Former Formula Two and GT racer Jack Clarke will join the British Touring Car Championship in 2014, driving for Motorbase Performance. The 26-year-old, who is the stepson of former BTCC and Formula One driver Julian Bailey, will race in the one of the team’s Ford Focus STs under the Crabbie’s Racing banner. Clarke competed in Formula BMW … More »
AmD Tuning boss Shaun Hollamby has hailed his team’s “best ever” BTCC test, after new driver Dave Newsham showed encouraging pace in his first run in the NGTC Ford Focus. Newsham completed 80 laps of Brands Hatch on Thursday in the Motorbase Performance-built car, and ended the day about 0.5s off the pace of the Honda … More »
While the top teams in the British Touring Car Championship get stuck in to pre-season testing, a host of drivers are preparing for the first official season of the HSCC Super Touring Championship. Having enjoyed success in its debut at the 2012 Silverstone Classic, the Super Tourers returned to the Silverstone Classic in 2013, while … More »
Simon Belcher enjoyed a “highly productive” first test run of 2014 at a wet and blustery Silverstone, as his preparations for a maiden BTCC season gather pace. The Toyota Avensis driver clocked up around 200 kilometres on the National circuit layout on Friday, working on a variety of set-up changes throughout the day. Driving the Speedworks … More »
Fabrizio Giovanardi marked his BTCC return with a first test for Motorbase Performance in mixed conditions at Brands Hatch. The 2007 and 2008 champion carried out several installation laps in the damp early morning conditions before producing longer runs in the dry afternoon. The team said the day was largely planned around Giovanardi’s introduction to NGTC … More »
Ginetta GT Supercup champion Tom Ingram is graduating to the BTCC with Speedworks Motorsport, behind the wheel of a Toyota Avensis. The 20-year-old dominated proceedings in the BTCC-supporting Supercup in 2013, and says he is “elated” to have secured his spot on the grid after an uncertain winter. He joins a grid which now features … More »
BTC Racing boss Bert Taylor says the team’s “spectacular” new Chevrolet Cruze is almost ready to hit the track – and believes it’s the best car he’s ever worked on. The team took delivery of the ex-RML shell in December 2012, and started working on it around March 2013. And it has since become a labour of … More »
Record-breaking Scottish teenager Aiden Moffat has announced his plans for the 2014 BTCC season, with a title sponsor in the form of Laser Tools. The 17-year-old, who became the youngest driver ever to compete in the BTCC when made his series debut at Knockhill last season in an S2000 Chevrolet Cruze, will drive an NGTC … More »
Former British Touring Car Championship driver Frank Wrathall has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to causing death by careless driving, and disqualified from driving for four years. The 27-year-old, who has driven for his family-run Dynojet Racing team in the BTCC for the past three years, was involved in a … More »
Fabrizio Giovanardi is, like fellow BTCC returnee Alain Menu, a double BTCC champion. But that is far from all on the resume of the 47-year-old who can easily be described as a touring car master with no less than ten touring car titles. The Italian started his career as most other racing drivers in karting … More »