Heading into the opening round of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship, much of the focus was on the new car making its debut in the series – with all eyes on the Subaru Levorg as it rolled onto the track for the first time. The season opener also marked the debut for the … More »
Gordon Shedden was delighted to get his first win of 2016 at Brands Hatch, leading home a Honda 1-2 having already scored second place in the first race. Starting from second, the Honda driver was third by Paddock Hill Bend following a lightning start from West Surrey Racing’s Rob Collard. Collard and race leader Tom … More »
Jason Plato says results aren’t important for the new Subaru Levorg after he could only qualify in 23rd place for the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship season opener at Brands Hatch. Whilst the new cars weren’t expected to challenge at the front of the field this weekend having only been completed in the days … More »
Colin Turkington was quick to downplay his performance in qualifying for the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship season opener at Brands Hatch. With Team BMR only completing the new Subaru Levorgs in the days leading up to the race weekend, the opening meeting of the year has become a very public test session for … More »
Tom Ingram was left delighted by his maiden Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship pole position after topping the times in qualifying for the 2016 season opener at Brands Hatch. The Speedworks driver was on the pace throughout free practice around the short Indy circuit, topping the times in FP1 for the second successive season … More »
Sam Tordoff is eyeing the front row in qualifying after setting the fastest time in FP2 despite a lap that he admits “wasn’t that great”. The West Surrey Racing driver set the top time in the afternoon practice session of 48.132 by just over one tenth of a second over second placed Aron Smith in … More »
A record 32 cars competed in FP2 at Brands Hatch as Sam Tordoff finished on top going in to the first qualifying session of the year. Times were more representative in the opening segment than they were in FP1, with cars getting up to speed much quicker than the morning session, and Sam Tordoff the … More »
Tom Ingram said he was pleased to set the early pace ahead of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship season opener at Brands Hatch, despite a mid-session scare with his Speedworks-run Toyota. The 22-year-old caused the first red flag of the new season when he was forced to bring his car to a halt … More »
Michael Epps will have to wait until second practice to sample his Team HARD Toyota Avensis after being forced to sit out the opening practice session of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship season at Brands Hatch. Epps was the only driver not to take part in the first 40 minutes of track action … More »
Tom Ingram continued his 2015 run of strong Free Practice 1 performances into 2016 as he ended the first session of the new BTCC season on top, and beating the 2015 pole position time in the process. As was to be expected, the first 10 minutes were in no way representative, as drivers got a … More »