Alain Menu, the only driver to take two BTCC titles during the Super Touring era, is back. The Swiss driver has joined Team BMR for the 2014 season. As preparation for his return, join us for a look back at Menu’s previous BTCC career. Menu’s first ever BTCC race was at Silverstone in 1992, finishing … More »
New Team BMR driver Árón Smith says his decision to leave Motorbase Performance was not one he took lightly, but believes it was right to help further his career. The Irishman was announced last night as team-mate to returning BTCC legend Alain Menu, and will pilot one of the team’s two Volkswagen CCs in 2014. Smith … More »
Two-time BTCC champion Alain Menu is making a sensational return to the series, 14 years after he secured his last title, driving for Warren Scott’s Team BMR outfit. The 50-year-old Swiss driver is a veteran of more than 200 BTCC races, securing 86 podiums, 36 wins and titles in 1997 and 2000, and was last … More »
22-year-old Jack Goff will be back in the British Touring Car Championship for a second year this season in the Tony Gilham Racing-run Vauxhall Insignia. Goff, whose best result came at a dramatic rain-hit finale at Brands Hatch, taking second place while threatening the race leading Honda Civic of outgoing champion Gordon Shedden for the … More »
A grateful Rob Austin says he now feels like the driver in “the people’s team” – after admitting he wouldn’t be racing without the support of his fans. Austin announced a two-year title sponsorship deal with Fast Exocet at last week’s Autosport International Show, following the setback of losing previous sponsor WIX. And the Audi … More »
Adam Morgan says his Ciceley Racing team are working “flat out” on the new Mercedes A-Class he will race in the 2014 BTCC, a car he hopes to challenge for independents’ honours in. Morgan’s team were due to take delivery of the car from GPRM on Saturday, after having its roll cage fitted, before an intense … More »
Former Clio Cup champion Jack Goff says he is “90 per cent there” in pulling together a budget for another season in the BTCC, and is keen to join forces with Tony Gilham Racing once again. The 22-year-old says securing a seat depends on signing some more sponsorship deals following this weekend’s Autosport International Show, … More »
Rotek Racing has outlined its entry into this year’s British Touring Car Championship, with backing from Oakley Motorsports and Audi Customer Racing, with American Robb Holland as the team’s driver. The Sonoma-based operation, which functions out of workshops in Germany and the UK with its VLN and BTCC programmes, will field a new Next Generation … More »
The Super Touring Car Trophy will run as support class to the British Touring Car Championship weekend at Oulton Park on June 7-8. The trophy is open for cars that took part in the BTCC between 1991 and 2000, meaning mainly Super Touring cars such as the Vauxhall Cavalier and Vectra, Peugeot 407, Nissan Primera, … More »
Rob Austin Racing revealed their new design and title sponsor for the 2014 British Touring Car Championship at the Autosport International Show today. Fast Exocet has signed a two-year title sponsorship deal for one of the Audi A4s of the team. ”2014 will see a much increased sponsorship deal with the team: one car will … More »