British Touring Car Championship attracts bumper, 32-car field
The British Touring Car Championship has revealed its largest yet full season entry, with 32 cars taking part in the 2016 contest
This season's championship was launched at Donington Park on Tuesday morning, with drivers scheduled to take part in a test session this afternoon.
The final entry, Team BKR, added two cars to the field to bring the total number of entries committed to all 10 events up to 32.
Series director Alan Gow said: "This is a truly golden era for the BTCC and our developments in recent months further underline its strength and position as Britain's most successful motorsport series - and by a very big margin.
"I am also really pleased with the increasing amount of new talent that has been coming in to the British Touring Car Championship over the last few years.
"Make no mistake, many will go on to become future household names of the BTCC.
"These really are the 'good old days' that, one day in the future, we will look back on with great fondness and delight. We look forward to witnessing another classic year of the BTCC."
FULL 2016 BTCC ENTRY LIST
No. Driver Team/Car 4 Colin Turkington Team BMR Subaru Levorg 7 Mat Jackson Motorbase Performance Ford Focus 11 Rob Austin Handy Motorsport Toyota Avensis 12 Michael Epps Team Hard Toyota Avensis 14 Alex Martin Team Parker Racing Ford Focus 16 Aiden Moffat Ciceley Motorsport Mercedes-Benz A-Class 17 Dan Welch Welch Motorsport Proton Persona 20 James Cole Team BMR Subaru Levorg 22 Chris Smiley Team Hard Toyota Avensis 24 Jake Hill Team Hard Toyota Avensis 25 Matt Neal Team Dynamics Honda Civic Type R 30 Martin Depper Eurotech Racing Honda Civic Type R 31 Jack Goff WSR BMW 125i M Sport 33 Adam Morgan Ciceley Racing Mercedes-Benz A-Class 38 Mark Howard Team BKR VW CC
39 Warren Scott Team BMR Subaru Levorg 40 Aron Smith Team BKR VW CC 48 Ollie Jackson AmD Tuning Audi S3 saloon 52 Gordon Shedden Team Dynamics Honda Civic Type R 54 Hunter Abbott Power Maxed Racing Chevrolet Cruze 55 Jeff Smith Eurotech Racing Honda Civic Type R 57 Andy Neate Team Dynamics Honda Civic Type R 66 Josh Cook Triple Eight Racing MG6 77 Andrew Jordan Motorbase Performance Ford Focus 80 Tom Ingram Speedworks Motorsport Toyota Avensis 84 Kelvin Fletcher Power Maxed Racing Chevrolet Cruze 95 Stewart Lines Maximum Motorsport Ford Focus 99 Jason Plato Team BMR Subaru Levorg 100 Rob Collard WSR BMW 125i M Sport 116 Ashley Sutton Triple Eight Racing MG6 303 Matt Simpson Speedworks Motorsport Honda Civic Type R 600 Sam Tordoff WSR BMW 125i M Sport
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