Championship leader Andrew Jordan topped the times in a close second practice session at Brands Hatch, which was shortened by a roll for Aron Smith. Motorbase Performance’s Smith crashed heavily in his Ford Focus on the run up to Druids after just 11 minutes of running, while trying to avoid the Toyotas of Frank Wrathall and Ollie … More »
BRDC Rising Star Jake Hill will join Rob Austin Racing for the BTCC finale at Brands Hatch, replacing Will Bratt in the team’s second Audi A4. Hill made his debut in the series at Croft in June, where he took a Jack Sears Trophy win in his maiden race, driving a Motorbase Performance Ford Focus. The 19-year-old … More »
It only seems a heartbeat ago that the BTCC teams were wrapped up against the cold and snow at the season opener at Brands Hatch. Now, little over six months later, there is the small matter of a five-way title battle to decide on the famous Grand Prix circuit. Few doubted Andrew Jordan’s speed before … More »
Tom Barley is going to make his British Touring Car Championship debut in the season finale at Brands Hatch this weekend. “It will be a hard task but I’d love to score some points. It’s a toe in the water for 2014 so three solid races would be fantastic,” said Barley. The 26-year-old has been … More »
Martin Tomczyk has claimed his ninth career pole with a last gasp lap to claim top spot ahead of Audi’s Mike Rockenfeller. Tomczyk’s BMW stablemates, Augusto Farfus and Joey Hand will line up in third and fourth respectively. The 2011 champion was the last driver to emerge in Q4 and put in his fastest time … More »
Prior to qualifying at Brands Hatch, last year’s winner, Mercedes’ Gary Paffett, explains the secrets to a successful lap of around the short 1.9 kilometer circuit to TouringCarTimes. “Well, Brands Hatch is such a short track, so you need to get into a bit of a rhythm as doing just one lap is quite difficult. … More »
BMW rookie Marco Wittmann has set the fastest time in practice for tomorrow’s DTM race at Brands Hatch, ahead of the Audis of Mike Rockenfeller and Timo Scheider. The MTEK driver made his intentions clear some 20 minutes into the session, when he took the quickest time from stablemate Dirk Werner. Augusto Farfus also underlined … More »
The DTM will use an on-board lighting system to highlight which cars are using the option tyre as of this weekend’s race at Brands Hatch, following confusion at the Hockenheim season opener two weeks ago. In addition to a Formula 1 style DRS system, softer compound option tyres have been introduced in 2013 to increase … More »
As the DTM heads to the UK for the second race of the 2013 season, the teams and drivers are expected to face conditions far removed from the long straights and heat of Hockenheim two weeks ago. Found in Kent, or the ‘garden of England’, the British round of the DTM has taken place on … More »
Audi’s Mattias Ekström believes the DTM’s new for 2013 DRS system will have little effect at this weekend’s race at Brands Hatch. Considering the track is just 1.9 kilometers long and without any notable straights like at Hockenheim, the Abt Sportsline driver feels strategy and a good qualifying session, as opposed to the advantages provided … More »