Nicolas Hamilton says he can’t wait to get his BTCC career started at Croft this weekend, when he becomes the first disabled driver to compete in the series. The 23-year-old, who lives with the neurological condition Cerebral Palsy, will race the ex-Robb Holland Audi S3 for AmD Tuning as the Kent team expands to a two-car … More »
Triple Eight Racing will be aiming to continue to take podium results as the BTCC heads north for the halfway stage of the season at Croft. Andrew Jordan and Jack Goff have totalled five podiums between them in the two MG6s of Triple Eight Racing, with Jordan enjoying his strongest weekend of the year at … More »
Championship leader Jason Plato hailed a weekend of significant progress at Oulton Park, and says he now feels “at one” with his new Team BMR Volkswagen CC. Plato was the class of the field in Cheshire, topping both practice sessions and qualifying, before winning both the first two races and taking fifth in the finale. … More »
Andy Priaulx is happy with his current form on his return to the BTCC, but has admitted he needs to step up his Sunday performances to match those of his Saturday pace. The BMW driver has struggled with his race results, only taking second at Brands Hatch and one other top five result coming in … More »
Support Our Paras Racing will line up at Oulton Park with only one car on the grid, following the departure of both Infiniti and Martin Donnelly. The team had been left without a title sponsor since Infiniti pulled its backing between the last meeting at Thruxton and this weekend’s trio of races at Oulton Park. … More »
British Touring Car Championship tyre suppliers Dunlop will introduce a new compound medium tyre from this weekend’s round of the championship at Oulton Park, which had already been tested in 2014 and during the pre-season tests. The new “Dunlop Sport Maxx BTCC Medium” compound tyre replaces the ones used during the first two race weekends … More »
The Ford Focus ST built by Onyx Race Engineering, which took part in its first full race last weekend at Monza after an aborted start to the season at Malaysia in March, scored points on its debut thanks to a consistent run in the first race by test and development driver Tom Boardman. Boardman, also … More »
Mike Bushell is itching to get back to action at Oulton Park following a less than ideal recovery period since his huge accident in qualifying at Thruxton. The AmD Tuning driver suffered severe ligament damage in the crash with Simon Belcher, but has now been given the all clear from the doctors to return to … More »
Stewart Whyte completed the double at Brands Hatch as Patrick Watts faded in the latter stages of the race yet again. Once again Whyte got the jump off the line to get straight in to second place ahead of fellow Honda driver Tom Gladdis, but did not have an answer for the pace of Watts’ … More »
Dave Jarman has praised the work of modern safety equipment following his incident at Brands Hatch in the Super Touring Car Challenge. The Nissan Primera driver was involved in a first lap crash with the Audi A4 of Paul Smith and had to be taken away from the scene by stretcher to a nearby hospital … More »