David Bartrum was delighted with the progress made at Brands Hatch as his Motorbase team hit the circuit to test its new Ecoboost engine, still aiming for a race debut at Snetterton. Mat Jackson, who is entering his sixth successive year with Motorbase, and new team-mate James Cole took put the team’s pair of Ford … More »
Reigning champion Colin Turkington comes away from Brands Hatch sixth in the standings, with a best finish of third in the second race of the day, but the 33-year-old is still uncomfortable with his new ride at Team BMR, moving across to a new team and car after eight years’ experience with BMW. Turkington qualified … More »
Aron Smith leaves Brands Hatch third in the standings, one point behind the joint-points leaders Jack Goff and Matt Neal, and the top placed of the four Team BMR Volkswagen drivers, having a better weekend then both of his star twice-champion team-mates, with Jason Plato losing out with a puncture in race two, and Colin … More »
Honda Racing Team’s Matt Neal held off the close attentions of Triple Eight Racing’s Jack Goff to become the third different winner at the Brands Hatch season opener. Neal passed long-time leader Rob Austin on lap 21 to gain a lead he would never lose, and give the new Civic Type-R its second win of … More »
A litany of issues have forced Welch Motorsport’s Andy Wilmot to withdraw from the rest of the Brands Hatch weekend. Wilmot ran into several problems with his Proton Gen-2 on Saturday, including sensor issues, exhaust failure and another as-yet undiagnosed problem which the team believe was oil pressure related. They were unable to fix them overnight, meaning … More »
West Surrey Racing’s Rob Collard took an impressive win in the first race of the season of Brands Hatch, capitalising on a demon start and making the decisive move on team mate Andy Priaulx just after half distance. Starting fifth on the grid, Collard carved his way past all three Team BMR Volkswagen CCs off … More »
The soft tyre choices have been announced for today’s three races at Brands Hatch, which kick off the 2015 British Touring Car Championship season. In keeping with the last two seasons, the majority of the field has opted to run the softer rubber in the third and final race. The tyre choices are as follows: … More »
A relaxed Mike Bushell says he is simply targeting one point from the first weekend of his first full BTCC season, after winning much harder battles over the winter. The reigning Renault Clio Cup champion recently spent a week in hospital with pneumonia and an inflammation of the heart muscle called myocarditis, and missed a … More »
West Surrey Racing’s Andy Priaulx announced his British Touring Car Championship return in style, taking a fantastic pole position at Brands Hatch ahead of the Team BMR trio of Aron Smith, Jason Plato and Colin Turkington. The triple world champion set his best time of 48.411 before a red flag stoppage to retrieve Martin Depper’s stricken … More »
Team BMR’s Colin Turkington staged a late dash to head the second free practice session at Brands Hatch, jumping to the top of the times just 30 seconds before the chequered flag. Reigning champion Turkington was circulating towards the foot of the times for much of the session, before improving to sixth and then first on … More »