Eurotech Racing’s Brett Smith has taken his maiden British Touring Car Championship pole position at Brands Hatch, heading a quintet of Hondas at the sharp end of the grid, in a session where the title hopefuls found themselves mired in the midfield. Smith’s best time of 1.30.557, set with six minutes to go in his … More »
Team Dynamics’ Dan Cammish topped a shortened second free practice session at Brands Hatch, which was red flagged with four minutes to go after a heavy off for Team BMR’s Ash Sutton. Cammish’s best lap of 1.31.000 remained unchallenged for much of the session, and the chance of any late improvements ended when Sutton’s Subaru … More »
Outgoing champion Ash Sutton headed the first free practice session of the British Touring Car Championship finals weekend at Brands Hatch, despite having his running curtailed by an oil leak. Team BMR’s Sutton set a best time of 1.31.090 on his second of just two flying laps, before parking his Subaru Levorg in the garage. … More »
The two main contenders for the BTCC title will adopt different tyre strategies this weekend at Brands Hatch to add an extra level of intrigue to proceedings. With drivers forced to select which race to use the option tyre in at nine of the ten meetings across the season, the choices for the season finale … More »
Rank outsider Tom Chilton has vowed to ‘go for it’ in the battle for the BTCC title at Brands Hatch. The Motorbase driver would need to produce the greatest comeback of all time on Finals Day to secure the title, with a gap of 64 points to current leader Colin Turkington and just 67 left … More »
Ricky Collard will complete the season with West Surrey Racing after confirmation that he will again partner Colin Turkington for the BTCC finale at Brands Hatch this weekend. The BMW Motorsport Junior driver had originally been due to race at Rockingham and Knockhill in place of father Rob as he recovers from concussion but was … More »
A dramatic 2018 British Touring Car Championship season reaches its conclusion at the iconic Brands Hatch GP circuit this weekend, with a tale of two drivers going for top honours after two very different seasons. Leading the way is West Surrey Racing’s Colin Turkington, the ultimate professional who has bounced back from the heartbreak of … More »
Tom Ingram has promised to take a “maximum attack” approach to the BTCC season finale at Brands Hatch after maintaining his hopes of securing the title at Silverstone. Ingram was able to outscore points leader Colin Turkington over the course of the penultimate meeting of the campaign, taking 15th with ballast in race one before … More »
Gary Paffett has extended his lead in the DTM drivers’ championship to 29 points over Paul di Resta, as the two British HWA Mercedes-AMG drivers begin to pull away in the championship after the sixth round of the season. The 2005 champion had a strong race on Saturday, racing from sixth on the grid to … More »
Paul di Resta has called today a perfect day after taking victory in the second race of the weekend at the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit, holding off championship leader Gary Paffett to take his second win of the season, a day in stark contrast to his results from Saturday where he finished 16th. The … More »