Jack Goff admitted he was surprised to emerge from the Donington Park weekend as the top BMW in the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship standings after cementing a place inside the top three in round two of the year. Having made the switch from MG to the West Surrey Racing over the winter, Goff … More »
The Honda team leave Donington Park first and second in the drivers’ championship with Matt Neal leading Gordon Shedden, making the most of an alternative strategy, running the soft Dunlop tyre in race one and aiming for the bulk of their points from race three. Matt Neal was able to work his way past the … More »
Matt Neal lead home a Team Dynamics 1-2 in the final race of the Donington Park weekend to be the sixth different winner in the first six races of a BTCC season for the first time since 2009. Sam Tordoff, who started from pole, stormed off the line to take the lead while Matt Neal … More »
Ashley Sutton admitted he had expected a tough start to race day after finishing fifth in the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship opener at Donington Park. The MG driver had qualified on pole position for the first time after a dramatic session on Saturday afternoon but saw his victory hopes ended as the lights … More »
Eurotech Racing will expand to three cars from Thruxton onwards after announcing that Daniel Lloyd will join the team at the next meeting. Speaking after race one at Donington Park, the team confirmed that they had secured the TBL vacated by Team Dynamics following Andy Neate’s departure from the team after the Brands Hatch meeting. … More »
Motorbase Performance’s Mat Jackson will start the first race of the day at Donington Park from second on the grid in his Ford Focus ST, being dropped in the final moments to third behind the two Triple Eight MGs of Ashley Sutton and Josh Cook, going off while on a faster run. Jackson found himself … More »
Jason Plato qualified 18th at the second meeting for his new Team BMR Subaru Levorg at Donington Park, but says he’s unconcerned about his grid position as the goal for the weekend is simply to continue developing the car. Plato will start the opening race tomorrow as the last of the four Levorgs on the … More »
Triple Eight Racing’s Ash Sutton said a perfectly-timed switch to slick tyres was the key to securing a dramatic pole position in only his second British Touring Car Championship meeting at Donington Park. The reigning Renault Clio Cup champion enjoyed an impressive debut at Brands Hatch a fortnight ago and continued that in some style today, … More »
Sam Tordoff was pleased with the way the West Surrey Racing team have been working throughout the morning, but played down his chances in qualifying based on past results around Donington Park. The 28 year old set the second fastest time in FP2, behind the session-topping Josh Cook, but was quick to stress the difficulty … More »
Tom Ingram is hopeful that the Speedworks Motorsport outfit can pull out a repeat performance of its opening round success after a promising morning of testing at Donington Park. The round one winner was third in FP2 around the Leicestershire circuit, 0.248 seconds behind Triple Eight’s Josh Cook and West Surrey Racing’s Sam Tordoff, but … More »