The Laser Tools Racing section of the stable retains its 2020 squad of drivers’ Champion Ash Sutton and Aiden Moffat, but also welcomes Carl Boardley, who switches his BMW 1 Series for an Infiniti Q50. Power Maxed Racing have today confirmed that Jason Plato will return to the grid in 2021, after last year's entry was deferred 12 months in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the lack of commercial value for sponsors. NGTC Driver Stats; NGTC Car Stats; BTCC Race Winners. News provided by. The 2021 season will be Jelley’s seventh BTCC campaign, having returned to the championship in 2017 with Team Parker Racing, and has competed in BMW machinery in all but one of his years on the grid. Gow added that, once again, a revised schedule has had to be put together while negotiating available slots with ITV, which continues its traditional full-day coverage of BTCC Sundays in 2021. As a result the team has now embarked on a multi-year partnership with previous sponsor Halfords and incoming sponsor Cataclean. Unlike in most years, the season opener won’t be at Brands Hatch but will instead kick off at Thruxton, the UK’s fastest circuit, on 8 May with the three races on Sunday 9 May. The 2020 British Touring Car Championship will go down as a classic in which new winners graced the top step of the podium and an unloved chassis was resurrected into a champion. Matt James busts the myth. Enjoying a seven year relationship stretching back to Ingram’s freshman year, the 27-year-old has been on the cusp of success over the last couple of years, hustling the aging Avensis to the runner’s up spot in 2018 before two years developing the Corolla into a bona-fide race winner. During his tenure outside of the BTCC, Shedden competed for the Leopard Racing Audi Sport squad in WTCR, with his only win during that time coming at Wuhan in 2018. COOK CLAIMS DOUBLE DURING BTCC CURTAIN-RAISER. Despite a day of on-track scuffles with Andy Neate, Edwards impressed many with how she handled herself in her BTCC debut, and her signing with the Honda squad will leave many happy fans around the country. The BTCC will have a five-week gap between its opening two rounds in 2021 following the latest round of revisions to the schedule. The final seat at the BTC Racing camp will be filled by Jade Edwards, following a popular appearance at Silverstone in 2020 for Power Maxed Racing. Announced alongside Neate, Sam Osborne, who drove for MB Motorsport last year, moves across to Motorbase for 2021 following his father Pete and Hollamby’s purchase of the team over the winter and set his eyes firmly on a Jack Sears Trophy push. But who were the year's top performers? Season-by-season; Overall Wins; Class Wins; Independent Wins; Manufacturer Wins; Circuit Wins; Landmark Wins; Sign Up Swapping one German car for another, the team will now put out two West Surrey Racing-prepared BMW 330is in a bid to make some more regular trips to the podium. GT champion Parfitt to make BTCC switch Tue Feb 23 2:39 PM Plato will make his 600th start in the BTCC at the season-opening Brands Hatch round. It was thought to be a surefire seat for Dan Cammish, but the 31-year-old driver has announced that he will not be back on the grid for his fourth season with the Team Dynamics squad after two years of being a whisker away from taking the crown. Thankfully it looks as though there's some serious talent on the way in, with Rory Butcher and Sam Smelt confirmed to be behind the wheel of the Corollas this year. The announcement also confirms that the Team Dynamics squad are no longer a works outfit, with both Honda and Yuasa “deciding to focus on different challenges” for 2021. Thruxton BTCC 2021: Round 1 - Race Classification (3) BTCC. Ciceley Motorsport has today announced that former World Touring Car race winner Tom Chilton will jump across from BTC Racing to the Morgan family team for 2021. The remaining seats in Ford Focuses have been filled for 2021 following a brace of announcements from MB Motorsport and Motorbase Performance. When asked whether the circuits were nervous about the economic effect of fan-free races for the second successive season, Gow said: “We [at TOCA] take a hit, because if the circuits don’t get spectators they don’t pay us any sanctioning fees, so we take hits all round. And the flamboyant brilliance of the driver behind the wheel was enough to snatch the title at the last gasp…, A number of drivers on this year's British Touring Car Championship grid have been called out on social media for taking other people's seats, whether they are older or drivers who are deemed to have less talent. Share this article. 1,882 talking about this. Updated 11:30 Thursday 14th January. Andrew Jordan: "We're still lacking the ultimate pace", Gallery: The best images from Sunday of Festival of Speed. 