Honda Racing Team’s Gordon Shedden has been voted as the TouringCarTimes Driver of the Year for 2012 by readers of the site. The Scotsman, who won his maiden British Touring Car Championship title at Brands Hatch in October, was presented with his award by TcT at Donington Park. Shedden joins previous winners Rob Huff, Jason Plato, … More »
Audi’s Mike Rockenfeller will join BMW drivers, Martin Tomczyk and Augusto Farfus, at the Nürburgring Nordschleife for its annual 24-hour race, which takes place immediately after Sunday’s DTM race at Brands Hatch. Although Tomczyk and Farfus were confirmed to take part in April, Rockenfeller’s decision appears to have been made relatively late, with the Phoenix … More »
Abt Sportstline Audi’s Mattias Ekström has described the DTM season opener as a “weekend to forget” after a messy race at Hockenheim. In the run up to the race, the 2004 and 2007 title winner had praised the improvements the team had made to give the RS5 “a stronger front end”, which he hoped would … More »
HWA Mercedes’ Christian Vietoris admitted he is disappointed after qualifying third for today’s DTM season opener at Hockenheim. Vietoris, 24, conceded to TouringCarTimes that P3 is a disappointment after battling for pole position in yesterday’s qualifying session. When asked how he feels to have missed out on a maiden DTM career pole, he replied: “I … More »
Consistency will be key to the battle for Jack Sears Trophy honours this season if a slightly chaotic Donington Park weekend is anything to go by. The battle for the Super 2000 cars looked for all the world to be dominated by James Kaye in the AmD Tuning Volkswagen Golf, but as at Brands Hatch, … More »
Ciceley Racing’s Adam Morgan described Donington Park as a “dream weekend” after genuine front-running pace netted him a hat-trick of fifth places. The 24-year-old caught the eye with his speed at Brands Hatch in the Toyota Avensis, and once again demonstrated he has made significant steps forward in his consistency and race craft. After an … More »
Much of the talk ahead of Donington Park was about milestone man Matt Neal reaching his 500th British Touring Car Championship start. And while the man known as “the people’s champion” didn’t mark the occasion with a win, he still considered the weekend a success for the Honda Racing Team after a sometimes-trying Brands Hatch. … More »
New team Rotek Racing have purchased Arena Motorsport’s two Ford Focuses and will enter the FIA World Touring Car Championship later this season, with American driver Robb Holland as one of team’s drivers, who is also making his WTCC return after racing last year at Sonoma Raceway. The acquisition of Arena’s Fords has been under … More »
Eurotech Racing’s Andrew Jordan left his home race meeting at Donington Park firmly in two title battles, after taking his first win of the season in the second race. Jordan’s Honda Civic was on the pace from the outset, despite carrying 36kg of success ballast. He finished second in the first race, before going one … More »
Dunlop are predicting their soft tyre will be faster over a race distance than the hard compound at Donington Park today. The teams have had next to no running on the tyres in warmer temperatures, with both the Donington test and the first race meeting at Brands Hatch held in bitterly cold conditions. But today … More »