Defending British Touring Car Champion Matt Neal made a strong start to his Championship defence at the opening round of the 2012 Championship at Brands Hatch. Two trips to the podium in three races saw the Neal net 48 points, placing him second in the standings behind Jason Plato.
Jason Plato says he is on cloud nine after his debut in the new Triple Eight Race Engineering NGTC MG6 saw him take the lead in the 2012 British Touring Car Championship after the opening round at Brands Hatch.
Jason Plato took the first win for the new Triple Eight Race Engineering NGTC MG in the third race of the 2012 British Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch, which was restarted after a red flag.
Matt Neal took the win in the second race of the 2012 British Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch, his first in the new Honda Yuasa Racing NGTC Civic.
West Surrey Racing’s Rob Collard has won the first race of the 2012 British Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch.
Andrew Jordan was fastest in the final free practice session at Brands Hatch, finishing ahead of defending BTCC Champion and fellow NGTC Honda Civic runner Matt Neal.
Rob Collard finished on top the timesheets after an interrupted first free practice session at Brands Hatch. The West Surrey Racing driver was the only driver to set a time below 49s, with a fastest time of 48.932s.
Honda Yuasa Racing Team’s two Honda Civics were second and third in the time sheets at the end of the media day test session at Silverstone, but the team says they still have a lot of work to do to be ready for the season opener at Brands Hatch in just under two weeks.
Honda Racing Team hit the track for the first time in public yesterday at Brands Hatch with the all-new Honda Civic in NGTC specification.
Honda Racing has released the first pictures of the new NGTC specification Honda Civic that has been built for the 2012 BTCC. The team is going to complete its first public test at Brands Hatch today.