Andrew Jordan admitted he was delighted after wrapping up the Independents’ title for a third time on BTCC Finals Day at Brands Hatch. The Motorbase driver went into the weekend with a 34 point lead over team-mate Mat Jackson in the standings and looked well set to wrap up the title when he out-qualified Jackson … More »
Honda had a triple celebration last weekend, with Honda Civic Type R-equipped drivers securing three titles across Europe, with Josh Files winning the inaugural TCR Germany series, Kris Richard winning the ETCC for Honda for the first time since 2011, and Gordon Shedden securing his third drivers title in the UK. Josh Files went in … More »
Motorbase Performance celebrated a breakthrough British Touring Car Championship season at Brands Hatch, a success which team manager Oly Collins said was for everyone in the team. David Bartrum’s squad picked up the independent teams’ trophy, with Andrew Jordan pipping his team-mate Mat Jackson to independent drivers’ honours. Both drivers had also gone into the … More »
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 »