Welch Motorsport will be forced to field its spare car at the BTCC Brands Hatch finale after suffering significant damage in the final race at Silverstone. The team was enjoying its best weekend to date at Silverstone, with sole driver Daniel Welch scoring 19th in race one, having gained four positions on the first lap … More »
The Chevrolet Cruze of Power Maxed Racing driver Josh Cook will run some new parts developed by new supplier RML for the season finale at Brands Hatch in two weeks’ time. BTCC series director Alan Gow has approved the waiver for the team to validate the components ahead of their phased introduction into the championship … More »
Stewart Whyte was the pick of the field at the Brands Hatch Indy circuit as he eased his Honda Accord to the top step of the podium. The Scot started the race from third on the grid, but quickly manoeuvred himself in to second off the line, following pole sitter Patrick Watts through the first … More »
There will be two Super Touring races on the Brands Hatch Indy circuit today following the aborted race on the Grand Prix circuit. Sunday’s race, forming part of the Masters Historic Festival, was cancelled after just one lap following an incident between Paul Smith and Dave Jarman, resulting in the latter being taken to hospital. … More »
Stewart Whyte will start from pole at the Brands Hatch Masters Historic Festival following a last minute lap put him firmly at the top of the time sheets. The Honda Accord driver had spent the majority of the damp 25 minute session at the foot of the top five, while Patrick Watts, John Cleland and … More »
Nicolas Hamilton confirmed he was “looking forward to the challenge” of getting to grips with the BTCC after completing his maiden test with AmD Tuning at Brands Hatch on Friday. Hamilton hit the track in the ex-Robb Holland Audi S3 in the first of up to four planned test days, ahead of his debut in the … More »
Twenty four historic touring cars will take to the famed Brands Hatch tarmac this weekend as the HSCC Super Touring Car Challenge prepares for its second meeting of the season. Looking to continue their strong start to the year will be Donington Park race winners Patrick Watts and Stewart Whyte, who was strong at Brands … More »
David Bartrum was delighted with the progress made at Brands Hatch as his Motorbase team hit the circuit to test its new Ecoboost engine, still aiming for a race debut at Snetterton. Mat Jackson, who is entering his sixth successive year with Motorbase, and new team-mate James Cole took put the team’s pair of Ford … More »
Reigning champion Colin Turkington comes away from Brands Hatch sixth in the standings, with a best finish of third in the second race of the day, but the 33-year-old is still uncomfortable with his new ride at Team BMR, moving across to a new team and car after eight years’ experience with BMW. Turkington qualified … More »
Aron Smith leaves Brands Hatch third in the standings, one point behind the joint-points leaders Jack Goff and Matt Neal, and the top placed of the four Team BMR Volkswagen drivers, having a better weekend then both of his star twice-champion team-mates, with Jason Plato losing out with a puncture in race two, and Colin … More »