Fabrizio Giovanardi believes he can fight at the front at Donington Park, after a positive weekend at Brands Hatch where the results masked the progress made with his car. The double champion took part in his maiden weekend for Motorbase Performance, and his first in the BTCC for four years, scoring a best result of … More »
Triple Eight’s Jason Plato leaves Brands Hatch fifth in the standings after a strong showing at the Brands Hatch Indy circuit this weekend. The 2001 and 2010 champion ran away from the pack along with Eurotech’s Andrew Jordan in race one, and charged through from 11th to third in race three after an issue in … More »
Rob Collard leaves the first weekend of the 2014 British Touring Car Championship sixth in the standings, just four points behind Jason Plato, after a strong weekend in the West Surrey Racing BMW 125i, with three finishes in the top six. The 45-year-old was the top BMW finisher in race one after a late race … More »
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 »