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 »
This is TouringCarTimes’ staff’s run-down of who we think are the top 30 drivers of the 2013 motorsport season in the field of touring car racing, from some of the many championships that we have covered this year. This is the final part in our countdown, with 30-21 here and 20-11 viewable here. 10 – … More »
This is TouringCarTimes’ staff’s run-down of who we think are the top 30 drivers of the 2013 motorsport season in the field of touring car racing, from some of the many championships that we have covered this year. This is the second part in our countdown, with 30-21 here. Tomorrow we will bring you the … More »
This is TouringCarTimes’ staff’s run-down of who we think are the top 30 drivers of the 2013 motorsport season in the field of touring car racing, from some of the many championships that we have covered this year. Today we bring you 30th to 21st, shortly to be followed by parts two and three of … More »
The 2013 HSCC Super Touring Car Championship season saw a strong field of historic touring cars and drivers such as John Cleland, Tim Harvey and Patrick Watts. The season ran over four race weekends at Thruxton, Brands Hatch, Silverstone and Oulton Park. Winners from the season included current BTCC racer Frank Wrathall, driving a Vauxhall … More »
Rob Austin Racing has lost title sponsor WIX filters for the 2014 season, who will now move to rival Ciceley Racing for the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season. The US-owned automotive filter company will be on the new Mercedes A-class being developed by the Lancashire outfit for 2014, which will be driven by 25-year-old … More »
Timo Glock has, on the face of things, had an impressive rookie DTM season. Glock, who made 95 Grand Prix starts with Jordan, Toyota and Virgin/Marussia, eventually left the struggling Anglo-Russian outfit at the end of the 2012 season to begin a new chapter in his motorsport career in the DTM with the new-for-2013 MTEK … More »
45-year-old Martin Depper has tested Eurotech Racing’s Honda Civic at Donington Park ahead of an expected return to the British Touring Car Championship in 2014. Depper last drove in the BTCC in the 2010 season, competing in one of Forster Motorsport’s BMW 320si E90s in their only season in the Championship, scoring a best result … More »