All four of the new Subaru Levorgs of Team BMR have taken to the track at Brands Hatch ahead of their debut in the championship this weekend. The rear-wheel drive machines of Jason Plato, Colin Turkington, Warren Scott and James Cole took part in a brief 15-minute track session to allow the BTCC competitors to … More »
A total of 171 days have now passed Gordon Shedden was crowned as the 2015 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Champion, but only a handful remain before the Scot gets the defence of his title underway at Brands Hatch. And with a bumper field – hitting the magical 32 – set to do battle around … More »
Team BMR have issued a statement confirming that Aron Smith ignored radio messages to let his team-mate Jason Plato past during the first race at Brands Hatch, for which Plato derided his younger team-mate after the race, angry it may have hurt his championship chances. Following a fraught final day where Plato aired his frustrations … More »
Honda Yuasa Racing were relishing in their “cracking result” at the end of the 2015 season, taking both the Drivers’ and Manufacturers’ championships at a dramatic Brands Hatch finale. The team went in to the weekend with Gordon Shedden holding a 23 point lead over title rival Jason Plato, while the team had a 64 … More »
Just two penalties were handed out after the final meeting of the BTCC season at Brands Hatch. Eurotech Racing were deducted 10 points in both the teams and independents’ standings for exceeding the maximum allowed number of engine changes. And Team BMR’s Alain Menu was given a verbal warning for making contact with another car … More »
Motorbase Performance’s Mat Jackson continued his recent race one dominance by leading from lights to flag at Brands Hatch, with both Colin Turkington and Jason Plato slightly narrowing the championship gap to Gordon Shedden. The top three on the grid were the top three at the end in a race punctuated by two safety cars, … More »
Motorbase Performance’s Mat Jackson blitzed the lap record by more than half a second to take pole position at Brands Hatch ahead of Aron Smith and Adam Morgan, with Gordon Shedden the best placed championship contender in fourth. After a frantic session where the times changed regularly at the top of the standings, Jackson set two … More »
Ciceley Racing’s Adam Morgan topped the first free practice session of the final weekend of the season at Brands Hatch, pipping title contender Jason Plato by 0.169s. After a red flag stoppage to retrieve the AmD Tuning Audi S3 of series returnee Jake Hill, Morgan moved to the top of the times with nine minutes … More »
Three races on the legendary Brands Hatch GP circuit are all that stand between five drivers and the 2015 British Touring Car Championship crown, with Honda Yuasa Racing’s Gordon Shedden holding all the aces as he bids to win a second title. Shedden has taken four wins, three seconds and three thirds in an ultra-consistent … More »
Alain Menu will replace the injured Warren Scott at Brands Hatch for the final round of the BTCC, Team BMR have confirmed. Rumours that the two-time BTCC champion would be stepping back in to Volkswagen CC have been circulating since Scott suffered a back injury in free practice at Silverstone, forcing him to miss the … More »