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 »
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 »