Tom Ingram took a lights-to-flag victory in a frenetic opening round of the 2016 BTCC series as the theme for the morning appeared to be inter-team incidents. The Speedworks Motorsport driver put in a stellar performance from the top spot on the grid, holding off a strong early race charge from Team Dynamics’ reigning champion … More »
Exactly half of the field will start the final race at Brands Hatch on the soft tyre, with the majority of the expected title contenders opting for the latest option. Only five cars will line up on the race one grid with soft tyres, the highest profile of which is the in-form man of the … More »
Speedworks Motorsport boss Christian Dick says he’s pleased with the team’s progress on their Toyota Avensis over the winter and the momentum gained towards the end of 2015 will stand them in good stead at Brands Hatch this weekend. Tom Ingram has signed for a third year with the Cheshire-based squad off the back of a hugely … More »
All four of the new Subaru Levorgs of Team BMR have taken to the track at Brands Hatch ahead of their debut in the championship this weekend. The rear-wheel drive machines of Jason Plato, Colin Turkington, Warren Scott and James Cole took part in a brief 15-minute track session to allow the BTCC competitors to … More »
A total of 171 days have now passed Gordon Shedden was crowned as the 2015 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Champion, but only a handful remain before the Scot gets the defence of his title underway at Brands Hatch. And with a bumper field – hitting the magical 32 – set to do battle around … More »
Team BMR have issued a statement confirming that Aron Smith ignored radio messages to let his team-mate Jason Plato past during the first race at Brands Hatch, for which Plato derided his younger team-mate after the race, angry it may have hurt his championship chances. Following a fraught final day where Plato aired his frustrations … More »
Honda Yuasa Racing were relishing in their “cracking result” at the end of the 2015 season, taking both the Drivers’ and Manufacturers’ championships at a dramatic Brands Hatch finale. The team went in to the weekend with Gordon Shedden holding a 23 point lead over title rival Jason Plato, while the team had a 64 … More »
Just two penalties were handed out after the final meeting of the BTCC season at Brands Hatch. Eurotech Racing were deducted 10 points in both the teams and independents’ standings for exceeding the maximum allowed number of engine changes. And Team BMR’s Alain Menu was given a verbal warning for making contact with another car … More »
Motorbase Performance’s Mat Jackson continued his recent race one dominance by leading from lights to flag at Brands Hatch, with both Colin Turkington and Jason Plato slightly narrowing the championship gap to Gordon Shedden. The top three on the grid were the top three at the end in a race punctuated by two safety cars, … More »
Motorbase Performance’s Mat Jackson blitzed the lap record by more than half a second to take pole position at Brands Hatch ahead of Aron Smith and Adam Morgan, with Gordon Shedden the best placed championship contender in fourth. After a frantic session where the times changed regularly at the top of the standings, Jackson set two … More »