West Surrey Racing reveal new BMW 330i M Sport

West Surrey Racing has revealed the all new BMW 3 Series that it will use for the 2019 BTCC season.

WSR bring the 3 Series back to the series this season to replace the successful 125i M Sport, with Colin Turkington and Tom Oliphant running under the Team BMW banner and Andrew Jordan in a third BMW Pirtek Racing-run car.

The team has been hard at work on the car over the winter and will hit the track for the first time at Brands Hatch for a roll-out before the annual season launch test at the same circuit tomorrow.

The car will then make its race debut at Brands Hatch on the weekend of 6/7 April.

“First and foremost, I must pay tribute to the extraordinary job that each and every member of WSR has put into preparing our new BMW 3 Series race cars,” team boss Dick Bennetts said. “The attention-to-detail that has gone into the build is second-to-none, and everyone – including our technical partners – has given 110 per cent to ensure we are ready to go racing.

“It has been a Herculean effort, but the result as you can see is outstanding, and before the serious business of testing gets underway, I hope everybody involved can take a small step back for a moment and appreciate just what they have achieved.”

Defending champion Turkington said he was proud of the work that had gone into preparing the car.

“I know just how hard everybody at BMW and West Surrey Racing has worked to pull everything together over such a short space of time, and to now see this car in the garage and ready to take to the track is a source of immense pride, satisfaction and a job well done,” he said. “Having won my first BTCC Drivers’ title in a 3 Series, the confirmation that BMW were bringing the car back to the championship was the best news ever. The Team BMW livery is stunning, and those unmistakeable M Motorsport colours add a real sense of presence and heritage. Now that the car is ready to go, my motivation levels are sky-high and I can’t wait for my first few laps.”