Nicolas Hamilton will join the British Touring Car Championship as a guest entry for half of the 2015 season, driving an Audi S3 for AmD Tuning. The former Clio Cup and FIA European Touring Car Cup driver will get behind the wheel of the ex-Robb Holland machine for his debut at Croft, and will also compete at Snetterton, … More »
The British Touring Car Championship has announced a capacity 32-car entry list for the 2015 season, following a winter of significant change for both drivers and teams. The grid was officially unveiled this morning at the annual media day at Donington Park, after an off-season which saw all but one seat confirmed. The final announcement came … More »
Rob Austin Racing has completed their two first test days of 2015 ahead of the British Touring Car Championship season start with drivers Rob Austin and Hunter Abbott. “I was very happy with the two days, the team worked brilliantly and the cars ran faultlessly!” said Austin. The team completed over 300 laps at Brands … More »
Welch Motorsport are hoping a long winter of hard work on their self-built Proton engine will reap rewards in the 2015 BTCC, after a trying 2014 campaign beset with straight-line speed and reliability woes. The team have been running an extensive dyno programme since the end of last season, and driver Dan Welch says he hopes things … More »
Jack Goff took to the track for the first time in his new Triple Eight Racing MG6 at Donington Park today, clocking up a valuable 300km of mileage. The 23-year-old concentrated on familiarising himself with his new machinery as well as carrying out simulated race runs around the circuit’s National configuration, which the BTCC will race … More »
Last season’s top rookie Tom Ingram will return for a second season in the British Touring Car Championship in 2015, once again teaming up with Speedworks Motorsport behind the wheel of its Toyota Avensis. The former Ginetta Supercup champion has faced an anxious winter following the withdrawal of a sponsor, but has secured the budget to return with … More »
Former Renault Clio Cup champion Jack Goff has signed a one-year deal with Triple Eight Racing and will drive the team’s second factory-backed MG6 GT in the 2015 BTCC. Goff will partner 2013 champion Andrew Jordan in an all-new line-up for the reigning manufacturers’ champions, following the departures of Jason Plato and Sam Tordoff. The … More »
BTCC champion team West Surrey Racing started their preparations for the new season in earnest at Thruxton today. Triple world champion Andy Priaulx and his new-team mates Sam Tordoff and Rob Collard were all running at the Hampshire circuit on the first of two days’ testing. They were joined by Triple Eight Racing’s Andrew Jordan … More »
Reigning champion Colin Turkington and vice-champion Jason Plato will spearhead a formidable line-up for Team BMR in the 2015 BTCC, in a huge double-coup for Warren Scott’s fledgling outfit. The duo with four BTCC titles between them will drive two of the team’s Volkswagen CCs, with Aron Smith and Scott himself completing the line-up in what … More »
Self-confessed British Touring Car Championship fan Alex Martin says he never misses a race – and now the GT convert is only seven weeks away from taking to that same grid himself. Martin arrives in the BTCC via a varied background, which started in Motocross before injury forced him to stop, and later stints in the Porsche Carrera … More »