Stewart Whyte will start from pole at the Brands Hatch Masters Historic Festival following a last minute lap put him firmly at the top of the time sheets. The Honda Accord driver had spent the majority of the damp 25 minute session at the foot of the top five, while Patrick Watts, John Cleland and … More »
Nicolas Hamilton confirmed he was “looking forward to the challenge” of getting to grips with the BTCC after completing his maiden test with AmD Tuning at Brands Hatch on Friday. Hamilton hit the track in the ex-Robb Holland Audi S3 in the first of up to four planned test days, ahead of his debut in the … More »
Twenty four historic touring cars will take to the famed Brands Hatch tarmac this weekend as the HSCC Super Touring Car Challenge prepares for its second meeting of the season. Looking to continue their strong start to the year will be Donington Park race winners Patrick Watts and Stewart Whyte, who was strong at Brands … More »
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 »