Speedworks Motorsport’s Tom Ingram headed a topsy-turvy first free practice session of the year at Brands Hatch, with a string of fastest laps in the final minutes. Driving a new Toyota Avensis built over the winter, Ingram improved his fastest time twice to end on a 50.665, 0.512 faster than Honda Racing Team’s Matt Neal … More »
Derek Palmer will drive the sole Infiniti Support Our Paras Racing Q50 at Brands Hatch this weekend after testing the car earlier in the week, the team has announced. The Q50 ran for the first time at Mallory Park on Wednesday with Palmer at the wheel, but shortly after it was announced that technical issues … More »
Triple Eight Racing says an abundance of testing mileage leaves it “primed for victory” at the season opener at Brands Hatch this weekend. The factory MG squad is defending its constructors’ crown with a new driver line-up, with 2013 champion Andrew Jordan partnered with 2012 Clio Cup winner Jack Goff. Jordan won twice here last … More »
Dan Welch will miss the first meeting of the British Touring Car Championship season after breaking his foot in the week leading up to Brands Hatch. Welch, who is in the paddock today but is on crutches, confirmed on his Facebook page: “Broken foot. I won’t be racing this weekend.” The news means Welch Motorsport … More »
The Infiniti Support Our Paras Racing team has announced it will only be running one car at the BTCC season opener at Brands Hatch this weekend. The team gave a track debut to its new Q50 at Mallory Park today, but said a “late, unexpected setback” means the second car will not feature in Kent. … More »
“A change is as good as a rest” goes the old saying, and never was it truer than when applied to the current crop of British Touring Car Championship drivers. A winter of significant change and precious little rest is now over, with another genuinely unpredictable season set to roar into life at Brands Hatch … More »
Welch Motorsport’s new driver Andy Wilmot got behind the wheel of his Proton Gen-2 for the first time at Brands Hatch today, as more teams continued their preparations for the start of the season. Wilmot, who has one previous BTCC outing to his name for Tony Gilham Racing in 2013, ran at the Kent circuit alongside … More »
Honda Racing Team’s new Civic Type-R has had its first outing on track at Brands Hatch today, with three-time champion Matt Neal at the wheel. The team took the wraps off their 2015 challenger at the Kent circuit, finally confirming the expected news that the new Type-R would replace the outgoing Tourer model raced last … More »
Andrew Jordan has made his first track appearance in his new Triple Eight Racing MG6, testing at Brands Hatch today alongside Motorbase Performance newcomer Alex Martin. The 2013 champion is returning to the team he last raced for on 2009, but the identity of his team-mate is yet to be revealed. Joining Jordan on the … More »
Four drivers and one team were given penalties by the race stewards following the day’s action at Brands Hatch. Motorbase Performance’s Fabrizio Giovanardi was given an official reprimand and two penalty points for the incident with Gordon Shedden at the start of race one, which triggered a significant accident at Paddock Hill Bend (pictured). Speedworks … More »