Honda Racing Team’s Gordon Shedden won the final race at Silverstone from seventh on the grid, keeping his hopes of retaining his BTCC title alive. Shedden took the lead from West Surrey Racing’s Colin Turkington into Becketts on lap 14, after a safety car period to retrieve debris on the circuit. And he drew away … More »
Audi’s motorsport director, Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich, described its newly crowned DTM title-winner, Mike Rockenfeller, as a “worthy and deserving” champion after the 29-year-old took his first DTM title at Zandvoort. Rockenfeller has scored in all nine races so far this season, and took wins at Brands Hatch at Moscow. Whilst unable to pass Zandvoort race-winner, … More »
HWA Mercedes drivers, Gary Paffett and Robert Wickens, have mixed feelings after a difficult qualifying session at Zandvoort. Paffett had a difficult practice session on Saturday morning, and then struggled with grip in qualifying which saw him drop out in Q2. Despite being disappointed with 12th place on the grid, Paffett is confident in the … More »
Honda Racing Team’s Matt Neal is competing at Silverstone this weekend, despite breaking a finger in a martial arts training session earlier this week. The triple champion has been given medical clearance to take part in the event, following an examination of the broken middle digit on his right hand. The weekend is missing two … More »
The BTCC returns to the home of British motor racing at Silverstone this weekend as the 2013 season reaches a pivotal point. With just two meetings and six races to go, Pirtek Racing’s Andrew Jordan has opened up a 30 point lead at the top of the standings, after taking two wins at Rockingham. But … More »
Aiden Moffat has switched to Tony Gilham Racing for the two final British Touring Car Championship races of the year. “Aiden is a real star of the future in the BTCC. We’ve been talking to him for a while and we’re delighted to be able to give him this opportunity for the rest of the … More »
Rob Austin led every lap of the second race at Rockingham to take a hugely popular maiden win in the BTCC, ahead of Gordon Shedden and Colin Turkington. The Rob Austin Racing team boss had a great start from third to lead into turn one in his Audi A4, and withstood early pressure from Honda … More »
The British Touring Car Championship has released the details of the 2014 calendar, which follows the same order as the calendar of this season, starting at Brands Hatch Indy in March and ending at the Grand Prix layout in October. The Championship has also confirmed that the media day will again take place at Donington … More »
The AmD Tuning team are skipping the Rockingham race meeting this weekend. Shaun Hollamby’s squad, which is now running a Honda Civic for James Kaye in the Jack Sears Trophy, also missed the last round at Knockhill due to the veteran driver aggravating a knee injury. The team’s absence means the battle for S2000 honours … More »
Honda Racing’s Matt Neal believes 2009 champion Colin Turkington is a serious threat to Honda’s aspiration to retain the drivers’ title this season, following the form of the BMW 125i M Sport in the last few rounds of this year’s British Touring Car Championship. Turkington won the first two races yesterday at Knockhill, and was … More »