Mat Jackson fastest in FP1 at Donington
Mat Jackson finished on top the timesheets for Motorbase Performance after an interrupted first free practice session at Donington Park, setting a fastest time of 1:11.465.
Mat Jackson finished on top the timesheets for Motorbase Performance after an interrupted first free practice session at Donington Park, setting a fastest time of 1:11.465.
Eurotech Racing’s strong start to the season at the opening round of the 2012 British Touring Car Championship saw them take the lead in the independent driver’s and overall teams’ championships. It is form that they are looking to take into the next round of the Championship, to be held at Donington Park this weekend.
Motorbase Performance’s Mat Jackson goes into this weekend’s opening round of the 2012 British Touring Car Championship as a favourite, having been in contention for the 2011 title up until the final round.
Yesterday the Triple Eight Race Engineering-built NGTC MG made its on track debut at Silverstone with Jason Plato at the wheel. TcT spoke to Plato about the new car, working with the team with whom he won a BTCC Championship and his expectations for the 2012 season.
With all of the teams debuting the final versions of their liveries for the 2012 British Touring Car Championship at Silverstone yesterday, we show you what they look like here.
Honda officially launched their 2012 British Touring Car Championship campaign at their UK manufacturing plant in Swindon this morning. Drivers Matt Neal and Gordon Shedden were in attendance to unveil the livery of the 2012 car in front of the invited media and guests.
Bamboo Engineering will field two upgraded Chevrolet Cruze 1.6Ts in the 2012 World Touring Car Championship for WTCC newcomers Pasquale Di Sabatino and Alex MacDowall.
Frank Wrathall was voted by TouringCarTimes readers as the best rookie driver in the 2011 British Touring Car Championship, with the clearest winning margin of any of the 2011 polls.
Three teams from the British Touring Car Championship and the World Touring Car Championship tested at Donington Park today.
Adam Morgan joined Tony Hughes for Speedworks Motorsport’s second test of the week, this time at Donington Park, ahead of further testing next week where James Thompson will assist with the car’s development.