The high speed Thruxton circuit near Andover played host to rounds 4,5 and 6 of the British Touring Car Championship last weekend. We had three winners – making it six different winners from the first six races. What other championship can claim that? Three new entries this weekend. Matt Jackson (leading, above) joins Jason Plato at RML with the
The next round of the BTCC is at Thruxton in Hampshire at the end of this month, but in the meantime here is some more behind the scenes eye candy from the opening Brands Hatch round. BTCC pit garages are highly professional, spotless places: check out the Vauxhall pits. From what I've seen Auto Glym is obviously the number one product around here
The first three races of the 2009 British Touring Car Championship may have lacked the usual outcome of season debuts - ie. half the cars ending up as scrap - but it certainly didn't lack for action. Initially pole man Mat Neal lost the lead off the line to the Rob Collard and Colin Turkington's BMWs. There was the usual dogfight on the sprint
The 2009 British Touring Car Championship kicks off at Brands Hatch this weekend. The BTCC is the premier racing series in the UK and consists of ten race weekends with three rounds at each event The BTCC run two classes, based on production cars. At the front, the FIA S2000 class, which allows 4-5 door cars running with engines no bigger than 2000cc
Unless your name is Jason Plato, then the 2008 British Touring Car Championship was a classic year, with tight competition between works and independent cars. Vauxhall, SEAT, BMW and Honda were all on the top step of the podium. It really was meant to be SEAT's year. SEAT had been in the British Touring Car Championship for the last few years and
The final three rounds of the British Touring Car Championship take place this weekend. Current champion, Fabrizio Giovanardi (Vauxhall) leads Jason Plato by 44 points. Gio' needs just 9 points to take the championship, but SEAT has been the quicker car in the second half of the season after SEAT Sport UK found a good set up. SEAT still have some
The 2008 British Touring Car Championship reached its half way mark last weekend at the Snetterton circuit in England with some classic touring car racing. The three race event was make or break for the SEAT Sport UK team, who had been struggling for out-right pace and reliability with their new Leon Turbo Diesel. Current champion. Fabrizio Giovanardi
One of the first projects for the Speedhunters team was for top motorsport photographer, John Brooks, to visit the first round the of the British Touring Car Championship. This year is the 50th Anniversary of the 2008 British Touring Car Championship. The series is one of the top tin-top series in the world, following the same FiA regulations as the
The British Touring Car Championship is one of my favourite series. As a Brit, I spent many cold and wet weekends at Thruxton, Silverstone and Brands Hatch watching this type of racing. The BTCC is back in ascendance and 2008 looks like being a great year for this series. The cars may look like the cars on the street, but underneath they are true race