2021 BTCC event tickets on sale now at early bird prices Tuesday, November 17 2020 Tickets for the 2021 British Touring Car Championship events at Brands Hatch, Donington Park, Oulton Park and Snetterton are on sale now at an early bird pre-Christmas price. Sam Osborne, son of Pete, has taken one of the seats, while Andy Neate has been confirmed for the second spot. The announcement of Jelley confirms the Team BMW lineup for 2021, as he joins the already confirmed Colin Turkington and Tom Oliphant. With the rumour mill incredibly active following the announcement, it all came to rest today as Excelr8 Motorsport announced that Ingram has signed a “multi-year deal” to sit behind the wheel of one of their two remaining Hyundai i30s, slotting in alongside the previously confirmed Chris Smiley and Jack Butel. Each race weekend consists of three BTCC … Despite stellar opposition and some familiar challenges, the two-time champion still has his eyes focused on the biggest prizes. Colin Turkington, Tom Oliphant, Stephen Jelley, Jack Goff, Aron Taylor-Smith, Glynn Geddie, Nicolas Hamilton. With all of that in mind, here’s a round-up of the BTCC 2021 drivers and teams. The campaign will now … More » 2021 BTCC confirmed entries West Surrey Racing BMW: Colin Turkington, Tom Oliphant, Stephen Jelley Team Dynamics Honda: Gordon Shedden, … Four-time British Touring Car champion Colin Turkington will remain with the West Surrey Racing-run BMW team for 2021, marking his 14th season under the WSR umbrella. Thruxton hosts high-speed thriller as Hill tops the standings BTC Racing’s Josh Cook claimed a memorable double triumph as the 2021 Kwik Fit British Touring… Share this article. “That said I’m very happy to have a full entry for this year, and a third of the grid are brand-new cars – we haven’t seen that for decades!”. Former BTCC race winner and TCR UK Daniel Lloyd champion will return to the British Touring Car Championship, having signed a deal with Power Maxed Racing for the 2021 season. Following a solid 2020, and after Chris Smiley took the Hyundai i30 Fastback N to the podium in only its third race in the BTCC, Excelr8 have retained the services of the Ulsterman for 2021. Updated 12:30 Wednesday 13th January. Daniel Rowbottom has signed with Team Dynamics, filling the second Honda Civic Type R seat alongside the returning three-time champion Gordon Shedden, and also confirming that Matt Neal will not be competing in the BTCC for the first time in 30 years. Fan-favourite and Jack Sears Trophy champion Michael Crees also returns to the fold for 2021, leaving one seat remaining in the Honda squad. The season will now be delayed by a month until May, in the hope that a later start will provide greater opportunity for fans to attend events. Lloyd, who last competed in Britain’s premier tin-top series in 2018, will line-up alongside two-time champion Jason Plato in the Vauxhall Astra. It was confirmed late in the 2020 season that we would be watching the Mercedes A-Class for the last time, as Ciceley Motorsport announced it would be switching models for 2021. In line with the MB Motorsport announcement, Motorbase Performance confirmed that Andy Neate would return for a second season with the Ford squad. The 2020 campaign ran entirely behind closed doors in a condensed schedule from early August to mid-November, with the final round at Brands only taking place under the UK’s second lockdown because the BTCC is classified by the government as ‘elite sport’. A statement from BTCC organiser TOCA explained that the move has been made “in order to maximise the opportunity for spectators and guests to attend our events”. Jason Plato to return to the top step. In doing so it's following the higher echelons of motorsport, while also revealing risks for its grassroots. That Brands GP final round will now take place on 24 October, while the Snetterton and Oulton Park rounds have swapped dates, and Croft has been put back from mid-June to mid-September. 553452, Our 2021 motorsport events are now on sale, By clicking submit you are accepting the terms of Goodwood’s, Update: Gordon Shedden returns to the BTCC with Team Dynamics. As would be expected after a year in which so many commercial deals were forced to take long hard looks at themselves, there’s been some big moves already ahead of the 2021 season. After a year where the BTCC driver silly season was literally the entire season thanks to the revolving doors at a number of teams, there’s hope for a return to some sort of normality in 2021. Matt Neal had, up until 2021, competed in at least one round of the BTCC since 1991, and with Rowbottom taking the second seat at the Neal family-run team, so ends a BTCC story spanning three decades. Can a champion be worthy if he only won one race? 2021 British Touring Car Championship Calendar After a COVID-shortened 2020 season, the BTCC is back to a planned 10 race weekends for 2021. Updated 09:30 Wednesday 20th January. Start of 2021 BTCC Season Delayed by COVID Pandemic Thursday January 14 3:10 PM Organisers of the British Touring Car Championship have delayed the … Three-time BTCC champion Gordon Shedden will return to the series after a three-year hiatus, effectively stepping back into the seat that was kept warm for him by the outgoing Dan Cammish. Glynn Geddie also steps up to a full-time drive with the squad after substituting for two meetings in 2020, for what should be his first full season in the championship. Updated Wednesday 27th January. When the announcement was made that Tom Ingram would leave the Speedworks-run Toyota squad, it took the shine away somewhat from the confirmation that the team were looking to double its efforts in 2021 to a two-car programme. After a commercially-enforced year out in 2020, Jason Plato returns to the British championship in 2021 with a score to settle. Full race results of the opening round of the 2021 British Touring Car Championship from Thruxton. BTCC Thruxton: Race Results (1)POSDRIVERTEAMCAR1Josh … Updated 12:05 Thursday 18th March. The