Motorbase Performance’s Mat Jackson said it was a mixture of missing luck and consistency which eventually thwarted his bid for a maiden BTCC crown, after rounding off a strong year with a win in the final race of the season. Jackson finished third in the standings, the best performance by a Motorbase driver in the … More »
Jeff and Aron Smith were the only drivers to receive penalties from the stewards during the final race of the 2016 BTCC season at Brands Hatch. Eurotech Racing Honda driver Jeff Smith was given a verbal warning for an incident in Race 1 with Team Hard’s Jake Hill, while Team BKR driver Aron Smith was … More »
Team Dynamics Honda driver won his third BTCC drivers’ title after finishing on the podium in the final race ahead of title rival Sam Tordoff at Brands Hatch, while Mat Jackson won his fifth race of the season to leap up to third in the standings. Jackson started from pole position in the Motorbase Performance … More »
West Surrey Racing’s Rob Collard salvaged 12th on the grid for the first Brands Hatch race, with the title contender recovering from an early gearbox problem which had left him languishing at the tail of the field. Collard was one of the first drivers to brave the greasy track on slicks after the early red … More »
Handy Motorsport’s Rob Austin will start the first race at Brands Hatch from a season’s best second on the grid, after a second half of the season which has seen a swift rate of improvement in his form. Austin qualified third in his Toyota Avensis in the rain-hit 30 minute qualifying session, but was promoted … More »
Gordon Shedden has been backed to secure the 2016 BTCC title by his rival drivers as the clock ticks down to the final three races of the season at Brands Hatch. The Honda driver goes into Finals Day sitting second in the championship standings to Sam Tordoff, with eleven points splitting the pair. A straw … More »
Team Dynamics Honda driver Matt Neal starts 11th for the first race of the day at Brands Hatch as he chases down a record fourth BTCC drivers’ title, and says the strategy is about scoring points later in the day. Neal was caught out, like many, by the early rain shower in qualifying, but was … More »
Team Dynamics’ Gordon Shedden was the best of the realistic title contenders in qualifying at Brands Hatch, declaring himself happy with his performance to qualify on the fourth row with 66kg of ballast on board. The reigning champion set the eighth best time in the session in his Honda Civic Type-R and was promoted to … More »
Points leader Sam Tordoff qualified 10th for the first of the final three races of the season at Brands Hatch, a position he described as “perfect” with four of his main championship rivals behind him on the grid. The West Surrey Racing man was promoted one position from 11th following Tom Ingram’s exclusion, and will … More »
Pole-sitter Colin Turkington says finals day at Brands Hatch will be about scoring as many points as possible but “realistically” he isn’t thinking about a championship challenge. The Team BMR driver made the best of the changing conditions to take pole position in qualifying this afternoon, and with the point that comes with it he has … More »