West Surrey Racing’s Colin Turkington said he was delighted to “hit the ground running” with a win at the first meeting of the season at Brands Hatch. Turkington moved forward from fourth on the grid to first in the finale, following up his third place in the second encounter. He was also running strongly in … More »
Triple Eight’s Marc Hynes has been excluded from the results of the second race at Brands Hatch, following an incident with Martin Depper. Series debutant Hynes has also been hit with four points on his racing licence for the clash at Graham Hill Bend on lap 19. The MG6 driver made contact with the rear … More »
Aron Smith and Martin Depper have both been penalised by the stewards following incidents in the first race of the season at Brands Hatch. Team BMR’s Smith has been given a five-place grid penalty for the second race of the day, following a clash with Mat Jackson. And Eurotech Racing’s Depper has been excluded from … More »
20-year-old Tom Ingram stunned the field on his British Touring Car Championship debut at Brands Hatch this afternoon, putting the Speedworks Motorsport Toyota Avensis sixth on the grid, only outqualified by five former champions in the BTCC. Ingram’s time of 48.404 was less than two-tenths of a second off of the pole time set by … More »
Colin Turkington was happy to secure third on the grid for the first round of the 2014 British Touring Car Championship in a close and packed qualifying session, with 29 cars vying for space on the short 1.2 mile Brands Hatch Indy circuit, with traffic a key factor. The 2009 champion set the pace in … More »
A delighted Andrew Jordan said it was a “balls to the wall” lap to snatch pole for the opening race of the new BTCC season at Brands Hatch. The reigning champion made the perfect start to his title defence for Eurotech Racing, taking the point for pole, and early lead in the standings, after setting … More »
Dan Welch was disappointed but not downbeat after a parts issue caused him to sit out the first weekend of the season at Brands Hatch. His Welch Motorsport outfit will now concentrate on the second car of team-mate Ollie Jackson, which has been built over the winter as part of a huge programme of work. … More »
Rob Austin says he and his team should be aiming for podiums at every meeting of the 2014 British Touring Car Championship. Austin says the team is heading into the new season full of optimism after a “highly encouraging” winter testing programme which has improved the performance of both Audi A4s. The Rockingham race winner is confident … More »
Robb Holland says his new Audi S3 ran “faultlessly” on its first test on the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit, and he heads into the first weekend at Brands Hatch in confident mood. The 46-year-old, who is set to become the first American to enter the BTCC full-time, enjoyed his first test in the S3 at … More »
His career path has seen him win in Formula Two and Formula Palmer Audi, but BTCC newcomer Jack Clarke says all his focus is now on the “big boys’ stuff” of touring car racing. The 26-year-old, who is the stepson of former F1 and touring car ace Julian Bailey, described the buzz of media day … More »