Ingram/Speedworks split came just days after the merger of Laser Tools Racing and Team HARD, meaning the Tony Gilham-led squad now has no fewer than seven cars under its banner, having run five in 2020. Message from The Duke of Richmond and Gordon. Share this article. Simon Evans. BTCC's hybrid future faces urgent hurdles, Russell wants next Formula 1 contract to be a multi-year deal, Why McLaren joined F1 2021's Z-shaped floor trend, 2021 Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix session timings and preview. Titles should be won by the driver who claims more victories than anyone else, so convention goes. The 2021 BTCC season is not due to begin until May after organisers were forced to push back the start of the campaign by five weeks due the COVID … BTCC 07 Jan, 2021, 18:30 IST. Colin Turkington and Tom Olphant have been confirmed so far, with team boss Dick Bennets hinting that there were seven drivers in the frame for the trio of available seats before the news of those signings broke. The two-time BTCC champion found himself watching the championship from the sidelines after his Power Maxed Racing squad elected to withdraw its two full-time entries and roll over the budgets to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ollie Jackson will rekindle his working relationship with former boss Shaun Hollamby as he joins forces with Jake Hill in the MB Motorsport stable. Thruxton hosts high-speed thriller as Hill tops the standings BTC Racing’s Josh Cook claimed a memorable double triumph as the 2021 Kwik Fit British Touring… Team Dynamics has unveiled the livery it will use in this year’s British Touring Car Championship, with the outfit opting to continue with a black base colour. Updated 15:10 Friday 22nd January. It is set to be the first full season for the Yorkshireman, who enjoyed stints with Eurotech, Triple Eight Racing and BTC Racing between 2016 and 2018. Smelt, meanwhile, returns to the BTCC after two seasons in British GT, including a 2020 campaign for Speedworks in a Toyota GR Supra GT4. COOK CLAIMS DOUBLE DURING BTCC CURTAIN-RAISER. With a career that has been closely linked to the squad who once ran title-winning campaigns for the likes of Ayrton Senna, Mika Häkkinen and Rubens Barrichello in Formula 3, Turkington will line up for his 14th season with West Surrey Racing as he chases a record-breaking fifth BTCC title. The BTCC keeps getting more competitive - this season produced another new record number of winners. Updated 08:05 Friday 19th March. Chris Smiley has been retained by the team and Tom Ingram has joined on a "multi-year deal". Fan favourite Jack Goff returns for the third season in this stint with Team HARD, hoping the switch from Volkswagen to Cupra is promising after a somewhat disappointing 2020 campaign saw only 11 points bagged in 27 races. Going into his fifth full season in the BTCC, Smiley will be looking to continue his current run of form of at least one podium a year, stretching back to 2018 with the BTC team. Entered under the banner of Toyota Gazu Racing UK, Speedworks Motorsport is to field two versions of the Corolla, which won seven races during the two-season competition with Tom Ingram. While last year’s top two have stayed put, there’s been a lot of fat to chew elsewhere, which should result in another fascinating year of tin-top action. Team Dynamics has announced that Dan Cammish will not be part of its driver line-up for the 2021 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship. NEWS - NBE’s 2021 BTCC Preview. Series organisers TOCA had previously elected to amend the calendar in the hope of being able to admit fans to events this year, with both the Brands Hatch … More » Cammish was left high and dry for 2021 after commercial considerations forced him out of the Team Dynamics Honda line-up, after just one season of a two-year deal. Rowbottom’s deal means he now joins for the grid for his second campaign, having competed with Ciceley Motorsport in 2019, finishing in the points on four occasions en route to 28th in the standings. The move also leaves little options on the table for Cammish in 2021, with only two seats on the grid remaining outside of Honda – the final Team HARD Cupra and the second Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra. Mat Jackson was scheduled to be in the second seat in 2020, and reportedly has first refusal on said seat for 2021, but PMR effectively spent a season auditioning second drivers throughout 2020 with six different newcomers behind the wheel of the Astra, so there’s plenty of options for the Vauxhall squad. Four-time British Touring Car Champion Colin Turkington has been confirmed at West Surrey Racing for his 17th campaign in the premier British racing series after narrowly losing out to Ash Sutton in 2020. The BTCC is yet to begin in 2021 and it’s been a long wait – not quite as long it ended up being in 2020 – since the end of the 2020 season. Lloyd, who last competed in Britain’s premier tin-top series in 2018, will line-up alongside two-time champion Jason Plato in the Vauxhall Astra. Updated 9:15 Wednesday 3rd February 2021. That made picking a final top 10 an unenviable task, so we enlisted the help of those who were in the heat of the action to decide the order. ... Home » BTCC » News. Shedden’s appointment leaves one seat remaining in the Team Dynamics stable, and only three left across the grid. British Touring Car