Ciceley Racing’s Adam Morgan bemoaned a persistent engine issue which plagued him on race day at Silverstone, culminating in the 27-year-old overdriving in Race 3 and picking up a drive-through for consistently breaching track limits. Morgan, who finished second in Race 2 to Motorbase Performance’s Andrew Jordan, and finished fourth in Race 1, finished outside … More »
Triple Eight Racing have now confirmed they plan to appeal their exclusion from the results of Race 1 at Silverstone yesterday, explaining they never sought to gain an unfair advantage. The team’s two MG 6 GTs were found to have illegal rear-wings following the race, with TOCA’s scrutineering team deeming both of the cars’ wings … More »
Team BMR’s Colin Turkington likened his charge from the back of the grid at Silverstone to the story of his BTCC season, after keeping himself in mathematical contention for a third championship title. Turkington will head into finals weekend 37 points adrift of West Surrey Racing’s Sam Tordoff, after recovering from his grid penalty to finish eighth in the … More »
Reigning champion Gordon Shedden leaves Silverstone second in the standings after a fightback on race day to win the third race, after a puncture in Race 1 looked set to derail his title charge. The Honda driver says the pressure is now all on West Surrey Racing’s Sam Tordoff to defend against the Team Dynamics-run … More »
Sam Tordoff will take an eleven point lead into the final rounds of the BTCC season at Brands Hatch having extended his advantage during the penultimate meeting of the year at Silverstone. The WSR driver went into the weekend five points clear of Matt Neal in the race for the crown but bounced back from … More »
Honda’s Gordon Shedden bounced back from a puncture at the start of the day to win the final race of the day at Silverstone, with the reigning champion heading to Brands Hatch second in the standings behind West Surrey Racing’s Sam Tordoff. Shedden started from pole position in the Halfords-backed Civic Type R, and was … More »
Motorbase Performance has unveiled a new livery for the Ford Focus of title hopeful Mat Jackson ahead of this weekend’s penultimate meeting of the BTCC season at Silverstone. Jackson goes into the weekend sitting fourth in the championship standings, 28 points behind leader Sam Tordoff despite the fact he has won more races than anyone … More »
Tony Gilham will continue to race for Team HARD in this weekend’s Silverstone rounds of the BTCC season after Michael Caine was again ruled out with injury. Caine, who joined the team for the second half of the campaign, suffered a reoccurrence of an old injury at Knockhill and was then forced to sit out … More »
Sam Tordoff admitted he was amazed to retain his BTCC points lead after a stunning recovery on race day at Rockingham. The points leader was left towards the back of the grid after a misfire in qualifying that affect all three WSR-run BMWs, but a series of overnight changes allowed him to charge through the … More »
Mat Jackson revealed his delight at securing a front-row start for the eighth round of the BTCC season after the Motorbase Performance man was able to master tricky conditions on track at Rockingham. Jackson, who has more wins than anyone else this season, was the closest challenger to Gordon Shedden on the time sheets in … More »