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 »
Aiden Moffat drove an expert race in tricky conditions to win the first race of finals day at Brands Hatch ahead of Tom Ingram, as Ash Sutton tightened his grip on the BTCC title with third place to extend his lead to 24 points over Colin Turkington. Mercedes driver Moffat took the lead exiting Paddock … More »
Eurotech Racing’s Jack Goff says further wins are at the forefront of his mind after securing his third pole position of the season at Brands Hatch, continuing his exceptionally strong form of the second half of the BTCC season. After running at the sharp end throughout practice, Goff put his Honda Civic Type-R on pole … More »
West Surrey Racing’s Rob Collard has withdrawn from the rest of the Brands Hatch weekend on medical grounds. Collard took part in both the free practice sessions earlier today but is still feeling the effects of his huge crash with Team Hard’s Will Burns at Silverstone. He has since taken medical advice not to contest … More »
Eurotech Racing’s Brett Smith continued his swift progress in just his fifth BTCC weekend by topping the final practice session of the year at Brands Hatch, and says he is confident of being in the battle for pole position later in the afternoon. The 25-year-old, who replaced injured dad Jeff in the Honda Civic Type-R … More »
Team BMR boss Warren Scott says he is confident that Subaru will be able to bounce back from a tough start to the new BTCC season at Brands Hatch. The team went into the new season in optimistic mood, but struggled for pace throughout practice as it worked to dial out a series of handling … More »
Dunlop has revealed the tyre selections for the opening rounds of the new BTCC season at Brands Hatch. Although most of the field have elected to run the option tyre in the third race of the weekend, polesitter Jeff Smith is amongst those to have gone with a different selection – with the Eurotech Racing … More »
Nearly six months after Gordon Shedden secured the BTCC title for the third time at Brands Hatch, the Kent circuit is gearing up for the start of the 2017 campaign as the new season gets underway this weekend. It’s a phrase often muttered as this time of year, but there is little doubt that the … More »