Sam Tordoff will hope to benefit from running the softer compound tyre in the opening race of the weekend after Dunlop revealed the tyre choices for the first meeting of the BTCC season at Brands Hatch. Tordoff qualified second on the grid at the wheel of his Motorbase Performance-run Ford Focus and is the best … More »
Jack Goff continued his rich run of form in BTCC qualifying sessions by securing pole position for the opening race of the 2018 season at Brands Hatch. The Eurotech driver went into the new campaign having topped the qualifying times in the final two rounds of 2017, and emerged as the man to beat in … More »
Tom Ingram took top honours in the opening practice session of the new BTCC season at Brands Hatch. The Speedworks driver assumed his regular position at the head of the times in opening practice with a best lap of 48.384secs proving to be good enough to edge out the Eurotech Honda of Jack Goff. Ingram … More »
It’s almost time for the talking to stop at the British Touring Car Championship heads for Brands Hatch this weekend to kick-start its 60th anniversary season. Once again a capacity grid of 32 cars is set to do battle across ten meetings between now and the autumn, with Ashley Sutton seeking to defend the title … More »
Honda pair Matt Neal and Dan Cammish led the way as the majority of the BTCC field headed to Brands Hatch for a day of testing ahead of the season opener next weekend. With only Eurotech’s Brett Smith and the Alfa Romeo of Rob Austin missing from the capacity grid, 30 cars took to the … More »
A number of teams from the British Touring Car Championship have hit the track at Brands Hatch as testing continues ahead of the 2018 season. West Surrey Racing, Team Dynamics, Motorbase, HMS Racing and Team Parker have spent the day turning laps at the circuit that will play host to the opening rounds of the … More »
The UK will play host to a round of the DTM for the first time since 2013 after Brands Hatch was named on the calendar for the 2018 campaign. The sixth round of the season will be held at the Kent circuit as one of five non-German meetings on the calendar, with a round at … More »
Teams and drivers considering a move into the new TCR UK Series when it launches in 2018 have been given the chance to learn more about the series during a taster day at Brands Hatch. The special day provided the chance to not only get up close to a number of models currently used in … More »
Organisers of the new TCR UK series have announced that a special sampler day will take place at Brands Hatch later this month to give potential entrants the chance to try out cars ahead of the 2018 campaign. Cars representing seven different marques – Alfa Romeo, Audi, Hyundai, Honda, Opel, SEAT and Volkswagen – will … More »
Eurotech Racing driver Jack Goff has taken his third pole position of the 2017 British Touring Car Championship season at Brands Hatch, while championship contender Colin Turkington missed much of the session with a misfire and qualified down in 17th. Just before the session started, it began to rain, which made the track slippery for … More »