatch and the crowning of the 2017 champion. Honda’s Gordon Shedden leads the way at the half-way stage of the campaign after a solid opening half of the year … More »