All Colin Turkington’s 2009 championship lacked was a title defence the following year – but the West Surrey Racing man says he is determined to put that right in 2015. The Northern Irishman became a double BTCC champion at Brands Hatch today, with a third place in the opening race proving to be enough to … More »
West Surrey Racing boss Dick Bennetts was full of praise for his new champion Colin Turkington, describing his performance in 2014 as a “masterclass.” A third place in race one at Brands Hatch secured a second driver’s title for Turkington, and also gave his West Surrey Racing team a clean sweep of four titles. Bennetts also revealed … More »
Honda Racing Team’s Matt Neal has been flown to hospital for checks on an existing rib injury after the first race at Brands Hatch. Neal was eliminated from the race in the first corner melee after contact with Rob Austin Racing’s Hunter Abbott. The former triple BTCC champion has been nursing two broken ribs, following … More »
Newly crowned Ginetta Junior champion Jack Mitchell has been rewarded for his success with a test in Motorbase Performance’s Ford Focus ST touring car. Mitchell, driving his Airwaves Racing-backed Ginetta G40, secured the title in front of his home crowd at Brands Hatch yesterday. As part of the Motorbase Performance young driver programme, Mitchell has benefited from additional support … More »
Ciceley Racing’s Adam Morgan hailed a “mega” qualifying performance which saw him net a season’s best fifth on the grid for the first of today’s three races at Brands Hatch. The former Ginetta Supercup champion timed his charge to perfection, and was on an even faster lap when the red flags flew with just under … More »
Qualifying at Brands Hatch saw a breakthrough performance for James Cole and United Autosports, with a fourth row grid slot representing the best performance in the BTCC to date for both driver and team. Cole judged the conditions well and put his Toyota Avensis seventh on the grid, and was one of four drivers in … More »
Polesitter Jason Plato sportingly conceded that Colin Turkington deserves to take the BTCC crown at Brands Hatch tomorrow, and says he is just out to win races and take the manufacturer crown for MG. The Triple Eight driver made the best of the changeable conditions in qualifying to top the times, with his championship rival … More »
The entries of the penultimate round of the 2014 Neil Tozer photographic competition has been completed. We have received many great images from round nine of the 2014 British Touring Car Championship at Silverstone. Below are eight images from the amateur and professional category that will go forward to the final selection at the end … More »
Rob Collard hailed the work of the West Surrey Racing team as he took to the Brands Hatch circuit for FP1 just two weeks after an almighty crash left his BMW 1-Series in a sorry state. A collision with the Motorbase Ford Focus of Jack Clarke at Silverstone launched Collard in to the air and … More »
Rotek Racing will miss the final race of the 2014 BTCC season after their Audi S3 sustained serious accident damage at Silverstone. Tony Gilham was due to race the car in place of Robb Holland, who has a prior commitment on Saturday. But the team has said further structural repairs are needed, and they can’t … More »