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Andrew Jordan, BTCC TOCA Hybrid Toyota Corolla
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The green light shining for the BTCC's hybrid future

The Cosworth Electronics-developed BTCC hybrid system made its public debut in the most recent round at Silverstone. It's simple, but could significantly change the series' technical challenges for both the drivers and the teams

The push-button future is already here. The British Touring Car Championship heads into an era of hybrid power in 2022, and the series’ cognoscenti got a glimpse of it at the recent Silverstone round. There, 2013 champion Andrew Jordan drove a Speedworks Motorsport-built Toyota Corolla in free practice, qualifying and the races, using the new-for-2022 M-Sport-produced TOCA customer engine and Cosworth Electronics’ hybrid system.

Cosworth was awarded the tender by BTCC organiser TOCA in July 2019 and started development the following month on the hybrid system, which will cost £20,500 per season per car to lease. By the summer of 2020, it was running on the track. That gave Cosworth a decent lead time to get things running smoothly, even amid the COVID-19 backdrop.

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