Championship official site. Another case of two teams merging for 2021, Excelr8 Motorsport and Trade Price Cars have joined forces for the upcoming season, bringing an additional two Hyundai i30 Fastback Ns to the grid – which is no bad thing as they were two of the best-looking cars in 2020. The British Touring Car Championship has today (July 20) announced the official calendar for 2021, with Thruxton most notably set to stage two events in the same season for the second time in three years. Scoring 50 points more in 2020 over his 2019 tally, despite fewer races, and helping BMW secure its fifth-consecutive Manufacturers’ title – a record-equalling feat. During his tenure outside of the BTCC, Shedden competed for the Leopard Racing Audi Sport squad in WTCR, with his only win during that time coming at Wuhan in 2018. The 2015 Revival reflected on the life and career of one of motorsport's greats... Minis on parade, a mighty St. Mary's and a raucous RAC TT... Stay in the know with our newsletters that contain all the latest news, stories and event information. Perennial fan favourite Hamilton joined the Team HARD squad in 2020, piloting one of the team’s aging Volkswagen CCs, achieving his first BTCC point in the final race at the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit. Joining the stable in 2021 is four-time World Hot Rod champion Carl Boardley, who continues his climb up the grid and will be hoping the evidently quick Infiniti Q50 will provide the best opportunity of Jack Sears Trophy honours. Does the unpredictable nature of the British Touring Car Championship render that notion obsolete? Shedden’s return to Dynamics is effectively a return home for the Scot, with 333 of his 347 BTCC starts coming with the Neal family team. Earlier this month, BTCC Series Director Alan Gow joined the V8 Sleuth Podcast to talk all things racing. Join the GRRC Fellowship to access year-round exclusive videos, live streaming from events and more. Full race results of round three of the 2021 British Touring Car Championship from Thruxton. A new British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) game is currently in negotiations with the goal of releasing in 2021/2022. The Infiniti Q50 was completely redesigned, redeveloped and revamped by BMR and Laser Tools Racing for 2020. News provided by. It’s been a busy silly season in the BTCC since the chequered flag fell to end the 2020 campaign last November. One of the hottest prospects in the BTCC in recent years, Tom Ingram, made one of the biggest headlines in the 2020/21 off-season with his departure from the Speedworks squad after seven years. With no BTCC drive in 2020, Rowbottom made a one-off appearance in the 2020 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series at Vallelunga. 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Instead of kicking off at Brands Hatch on 4 April, the series will now begin at Thruxton on 9 May. With an expanded programme for 2020, and the departure of long-term driver Tom Ingram, the Speedworks-run Toyota Gazoo Racing UK squad had two seats to fill for the 2021 season, and today the team have confirmed that Rory Butcher and Sam Smelt will line up in the pair of corporate-liveried Toyota Corollas. MB Motorsport retains the services of Jake Hill, who was one of the breakout stars of 2020 with one of the more impressive Saturday records on the grid, and both he and the team will be hoping to back up a strong year with some trips to the top step of the podium in 2021. BTCC announces revised 2021 calendar The Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship has announced a revised calendar for the forthcoming 2021 campaign. Stephen Jelley claims the third seat, making a return to the squad after a 12-year hiatus. The 2017 season; The 2018 season; The 2019 season; The 2020 season; The 2021 season; The Decade: 2010-19; NGTC Era. Butcher, who took the Independents’ crown in 2019, will be eyeing up overall honours in 2021 in the car which took five podiums in the final six races of last year’s campaign. The announcement confirms a consistent team line-up for BMW, following the confirmation that Colin Turkington will return to the team for his 17th BTCC campaign, and leaves one works BMW 330i M Sport seat to be filled. Updated 12:00 Friday 15th January. It was with BTC Racing in 2018 that he really impressed the BTCC fraternity, regularly finishing in the top ten and topping it off by winning the reverse grid race at Croft alongside a dominant performance in that year’s inaugural TCR UK season. Meanwhile, the second seat, what became one of the most talked about seats for 2021, has gone to Daniel Rowbottom, with the three-time BTCC champion Matt Neal taking a sabbatical year. Three-time BTCC champion Gordon Shedden will return to the series after a three-year hiatus, effectively stepping back into the seat that was kept warm for him by the outgoing Dan Cammish. 2020 summary: Fears that Covid would have a disastrous financial effect on the quality of this years grid thankfully proved to be unfounded. His reward for his efforts with Team HARD will be to get behind the wheel of one of the team’s all-new Cupra Leons alongside the team’s already announced trio Jack Goff, Aron Taylor-Smith and Glynn Geddie, as well as their Infiniti-driving stablemates Aiden Moffat, Carl Boardley and reigning champion Ash Sutton.
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