Alain Menu could race for Team BMR at the BTCC finals weekend at Brands Hatch, with Warren Scott ruled out due to the injury he sustained at Silverstone. Scott sustained two cracked vertebrae in a 20G shunt in first practice on Saturday, but was well enough to return to the circuit to watch the races on Sunday. Team … More »
Onyx Race Engineering completed a test at Brands Hatch on Friday last week with the new TCR specification Ford Focus. “The car ran well and performed as we hoped it would. The engine that our partner Mountune has produced is particularly impressive, very strong. We had a couple of things to sort out during the … More »
Both of the Welch Motorsport Proton Gen-2 cars will hit the track at Donington Park this weekend, after neither made it to the start line at Brands Hatch for the season opener. An ankle injury kept Dan Welch out of action for the first three races of the year, while Andy Wilmot struggled with an … More »
Andy Priaulx says he is enjoying being back in the close racing of the BTCC, despite a lack of top end speed hurting his drag race to the line with Brands Hatch race two winner Gordon Shedden. The BMW driver lined up on second for race two and found himself in a strong battle with … More »
Honda Racing Team’s Gordon Shedden pipped West Surrey Racing’s Andy Priaulx in a thrilling drag race to the line in the second Brands Hatch race, after dominant leader Jason Plato retired in the gravel at Paddock Hill. The 2012 champion took a first win for the new Type-R after a forceful battle with Priaulx, who … More »
The BTCC’s standout rookie driver Tom Ingram signed off his maiden campaign with a flourish at Brands Hatch, netting a trio of top 10 finishes and a season’s best fifth in the second encounter. The 2013 Ginetta Supercup champion took a total of 13 top tens over the course of the year, with a fine … More »
Rob Collard was left ruing the choice to run the softer tyre in the second race of the day at the BTCC season finale at Brands Hatch, where he came within a few laps of taking a victory. Having only just made it to the final round, following a major rebuild of the West Surrey Racing BMW … More »
Title contenders Colin Turkington and Jason Plato once again found themselves together at the top of the times at Brands Hatch in free practice two, with the series leader pipping his only championship rival by 0.397 seconds. The session took place on a drying track with times tumbling throughout, before West Surrey Racing’s Turkington posted a 1.31.729 … More »
Eurotech Racing’s Andrew Jordan was delighted with his weekend’s work at Brands Hatch, taking two wins on his way to the early lead in the championship standings. The reigning champion left it late to take a superb pole on Saturday, and followed this up with a win in the first race on Sunday, saving a … More »
Triple Eight’s Jason Plato topped the times again in an incredibly close second practice at Brands Hatch, with Jack Goff staging a last-minute run to finish second. Plato set the pace early on in the session in his MG6, and none of his competitors were able to depose him. But Team BMR’s Goff came closest … More »