John Thorne pulled out of the weekend’s races at Donington on the Saturday night of the event after qualifying 22nd. The Thorney Motorsport driver spoke to TouringCarTimes about his decision and plans going forward.
After topping the timesheets in yesterday’s free practice two session Dave Newsham was a little disappointed with his qualifying position of seventh for today’s first race at Donington Park, but expects to be quick.
British Touring Car Championship leader Jason Plato says he’s not surprised about the pace of the new MG6 GT of Triple Eight Race Engineering at Donington Park, and believes criticism of the car’s performance from some teams is unfounded.
Dave Newsham was fastest in the final free practice session at Donington, finishing ahead of defending BTCC Champion Matt Neal.
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.