James Thompson has won today’s (Sunday) second round of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent. Thompson (Harrogate), driving SEAT’s new Leon model, led all the way from pole position to add to the victory he achieved in the day’s first race. Colin Turkington (Portadown), in Team RAC’s … More »
Jason Plato has won the third of today’s three Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship rounds at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent. Plato (Oxford), driving a SEAT Leon, overtook Rob Collard’s Team RAC MG and Tom Chilton’s Vauxhall Astra to cruise to victory. But officials ended the race four laps early after reigning Champion … More »
The entry list for this year’s Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship has been released today (Tuesday) at Brands Hatch – 11 days before the world-famous circuit in Kent stages the BTCC’s opening three rounds on 9 April. Nineteen cars are so far entered for 2006 BTCC’s ten race meetings that during the season will … More »
Chevrolet FIA WTCC team successfully shook the first 2006-spec Chevrolet Lacetti car down at Millbrook. Just like last year it was British driver, Rob Huff, the first to drive the new race car. “It was a very positive experience,” Huff said. “The car feels very comfortable and the left-hand drive is definitely a positive move. … More »
October 15, Le Mans will be the venue for the ninth of ten rounds of the 2006 DTM. This was agreed upon by the French circuit management A.C.O. and the promoter of the DTM, ITR e.V. This means that the DTM will be racing in France for the first time since the series’ revival in … More »
Gavin Smith has retained his position with Vauxhall’s VX Racing squad in the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship, it has been confirmed. And the Irishman has said he is unfazed by his two new, more experienced team-mates Tom Chilton and Fabrizio Giovanardi. Smith came on strong towards the end of his debut season in … More »
Today, the 2006 DTM calendar was passed by the DMSB, in Frankfurt. Once again, Europe’s leading touring car championship is holding six of its ten rounds on German soil, in 2006. Regarding the races in foreign countries, however, the supporters may look forward to several new challenges, with Brands Hatch and Barcelona being new venues … More »
The FIA have released a new version of the WTCC 2006 calendar. There are no major changes, it is mostly a couple of date changes. As we reported yesterday Brands Hatch is the third venue of the calendar and will continue hosting WTCC until at least 2008. 2 april Monza 30 april Magny-Cours 21 maj … More »
The Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship has today announced its provisional 2006 race calendar. The 2006 BTCC calendar will again include ten race meetings at nine different circuits throughout Britain and Ireland. Each round will comprise three races. The start to Britain’s biggest motor racing championship will be at Brands Hatch, Kent on 9 … More »
The German motorsport magazine “Motorsport Aktuell” published a provisional DTM 2006 calendar today. The series kicks off as usual and ends as usual at Hockenheim. New countries for 2006 are France, Spain, UK and Italy. Le Mans is placed on the 24th of September contrary to the information we published yesterday that it was to … More »