Fans of the British Touring Car Championship will have become very familiar with a character called Sherman in recent weeks. The name affectionately given by Rob Austin to his Audi A4 will be emblazoned across the chest of fans at Donington Park this weekend, after they snapped up t-shirts to help with the repair bill … More »
Series leader Jason Plato has fired a warning to his championship rivals ahead of Donington Park after predicting his Triple Eight MG will be a “rocket ship” around the Leicestershire track. Plato took two wins at the opening meeting at Brands Hatch and now heads to a circuit where he has already topped the timesheets … More »
Two legends of the British Touring Car Championship will celebrate major milestones this weekend as the second round of the 2013 series takes place at Donington Park. Fierce rivals Jason Plato and Matt Neal will chalk up their 400th and 500th BTCC races respectively, three weeks after sharing the wins in the season’s opening round … More »
Motorbase Performance are hoping two test sessions carried out since the disappointing season opener at Brands Hatch will improve their fortunes as the British Touring Car Championship returns to the track. Donington Park has given the team much case for celebration in previous seasons, with Mat Jackson steering his old S2000 Focus ST to victory … More »
Pepe Oriola took his first career win in the World Touring Car Championship in the second race at Marrakech, starting from the front row and holding off the Chevrolet of Yvan Muller throughout the race to claim his first win and the first for SEAT since Slovakia last season. With Oriola and Nykjaer both claiming … More »
Mechanical woes meant Motorbase Performance endured a frustrating first round of the British Touring Car Championship at their home circuit of Brands Hatch. Both of the team’s Next Generation Touring Car Ford Focus ST’s suffered from a variety of issues, which limited running for both Mat Jackson and Aron Smith. Race one set the tone … More »
Triple British Touring Car champion Matt Neal was delighted to end the first weekend of the season on a high, after a sometimes trying weekend at Brands Hatch. The Honda Racing Team driver battled back from a tough first race to net fourth in the second, and score a textbook victory in the third, leading … More »
Sam Tordoff said three top-five finishes and a maiden podium at Brands Hatch was a “fantastic” reward for his first weekend with the Triple Eight MG team. The 23-year-old is competing in his first full season in the British Touring Car Championship, after a single outing for Triple Eight at the end of 2010. And … More »
Reigning champion Gordon Shedden was left cursing his back luck at the Brands Hatch Indy circuit once again, after a testing opening round of the British Touring Car Championship season. The Honda Racing Team driver finished the weekend with second place in the final race, but said it was “small consolation” for the other woes … More »
Lea Wood has lost his Jack Sears Trophy win in the final race of the day at Brands Hatch after being excluded for failing a ride-height test. The JWT Performance driver’s Vauxhall Vectra had finished 15th overall, and his disqualification means the win is handed to Motorbase’s Liam Griffin. The Ford Focus driver now leads the … More »