Gordon Shedden secured his first BTCC drivers’ title in a terrific day for Honda and Team Dynamics, as the team walked away from a soggy Brands Hatch with the drivers’, teams’ and manufacturers’ titles.
Aron Smith won his first British Touring Car race for Motorbase Performance at Brands Hatch, whilst Gordon Shedden drives through to second to secure the drivers’ title one race early.
Jason Plato heads to the Brands Hatch finale with optimism, and a prayer for no rain, with the Triple Eight driver stating that the MG6 is now the class of the field.
Gordon Shedden has hung on to a 15 point championship lead going to the season finale at Brands Hatch, but the Honda driver is very disappointed with the Silverstone weekend and hopes for a favourable boost tweak for the final round in two weeks time.
Alex Zanardi took his third Paralympics medal at Brands Hatch as the former WTCC driver claimed the silver medal in the Mixed H1-4 Time Trial.
The BTCC organisation has revealed a provisional calendar for the 2013 season, starting at Brands Hatch Indy in March and ending at Brands Hatch GP in October.
Team ES Racing driver Dave Newsham lines up third on the grid for today’s races at Snetterton, his best qualifying result since the opening round of the Championship at Brands Hatch, and believes the S2000 Vauxhall Vectra will be a threat.
Bruno Spengler secured a new podium finish for BMW as the DTM raced at Brands Hatch. The Canadian started third and finished second.
Gary Paffett claimed his ninth DTM pole position at Brands Hatch yesterday for his home race. In spite of the result Paffett has told TouringCarTimes he still expects today’s race to be really tough.
Christian Vietoris has been penalized with a two-place grid drop for the DTM race at Brands Hatch.