BMW Team RMG driver Marco Wittmann overcame tyre problems in the closing stages of Saturday’s race to take his fourth win of the year at Brands Hatch, beating Audi Sport pair René Rast and Nico Müller to victory. WRT’s Jonathan Aberdein had started the race from the pit lane after his accident in qualifying, whilst … More »
BMW Motorsport has encountered engine issues during the DTM weekend at Brands Hatch, meaning that they are ineligible to score manufacturers’ points for the first race. BMW has requested to the series’ technical delegate that the seal for three additional engines will be opened for this afternoon’s race. The main consequence, according to article 28.5 … More »
BMW Team RMG’s Marco Wittmann scored pole position in Saturday’s qualifying session at Brands Hatch, in a session marked by the accidents of both WRT drivers and where the weather was again playing a big role. The field ventured onto the wet track on rain tyres and, after a first evaluation lap, some drivers changed … More »
The weather was the main protagonist during today’s sole free practice session at Brands Hatch, host of the sixth round of the 2019 DTM season. Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline’s Robin Frijns set the fastest lap time as the conditions worsened throughout the session. Due to the noise restrictions around Brands Hatch, this weekend the … More »
The DTM heads to the British track Brands Hatch this weekend for the sixth round of the season and its last international round of the year. René Rast leads the championship ahead of fellow Audi driver Nico Müller, in an internal battle within the Ingolstadt based outfit. Rast has got 158 points after three victories … More »
James Turkington will head into the final round of the TCR UK season with a 19 point advantage over Lewis Kent after taking victory in Race 2 at Brands Hatch. Turkington got the jump on pole-sitter Henry Neal’s Honda Civic Type R when the lights went out, while Kent lost valuable ground by sliding onto … More »
Fox Motorsport’s Nick Halstead took his first ever TCR UK pole position under damp conditions in Saturday’s qualifying session at Brands Hatch. Halstead led the entire session but the red flag came out with just under eight minutes to go due to Alex Day’s Audi A4 stopping on the track. When the Audi was recovered, … More »
Jake Hill admitted he was delighted by securing a podium finish for the second successive season in the opening rounds of the BTCC season at Brands Hatch. Hill would be one of the starts of the weekend on his debut at the wheel of one of the two Trade Price Cars Racing Audi S3s, running … More »
Six drivers have had strikes removed from their records following the opening meeting of the BTCC season at Brands Hatch. Under revised regulations that were introduced at the start of the 2018 season, a strike now remains with a driver for a period of twelve months from the time it is handed out, with 16 … More »
Tom Chilton ensured there would be three different winners from the BTCC season opener at Brands Hatch with victory in the final race of the weekend. The Motorbase driver had started the race from third on the grid as a result of the reversed grid draw and held station in the early part of the … More »