The BTCC on the weekend of August 17th & 18th makes its second trip to the high speed sweeps of Thruxton. Saturday saw a close qualifying which saw Sam Tordoff taking a surprise pole position in the FK2 generation Honda Civic Type R with Jason Plato lining up alongside, the Plato fire seemingly stoked after Snetterton. Race 1 on Sunday saw Tordoff make a strong start in his Civic, Jason Plato meanwhile came to grief before the race had even started, overshooting his grid spot alongside Tordoff earning himself a…
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BTCC Snetterton 2019, Ingram, Turkington & Butcher claim victory, Plato penalised.
The British Touring Car Championship returned after the summer break to the high speed Snetterton circuit in Norfolk. During the off season, the proposed Hybrid regulations for BTCC were finally confirmed, with Cosworth Electronics named as the Hybrid Powertrain supplier. The interesting news coming out of this is that success ballast will be abolished, instead the performance of the cars will be balanced using the hybrid system, the hybrid system will also be a bolt on solution, a hybrid methodology that has been evaluated by several series recently but is…
Read MoreBTCC Oulton Park, controversy and Turkington success.
The weekend of June 29th & 30th saw the British Touring Car Championship roll up into the Cheshire parkland circuit of Oulton Park, one of the most challenging and formidable tracks on the calender. Oulton Park is an undulating rollercoaster of a track and has the added challenge of lots of little lumps, bumps and cambered corners. Saturday saw the circuit bake in temperature of 29degrees as the European heatwave arrived in the UK. Honda & BMW paced the two free practice sessions, qualifying for Race 1 saw a mad…
Read MoreBTCC Croft, Jordan doubles down & Turkington consolidates.
The British Touring Car Championship roared back into action last weekend in front of a capacity crowd at Croft in North Yorkshire. The weather over the weekend was atypically Yorkshire, it was wet, very wet and then there was glorious sunshine and it was wet….again. The Friday and Saturday saw heavy rain affect both days, the UK had been lashed all week by heavy rain which had caused flooding in different parts of the country, luckily Croft was unaffected by flooding. The Saturday qualifying session saw no less than 5…
Read MoreBTCC Thruxton round 4 review
The weekend of May 18th to the 19th sees the BTCC rock up at Thruxton for the third round of the championship. Thruxton is the fastest circuit in the UK, it’s a fearsome place characterised by fast sweeping corners and long straights; like any truly old school track, it’s a circuit that demands commitment and bravery, the faint of heart need not apply. Practice on Saturday saw the Honda Civic Type R’s of Dan Cammish & Matt Neal pace the day, the Honda’s relatively low drag profile but strong engine…
Read MoreBTCC Donington Park review
Round 2 of the BTCC sees the championship move from the short, quickfire Brand Hatch Indy circuit to the high speed sweeps of Donington Park, home of the fearsome Craner Curves. Saturday saw a day affected by high winds and rain, courtesy of Storm Hannah, lashing the UK with heavy rain and high winds. Race day on Sunday dawned to overcast but dry conditions but with a potential for rain later on in the day. Colin Turkington took pole position on Saturday for Race 1, it marks Turkington’s first pole…
Read MoreBTCC Round 1: Brands Hatch Indy review.
The first round of the 2019 BTCC saw drama, surprises and close racing in abundance in all 3 races throughout raceday on Sunday. On Sunday morning as fans packed into the natural bowl of Brands Hatch, they were met with atypical British gloom. It was cold, wet and very, very foggy. So much so, that there was the potential for the opening race of the season of being postponed due to the thick fog. Luckily, this wasn’t the case. Race 1 already had drama before it began. The fog and…
Read MoreBritish Touring Car Championship 2019 season preview.
Welcome, to the 2019 British Touring Car Championship season preview. 2019 is set to be another stellar year for the evergreen BTCC with revisions to the championship calendar, new teams, drivers and cars. We’ll start with changed to the championship & calendar and move on to the teams, drivers and cars following that. The Championship. For 2019 there are changes abound. The closure of Rockingham at the end of 2018 left a gap on the calendar, which has been replaced by a second outing at Thruxton which means the fastest…
Read MoreRecently retired Schnitzer BMW Team principal Charly Lamm dies suddenly at the age of 63
Only two months after his retirement as team principal of the Schnitzer BMW Team – right after the Macau Grand Prix which Augusto Farfus won for Schnitzer in a BMW M6 GT3 – Charly (Karl) Lamm has died rather suddenly at the age of 63 years on Thursday January 24th, 2019, after a very short but severe illness. Photo: BMW Motorsport This news today has put a large part of the motorsport world in shock and sadness. Team Schnitzer, BMW Motorsport, drivers, fans, and even BMW’s competitors, issued statements on…
Read MoreMatt Neal leads BTCC after first weekend
Matt Neal has taken the lead of BTCC after the first weekend’s action at the Brands Hatch Indy Circuit. Neal drove an almost perfect weekend with 3rd place in race 1, followed by a 2nd and a 5th. The triple Champion was the most consistent driver of the weekend while teammate Gordon Shedden is 2nd in the Championship after P2 in race 1 and a win in race 2. In race 3 he had to retire with a puncture and then ending up in the gravel as a consequence of…
Read More32 cars in BTCC 2016
Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship will have a record field in the 2016 season. 32 cars have entered the legendary Touring Car series, where many big names have driven and won championships. Defending champion Gordon Shedden starts the title defence in a brand new Honda Civic Type R and is once again teamed up with Matt Neal. Instead of the red and black colours in the previous seasons, the team will be orange due to a title sponsor change. This year Subaru enters the series. It will be two…
Read MoreMG Triple Eight Racing has announced their driver lineup
MG Triple Eight Racing has announced their driver line up for BTCC 2016 It’s going to be the 2 young drivers, Josh Cook and Ashley Sutton, who will pilot the team’s two MG6 racers. Cook finished as runner up in Renault UK Clio Cup in 2014 and moved on to BTCC in 2015 where he won the Jack Sears Trophy. That trophy is awarded to the driver who gains the most spots in the race during all the 30 races of the season – and he even took the title…
Read MoreJake Hill to compete in BTCC In Toyota Avensis
22 year old Jake Hill will be driving for Team Hard in BTCC in the upcoming 2016 season. He will be teammates with Chris Smiley, where they will pilot each their own Toyota Avensis through the 10 rounds of the championship. Hill has had a bit of a start-stop career, where economy has been a big hindrance for him several times. After having proved himself as a very fast driver in Ginetta Junior G40 in 2010, finishing as runner-up, and a fourth place in Ginetta GT Supercup in 2011, he…
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