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 »
Tom Ingram lived up to his pre-season promise with victory in the opening BTCC race of the weekend at Brands Hatch. The Speedworks driver had qualified on the front row of the grid but made light work of getting into first spot at the start and was then able to control proceedings to secure what … More »
A delighted Jeff Smith said he always had faith in himself to take a pole position, after heading the first British Touring Car Championship qualifying session of the season at a wet Brands Hatch. Smith timed his best lap to perfection with around half of the session completed, setting his time of 48.367 just seconds … More »
Jeff Smith secured a shock pole position for the opening rounds of the BTCC season after wet weather played havoc with qualifying at Brands Hatch. The Eurotech team boss was able to set his best time of the session just before the second of two red flag stoppages, with the arrival of rain as others … More »
Tom Ingram continued to lead the way for Speedworks after the second free practice session ahead of the BTCC season opener at Brands Hatch. Despite feeling under the weather, Ingram was able to slightly improve on his pace from earlier in the morning at the wheel of his Toyota Avensis to edge the Mercedes of … More »
Tom Ingram topped the times for Speedworks as the new BTCC season kicked off with the opening practice session of the year at Brands Hatch. A relatively low-key 40 minutes of running saw the Toyota man repeat his pace-setting performance from the media day at Donington Park; posting a best of 48.164secs. That time was … More »