Dan Welch will miss the first meeting of the British Touring Car Championship season after breaking his foot in the week leading up to Brands Hatch. Welch, who is in the paddock today but is on crutches, confirmed on his Facebook page: “Broken foot. I won’t be racing this weekend.” The news means Welch Motorsport … More »
The Infiniti Support Our Paras Racing team has announced it will only be running one car at the BTCC season opener at Brands Hatch this weekend. The team gave a track debut to its new Q50 at Mallory Park today, but said a “late, unexpected setback” means the second car will not feature in Kent. … More »
“A change is as good as a rest” goes the old saying, and never was it truer than when applied to the current crop of British Touring Car Championship drivers. A winter of significant change and precious little rest is now over, with another genuinely unpredictable season set to roar into life at Brands Hatch … More »
Welch Motorsport’s new driver Andy Wilmot got behind the wheel of his Proton Gen-2 for the first time at Brands Hatch today, as more teams continued their preparations for the start of the season. Wilmot, who has one previous BTCC outing to his name for Tony Gilham Racing in 2013, ran at the Kent circuit alongside … More »
Honda Racing Team’s new Civic Type-R has had its first outing on track at Brands Hatch today, with three-time champion Matt Neal at the wheel. The team took the wraps off their 2015 challenger at the Kent circuit, finally confirming the expected news that the new Type-R would replace the outgoing Tourer model raced last … More »
Andrew Jordan has made his first track appearance in his new Triple Eight Racing MG6, testing at Brands Hatch today alongside Motorbase Performance newcomer Alex Martin. The 2013 champion is returning to the team he last raced for on 2009, but the identity of his team-mate is yet to be revealed. Joining Jordan on the … More »
Four drivers and one team were given penalties by the race stewards following the day’s action at Brands Hatch. Motorbase Performance’s Fabrizio Giovanardi was given an official reprimand and two penalty points for the incident with Gordon Shedden at the start of race one, which triggered a significant accident at Paddock Hill Bend (pictured). Speedworks … More »
Honda Racing Team’s Gordon Shedden took the final win of the 2014 season in monsoon conditions at Brands Hatch, ahead of Motorbase Performance’s Jack Clarke in a career-best second. The race capped a remarkable turnaround for Shedden, who suffered huge rear-end damage in the first race and had to fight his way through in the second. … More »
Ciceley Racing’s Adam Morgan has been declared the winner of the second Brands Hatch race, after the race stewards handed on-track winner Jason Plato a 20 second penalty. Triple Eight’s Plato had originally been sent to the back of the grid for the contact with West Surrey Racing’s Colin Turkington, which put the new champion out … More »
Triple Eight’s Jason Plato took his second win of the day in a breathless second race at Brands Hatch, where a clash with Colin Turkington eliminated the new champion from the lead. Mat Jackson, Rob Collard and Adam Morgan also had spells at the front, but it was Plato who kept his nerve to take the flag … More »