British Touring Car Championship drivers will no longer draw the final grid of the day at race meetings after Rob Austin confessed to deliberately picking himself on pole position at Brands Hatch. In recent times, the driver finishing 10th in race two has made the draw for the third race live on ITV4, by picking … More »
Rob Austin took pole position for the third race of the day at Brands Hatch yesterday, with the top ten reversed after a draw made by series director Alan Gow, which was after a second draw had taken place when Rob Austin had originally, and deliberately, drawn his own number for the original draw. The … More »
Matt Neal was overjoyed with the performances of the Honda Racing Team in the opening three races of the British Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch, leaving himself in the lead of the points as he and team-mate Gordon Shedden both took victories. The three-time BTCC champion struggled with pace in his brand new Honda … More »
Mike Bushell, Jack Goff and Aiden Moffat were all reprimanded by the stewards for incidents at the opening BTCC rounds at Brands Hatch today. As reported earlier, Triple Eight Racing’s Goff was given a verbal warning and two penalty points for an incident with Aron Smith in race two. AmD Tuning’s Bushell was given a verbal … More »
Jason Plato missed out on what was set to be certain victory in the second race at Brands Hatch, after debris caused a puncture on his front-left tyre heading into Paddock Hill Bend on lap 21, three laps from the finish. The two-time champion had almost a four second lead over the battling pair of … More »
Triple Eight Racing’s Jack Goff has been given a verbal warning and two penalty points for an incident with Aron Smith in the second race at Brands Hatch. MG driver Goff attempted a pass on Team BMR’s Smith at Graham Hill on lap four, putting the Volkswagen CC onto the grass and down the order. … More »
Gordon Shedden was pleased to take his new Honda Civic Type-R to the top step of the podium on a weekend where him and team-mate Matt Neal were happy to be battling in the top 10. The 2012 champion beat West Surrey Racing’s Andy Priaulx to the line in a final lap sprint after getting … More »
Rob Collard was delighted to get an unexpected win in the first race at Brands Hatch, but is now slightly nervous going in to race two with full ballast and running the soft tyre. Collard’s West Surrey Racing BMW 125i shot to second off the line, storming past the three Team BMR Volkswagen CCs of … More »
The new-for-2015 qualifying format has given Jason Plato pole position for the second race at Brands Hatch in his Team BMR Volkswagen CC. The 2001 and 2010 champion set the fastest lap in the first race, and with the fastest laps from race one now setting the grid for race two as opposed to the … More »
Triple Eight Racing’s Andrew Jordan endured a frustrating Saturday at Brands Hatch, as his bid for a third consecutive pole at the season opener never got off the ground. The 2013 champion missed a significant chunk of the first practice session with a turbo failure, and then had a trip through the gravel en route … More »