For a team that didn’t even expect to be on the BTCC grid a month before the season kicked off at Brands Hatch, it’s not been a bad start to the 2016 campaign for Team BKR. Podium finishes at both Brands and Donington Park mean Aron Smith sits seventh in the championship standings – two … More »
Six races. Six winners. That was one of the main stories to come out of the second meeting of the BTCC season at Donington Park, with Mat Jackson, Rob Collard and Matt Neal all taking their first wins of the campaign. But was there anything to be learned from what happened in rounds four, five … More »
Mat Jackson says he is pleased to have shown what Motorbase can do in the 2016 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship after opening his win account for the season at Donington Park. Jackson, the form man over the second half of last year, headed into the event eager to bounce back from a tough … More »
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 »