British Touring Car News

Onslow-Cole keen to stay in BTCC
British Touring Car driver Tom Onslow-Cole is aiming to stay in the series this season, despite Arena Motorsport's move into the World Touring Car Championship

Morgan's BTCC Toyota revealed
Speedworks Motorsport has released an artist's impression of the Toyota Avensis Adam Morgan will race in his rookie British Touring Car Championship campaign this year

Chevrolet withdraws from BTCC
Chevrolet and RML will not contest the 2012 British Touring Car Championship, opting instead to focus their efforts on retaining their WTCC crowns

Wood eyes regular points with Vectra
British Touring Car racer Lea Wood is aiming for regular points finishes after acquiring the ex-Andrew Jordan Vauxhall Vectra for this season.

Neal: MG programme boosts BTCC
Reigning British Touring Car champion Matt Neal cas welcomed the competition MG's return will bring to the series

Neate excited about partnering Plato
British Touring Car racer Andy Neate believes his deal to drive a works MG alongside Jason Plato will help him reach a new level

Gow: NGTC regs enabled MG return
British Touring Car supremo Alan Gow believes the new NGTC regulations have made it possible for MG to return to the series

Plato lands Triple 8 MG deal
Jason Plato has joined MG for the marque's new assault on the British Touring Car Championship

ES to run Vauxhall Vectras in 2012
British Touring Car squad ES Racing will run two ex-Triple Eight Vauxhall Vectras in the series this season

Byford still keen on BTCC return
Martin Byford has not ruled out returning to the British Touring Car Championship despite committing to a GT deal in the UK

Shedden 'ready to win BTCC title'
Gordon Shedden says he feels ready to win a maiden British Touring Car Championship title after narrowly missing out in both 2010 and 2011

Neal keen to resume fight with Plato
Matt Neal says he hopes to hit the ground running in his bid to defend his British Touring Car title in 2012 - and that he wants chief rival Jason Plato on the grid

Morgan joins Speedworks for BTCC
Adam Morgan will step up to the British Touring Car Championship this year with Speedworks Motorsport

Gow: NGTCs to fill half BTCC grid
British Touring Car Championship boss Alan Gow believes that NGTC machines will form more than half of this year's grid

Plato: BTCC learned lessons in '11
Jason Plato has backed BTCC and TOCA bosses over the future direction of the series, and says he believes lessons have been learned from a controversial 2011 season.

Jackson joins AmD for BTCC
Ollie Jackson will race for AmD Tunung in the British Touring Car Championship this year

Newsham switches to ES for 2012
British Touring Car racer Dave Newsham has joined Team ES for this season

Neal impressed with NGTC Honda
Matt Neal believes Honda's new NGTC Civic will enable to him to defend his British Touring Car crown as the first car nears completion

Thompson to test for Speedworks
James Thompson will test Speedworks Motorsport's Toyota Avensis British Touring Car at Donington Park on Thursday

Special Tuning to remain in BTCC
Special Tuning Racing will remain in the British Touring Car Championship next year, running a two-car team alongside its international programme

Donington completes BTCC calendar
British Touring Car Championship organisers have confirmed the inclusion of Donington Park in the 2012 calendar.

New points system for BTCC in 2012
The British Touring Car Championship will introduce a new scoring system next year, with points awarded to drivers finishing as low as 15th in races

Thorney tests new BTCC Vauxhall
Thorney Motorsport was happy with its new British Touring Car Championship Vauxhall Insignia after the car completed its first proper test at Donington Park last week

Tandy to test for Motorbase
Nick Tandy will make his touring car test debut on Friday when he tests one of Motorbase Performance's BTCC Ford Focuses at Brands Hatch

Lotus to conduct engine test for BTCC
The British Touring Car Championship has commissioned Lotus Engineering to conduct an engine flow-test programme to establish baseline boost pressures for next season.

Neal champion as Chilton wins Race 3
Matt Neal clinched his third British Touring Car crown with eighth place at Silverstone this afternoon as Tom Chilton took his second win of the season.

Shedden win keeps title fight alive
Gordon Shedden kept himself in contention for the British Touring Car crown with a win in the penultimate race of the season at Silverstone this afternoon

Plato rules himself out of title fight
Jason Plato has ruled himself out of the British Touring Car Championship fight after a disastrous first race at Silverstone today

Neal wins as Plato hits trouble
Matt Neal has moved a step closer to the 2011 British Touring Car Championship with victory in race one at Silverstone today as title rival Jason Plato was hobbled by a puncture.

Neal takes pole for Race 1
Matt Neal has qualified on pole in the last British Touring Car qualifying session of the season at Silverstone this afternoon