Triple Eight’s Sam Tordoff secured a late present with his first win of the season a day after his 25th birthday, and the Yorkshire racer declared himself happy with a much improved showing at Donington Park. Tordoff had struggled at Brands Hatch in his MG6 GT, but swiftly put that behind him with by qualifying … More »
Dunlop has announced the drivers’ soft tyre choices for today’s three races at Donington Park – but it could be for nothing if the heavy rain which has swept over the Leicestershire circuit this morning returns The bad weather forecast for later in the day arrived before 9am, soaking the track before the first of … More »
Triple Eight drivers Jason Plato and Sam Tordoff both sang the praises of their MG6 GTs after a productive day at Donington Park saw them qualify first and third. Plato set a lap record on his way to pole position, despite a mistake on his best lap, while Tordoff was 0.236 behind after conceding he … More »
Dan Welch says this weekend will be a shakedown for his new Proton Gen-2, as the “immense” project to build two new cars and engines nears its end. The Welch Motorsport man said the Donington Park weekend will effectively be a shakedown, and conceded that the team is about two months behind where it should … More »
Team BMR’s Aron Smith set an impressive pace to top the first free practice session at Donington Park, with a time already under Gordon Shedden’s pole position lap from 2013. Smith set two laps which were good enough to top the session in his Volkswagen CC, his time of 1.10.041 beating Honda Racing Team’s Shedden … More »
Rob Austin returns to the scene of his BTCC debut at Donington Park this weekend, where he is hoping to “keep the championship leaders in sight”. Austin first raced his Audi A4 at Donington in 2011, following an aborted first outing for Dave Pinkney at Brands Hatch a few weeks earlier. The car is a … More »
The Motorbase Performance team are confident of a competitive showing at their happy hunting ground of Donington Park this weekend. Mat Jackson has won twice for the team at the Leicestershire circuit, in 2011 and 2012, and the Kent-based squad is hopeful setup changes made in the three-week gap since Brands Hatch will pay off. … More »
Excitement is mounting as the first official round of the all-new HSCC Super Touring Car Championship approaches. Since its debut at the 2012 Silverstone Classic the series has gone from strength to strength, attracting big names and iconic cars to join the grid, and 2014 will see an official championship format adopted for the Super … More »
With seven champions and 31 cars entered for the full season, the size of the BTCC field is the strongest it has ever been in some respects, even including the oft-referred to heyday of the 90s Super Touring era, which Series Director Alan Gow puts down the strength of the new technical regulations which were … More »
After a winter loaded with expectation, the opening round of the British Touring Car Championship didn’t fail to deliver, with barely the proverbial cigarette paper between the cars. Now the hubbub has died down somewhat, there is the feeling that this weekend’s action at Donington Park may paint a fuller picture of how the 2014 … More »