Jake Hill brought the curtain down on the 2023 season with victory in the final BTCC race of the weekend at Brands Hatch. Hill jumped up into second at the start when Dan Rowbottom was slow away from the line, but then lost position to Josh Cook just before the safety car was deployed to … More »
Ash Sutton became only the second driver to win twelve races in a BTCC season with victory in the second race of the weekend at Brands Hatch. As in race one, Sutton was able to lead the way from start-to-finish to take top honours ahead of Tom Ingram despite two caution period that book-ended the … More »
Ash Sutton has become a four-time champion in the British Touring Car Championship after a lights-to-flag victory in the opening race of the weekend at Brands Hatch. The NAPA Racing driver had qualified on pole for the sixth time this season on Saturday to move a step closer to the championship crown and headed into … More »
BMW duo Colin Turkington and Jake Hill insisted that qualifying at Brands Hatch had been hard work after helping the WSR-run squad move closer to the BTCC manufacturers’ title. The team carries a 19 point lead into the weekend ahead of the newly-named Alliance Racing Ford squad, which scored another pole with Ash Sutton – … More »
Tom Ingram insisted he was pleased with third on the grid for the BTCC finale at Brands Hatch even though it ‘wasn’t quite good enough’ to put him ahead of title rival Ash Sutton. Sutton moved a point closer to a fourth title as he secured a sixth pole position of the campaign, giving the … More »
Ash Sutton insisted that his run to a sixth pole of the season was one that he ‘didn’t need to do’ but that the performance of his Ford Focus had ‘let him’ produce a record-equalling result on track. Sutton became the first driver since James Thompson 20 years ago to score six poles in a … More »
Ash Sutton has moved a point closer to securing a record-equalling fourth BTCC title after grabbing pole position for the sixth time this season ahead of the Brands Hatch finale. Despite once again running with the least amount of hybrid available, Sutton would prove to be in a class of his own as he romped … More »
The fight for the 2023 BTCC title draws to a close this weekend at Brands Hatch, with Ash Sutton closing in on what would be a record-equalling fourth championship crown. Whilst the battle for top honours remains a two-driver affair, Sutton has a healthy lead of 45 points over defending champion Tom Ingram after a … More »
The Motorbase Performance name will disappear from the BTCC grid next season after the announcement that the team is to be rebranded as Alliance Racing. Founded back in 2004 by David Bartrum, the team joined the BTCC grid with a single Honda Integra for Dave Pinkney before expanding to two cars the following season after … More »
Tom Ingram insists that he will do all he can to defend his BTCC title despite seeing Ash Sutton slightly extend his lead at he head of the standings at Silverstone. Ingram went into the weekend sitting 42 points down on Sutton at the top, although the pace shown by his Bristol Street Motors with … More »