Dan Cammish grabbed his first pole of the BTCC season in a chaotic qualifying session at Brands Hatch. A drama-filled Q1 session would include numerous stoppages as drivers were forced to try and battle with the conditions as persistent rain continued to fall. The first red flag came early on when Nick Halstead was tipped … More »
Josh Cook says he is hoping for a strong haul of points from race day at Brands Hatch after qualifying as ‘best of the rest’ behind the BMWs. Cook heads into the second meeting of the BTCC season sitting fourth in the standings in his BTC Racing Honda and edged Tom Ingram for front-wheel drive … More »
The British Touring Car Championship is to revise its traditional weekend format for a number of events this season as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. For a number of years, BTCC weekends have featured a pair of 40 minute free practice sessions on Saturday morning followed by a 30 minute qualifying seasion that afternoon. … More »
Andrew Jordan moved to the top of the times in second practice at Brands Hatch ahead of the final rounds of the BTCC season. As has been the case in FP1 earlier in the morning, mixed weather conditions would have an impact on the session, with the majority of the field not setting representative times … More »
Team Rosberg driver René Rast headed eight Audis in the second qualifying session of the DTM weekend at Brands Hatch as title rival Marco Wittmann made a mistake on his last lap, only managing 12th place. The session took place in dry conditions and sunny skies in bright contrast to yesterday’s difficult conditions. WRT were … More »
Henry Neal took a maiden overall victory in the opening Touring Car Trophy race at Brands Hatch, while James Turkington moved into the lead of the TCR UK series with second overall. Pre-event points leader Lewis Kent finished a lowly sixth in his Hyundai i30 N TCR despite having challenged for the podium early in … More »
Aiden Moffat has said he’s not angry with West Surrey Racing driver Colin Turkington after contact in the second race yesterday at Brands Hatch deprived him of a potential third victory, but was upset to have missed out on a podium result. The 21-year-old had taken his second victory of the season in the first … More »
Rob Austin secured the first win for Handy Motorsport in the BTCC, while Team BMR’s Ash Sutton won the championship on the second lap, after West Surrey Racing’s Colin Turkington was forced to retire with damage. Michael Epps had started the race from pole position in the Team HARD Volkswagen Golf and was able to … More »
Team BMR’s Ash Sutton is the newly-crowned BTCC champion after West Surrey Racing’s Colin Turkington retired from the final race at Brands Hatch. Turkington had made progress into the top six on lap two and was ahead of Sutton, when Speedworks Motorsport’s Tom Ingram made contact with Motorbase Performance’s Mat Jackson into Graham Hill Bend … More »
West Surrey Racing’s Colin Turkington admitted it was “hard to absorb” his incredible victory in the second Brands Hatch race, which saw him charge through the field from 15th on the grid to take the title fight with Ash Sutton to the 30th and final round of the season. Turkington was visibly emotional in the … More »