Ciceley Motorsport’s Adam Morgan set the pace in the opening free practice session of the weekend at Brands Hatch, leaving it late to pip Mercedes stable-mate Aiden Moffat to the top spot. Morgan set his best time of 1.31.698 with just over two minutes to run in an incident-free 40-minute session, beating the fellow A-Class … More »
Series director Alan Gow says he expects Brands Hatch to provide a “gladiatorial battle” between Ash Sutton and Colin Turkington as the pair go head-to-head for the BTCC title. Team BMR driver Sutton takes a ten point lead over his WSR rival Turkington into the weekend, with Gordon Shedden and Tom Ingram retaining the slimmest … More »
Rob Collard has been passed fit to race in the final rounds of the BTCC season at Brands Hatch following his accident at Silverstone, although Will Burns has seen his campaign brought to an end by the same incident. The pair were caught up in a clash in the opening race at Silverstone that was … More »
Colin Turkington admitted he was delighted to recover from a dramatic start to his BTCC season to secure a first podium finish of the campaign at Brands Hatch. Turkington’s first race back with West Surrey Racing was over pretty much before it began after a clash with Matt Neal at the start forced him into … More »
Team HARD’s Michael Epps secured a hat-trick of top ten finishes at the season opening weekend at Brands Hatch, marking a career-best performance in his sophomore year in the series. Epps only had two days of pre-season testing to get used to his new Volkswagen CC, which has replaced the ageing Toyota Avensis he campaigned … More »
Andrew Jordan declared himself “over the moon” with his victory in the final race at Brands Hatch, rounding off his first meeting in the BTCC for West Surrey Racing in some style. As well as being Jordan’s first weekend with the reigning teams’ champions, it was also his first outing in the series in rear-wheel … More »
Defending champion Gordon Shedden made the ideal start to his 2017 BTCC campaign with three strong results giving him the early points advantage at Brands Hatch. The Honda driver qualified on the second row of the grid and picked up a second place finish in race one before a solid drive in race one saw … More »
No fewer than eight drivers were penalised by stewards after three dramatic races to kick-start the new BTCC season. The majority of penalties were for contact through the field, although no action was taken in either of the major incidents to take place at the start of races one or two. Subaru driver Ash Sutton … More »
Handy Motorsport’s Rob Austin has been excluded from the result of race two at Brands Hatch for passing and making contact with West Surrey Racing’s Andrew Jordan under double waved yellow flags. Austin crossed the line in fourth in his Toyota Avensis, but stewards have ruled his forceful move on Jordan’s BMW 125i at Clearways was … More »