Triple Eight’s Jason Plato set the fastest time in the first free practice of the season at Brands Hatch, with a time already inside the pole position lap from last year. Plato set his best lap with 17 minutes remaining in his MG6, following a 15-minute delay when one of the West Surrey Racing mechanics took a … More »
Ciceley Racing’s Adam Morgan has hailed only the team’s second test with the new Mercedes A-Class at the test session today which saw cars from six other teams taking part, in which, although there was no official timing, it’s believed he was one of the fastest if not the fastest driver of the day. The … More »
Seven of the 16 teams which will contest the 2014 British Touring Car Championship are testing today at a cold and overcast Brands Hatch Indy circuit in Kent. West Surrey Racing’s three BMW 125i Ms, driven by Colin Turkington, Rob Collard and Nick Foster are running in a plain grey livery. Honda Racing Team have … More »
Triple Eight MG’s Jason Plato dominated the first race in torrential conditions at Brands Hatch ahead of Honda Racing Team’s Gordon Shedden, meaning four drivers still have a chance of taking the title. After an early safety car period to rescue Rob Austin’s stricken Audi A4, Plato drew away to win by more than five … More »
Championship leader Andrew Jordan topped the times in a close second practice session at Brands Hatch, which was shortened by a roll for Aron Smith. Motorbase Performance’s Smith crashed heavily in his Ford Focus on the run up to Druids after just 11 minutes of running, while trying to avoid the Toyotas of Frank Wrathall and Ollie … More »
BRDC Rising Star Jake Hill will join Rob Austin Racing for the BTCC finale at Brands Hatch, replacing Will Bratt in the team’s second Audi A4. Hill made his debut in the series at Croft in June, where he took a Jack Sears Trophy win in his maiden race, driving a Motorbase Performance Ford Focus. The 19-year-old … More »
It only seems a heartbeat ago that the BTCC teams were wrapped up against the cold and snow at the season opener at Brands Hatch. Now, little over six months later, there is the small matter of a five-way title battle to decide on the famous Grand Prix circuit. Few doubted Andrew Jordan’s speed before … More »
Tom Barley is going to make his British Touring Car Championship debut in the season finale at Brands Hatch this weekend. “It will be a hard task but I’d love to score some points. It’s a toe in the water for 2014 so three solid races would be fantastic,” said Barley. The 26-year-old has been … More »
Martin Tomczyk has claimed his ninth career pole with a last gasp lap to claim top spot ahead of Audi’s Mike Rockenfeller. Tomczyk’s BMW stablemates, Augusto Farfus and Joey Hand will line up in third and fourth respectively. The 2011 champion was the last driver to emerge in Q4 and put in his fastest time … More »
Prior to qualifying at Brands Hatch, last year’s winner, Mercedes’ Gary Paffett, explains the secrets to a successful lap of around the short 1.9 kilometer circuit to TouringCarTimes. “Well, Brands Hatch is such a short track, so you need to get into a bit of a rhythm as doing just one lap is quite difficult. … More »