There may be the usual familiar names at the sharp end of the 2015 British Touring Car Championship table, but this season has been anything but predictable. New rules, new front running teams and new cars are all featuring in the title battle, which is shaping up to be one of the tightest for many … More »
The British Touring Car Championship has confirmed its calendar for the 2016 season, with the event order unchanged from the current schedule, with the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent hosting the opening and closing rounds of the season, and with the traditional summer break taking place between the fifth round at Croft and the sixth … More »
The HSCC Super Touring Challenge returns this weekend at the Silverstone Classic, with a 42-strong grid preparing to take on the “home of British motorsport” at the series’ blue riband event. Heading the field will be Stewart Whyte in the Honda Accord that he has taken to the top step in three of the four … More »
Robb Holland will substitute for Simon Belcher in the coming three British Touring Car Championship races at Handy Motorsport. “I am, of course, very excited to be back in the championship. I’ve been working hard to put something together since I found out Rotek Racing wouldn’t be returning,” said Holland. Holland will drive his first … More »
TouringCarTimes celebrates its 20th anniversary today, marking 20 years of the fastest touring car news online since 1995. Join us as we take a look back with drivers, series directors and the journalists behind the site on one of the oldest motorsport websites in the world. A snapshot of the 2015 touring car scene of … More »
Looking back on how I became a journalist and joined TouringCarTimes I can say nothing but “I’m lucky”! I know many of you readers would like to do what we do, although it’s not as easy as it may seem. If you really love motor sports, though, you forget the struggles, the fact that you … More »
My first recollection of touring car racing is rather vague. I was into the cars, not the names. I remember watching Ford Sierras, BMW M3s and Vauxhall Astras all battling out in a complicated two-class system. The racing was fun, and these were cars that people could buy… Well, to me, the road-going counterparts were … More »
In the pre-Alonso era, TV images from car racing were very scarce in Spain, and didn’t go beyond a bit of Formula 1 and world Rally. Following other categories was an act of faith, having to wait for your weekly printed magazine to read a short paragraph on selected competitions, which included the now long … More »
AmD Tuning endured a mixed Croft weekend, with Mike Bushell being forced to sit out the final race due to mechanical issues while Nicolas Hamilton hit his team targets on his debut BTCC weekend. Making its first appearance as a two-car team, AmD Tuning set Hamilton, the BTCC’s first disabled driver, the task of making … More »
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 »