Gordon Shedden was the best placed of the Honda contingent in qualifying for the opening round of the 2015 British Touring Car Championship, putting the new Team Dynamics developed Honda Civic Type-R seventh on the grid at Brands Hatch. The Scottish driver remarked the result could have been even better if it wasn’t for the … More »
Jack Goff was disappointed with his first qualifying performance with Triple Eight Racing, despite only really managing to get one “clear run” at the Brands Hatch Indy circuit. Goff took sixth on the grid for the opening round of the season, just 0.151 seconds behind the pole sitting BMW of Andy Priaulx, and 0.057 ahead … More »
Andy Priaulx was delighted with his “unexpected” pole position at the opening round of the 2015 British Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch. The BMW driver topped the time sheets with a lap of 48.411 seconds on his return to the British series for the first time since 2002. “It’s a dream start,” Priaulx told … More »
Team BMR face a race against the clock to repair team owner/driver Warren Scott’s Volkswagen CC for qualifying this afternoon, after the 43-year-old crashed out in the final moments of the second free practice session at Brands Hatch this afternoon. Scott, who is being coached this weekend by the team’s former driver Alain Menu, was … More »
Infiniti’s Derek Palmer Jr declared himself happy to have safely negotiated the “worst case scenario” of a greasy Brands Hatch track for his first official session in the new Q50. Palmer Jr only got behind the wheel of the the car for the first time at Mallory Park on Wednesday, before clocking up 17 laps … More »
Andy Priaulx is excited to get back in to the swing of things in the British Touring Car Championship after setting the sixth fastest time in the opening practice session of the year at Brands Hatch. The West Surrey Racing driver, who steps in to the BMW 125i seat of 2014 champion Colin Turkington, loved … More »
Tom Ingram says he isn’t reading too much in to his fastest lap in FP1 but is pleased with his team’s work over the winter. The Speedworks Motorsport driver took the fastest time in the first session of the 2015 British Touring Car season, which saw times tumble in the latter stages owing to the … More »
The Infiniti Support Our Paras Racing BTCC car ran for the first time at Mallory Park this morning, with driver Derek Palmer Jr at the wheel. The Q50, prepared by injured ex-servicemen from the Parachute Regiment, completed a series of installation laps at the Leicestershire track before running for a number of race-pace laps. “We … More »
A lot of work over the winter break has left Rob Austin confident of his team’s chances come the opening round of the season at Brands Hatch. Speaking to TouringCarTimes at the official test session at Donington Park, Austin believes the team have come a long way over the winter and are beginning to see … More »
Aron Smith believes that his new all-star team-mates will provide him the “perfect opportunity” to prove himself in the 2015 British Touring Car Championship. Staying at Team BMR for another season, Smith will be joined by team owner Warren Scott and Colin Turkington and Jason Plato, who finished first and second in the 2014 standings … More »