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Motorbase signs Independents Trophy champion Butcher
Reigning Independents Trophy champion Rory Butcher will switch to a Motorbase Performance Ford Focus for the 2020 British Touring Car Championship season
BTCC 2020: Ollie Jackson to race newly built Motorbase Ford Focus RS
Ollie Jackson will remain with Motorbase Performance in the British Touring Car Championship at the wheel of a newly built Ford Focus RS in 2020
Injured BTCC champion Neal expects to be fit for start of season
British Touring Car champion Matt Neal believes he will be fit to return for the opening round of the season after suffering serious injuries in a mountain bike accident
Birmingham venue in council saga could be saved for at least 12 months
Short oval venue Birmingham Wheels, which had been embroiled in a saga that involved a council suing itself, looks set to have avoided closure for 12 months
Michael Crees completes BTC's three-car 2020 BTCC line-up
Michael Crees will race with BTC Racing in the British Touring Car Championship this year, completing the squad's three-car line-up for 2020
Hyundai BTCC team Excelr8 reveals Proctor as first 2020 driver
British Touring Car Championship race winner Senna Proctor is the first signing for the new Excelr8 Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance team for the 2020 season
Ciceley BTCC squad Ciceley reworking Mercedes, retains line-up
Ciceley Motorsport will field an unchanged line-up of Adam Morgan and Daniel Rowbottom in the 2020 British Touring Car Championship in a brace of reworked Mercedes A-Class machines
Tom Chilton switches to BTC squad in latest Honda in BTCC
Tom Chilton will partner Josh Cook at the BTC Racing British Touring Car Championship team in 2020 at the wheel of a latest-specification Honda Civic Type R FK8
British GT champion Gornall takes Audi seat after Blundell's BTCC exit
Trade Price Cars Racing has signed 2008 British GT champion James Gornall to contest the '20 British Touring Car Championship season at the wheel of an Audi S3
Josh Cook stays with BTC Racing for 2020 BTCC in three-car team
Josh Cook will remain with the BTC Racing squad for another year in the British Touring Car Championship
The final-race twist that capped a decade of BTCC drama
In the latest feature of our series looking back at motorsport in the 2010s, we revisit the recent '19 British Touring Car Championship finale at Brands Hatch and the last race drama that decided the title
BTCC squad Speedworks eyeing Toyota GT outings in 2020
British Touring Car Championship team Speedworks Motorsport is eyeing a move into the British GT4 series next season with the new Toyota Supra
Thompson joins Trade Price Cars Racing for '20 BTCC campaign
The Trade Price Cars Racing British Touring Car Championship team has signed Bobby Thompson to drive one of its Audi S3 saloons in the 2020 campaign
Council suing itself puts Birmingham Wheels Raceway at closure risk
Birmingham Wheels Raceway is under threat of closure as the city council has taken steps to repossess the site that it owns, which could stop racing at the venue
Jake Hill joins race-winning Honda Civic BTCC squad AmD Tuning
British Touring Car Championship race winner Jake Hill has signed to drive an AmD Tuning-run Honda Civic FK2 in next year's 30-race contest
2013 champion Jordan seals BTCC stay after all with WSR BMW squad
Andrew Jordan has secured a deal to remain on the British Touring Car Championship grid as part of an expanded three-car Team BMW squad in 2020
BTCC champion Colin Turkington penalised and rolls in China outing
British Touring Car champion Colin Turkington's cameo in the Chinese Touring Car Championship at Wuhan was ruined by a roll and a drivethrough penalty in the two races
Oliphant rejoins Turkington at WSR in BTCC for 2020
This year's Jack Sears Trophy runner-up Tom Oliphant will remain with Team BMW for a second season in the first British Touring Car Championship in 2020
BTCC champion Turkington back with WSR BMW for 2020 charge
British Touring Car champion Colin Turkington will again lead the WSR works BMW line-up in 2020, and has targeted breaking Andy Rouse's record of four titles
Carl Boardley gets WSR-built BMW for BTCC 2020 with Team Hard
British Touring Car Championship racer Carl Boardley will continue in the category with Team Hard in 2020, but at the wheel of a WSR-built BMW 125i M Sport
BTCC reveals 30-car 2020 entry list, BTC Racing adds third car
The entrants' permits for next season's British Touring Car Championship have been revealed, with 30 issued for the 30-race contest
Bushell returns to BTCC with Team Hard after 2019 seat near-miss
Mike Bushell will return to the British Touring Car Championship next season at the wheel of a Team Hard VW CC
Sutton joins Moffat at new-look Laser Tools Infiniti BTCC team
Ash Sutton will join Aiden Moffat in a two-car Laser Tools Racing Infiniti squad in the British Touring Car Championship in 2020
How those in the know ranked the BTCC's class of 2019
Autosport enlisted the help of those best-placed to judge this year's British Touring Car Championship field to rank a definitive top 10. Here are the results
Hyundai joins British Touring Car Championship for 2020 with Excelr8
The Excelr8 Motorsport British Touring Car Championship squad will bring two newly built Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance machines to the grid for the 2020 season
BTCC race winner Goff keeps Team Hard Volkswagen CC drive for 2020
Team Hard has announced that British Touring Car Championship race winner Jack Goff will remain with the team for the 2020 season
BTCC to trial new qualifying system at Snetterton in 2020
The British Touring Car Championship will trial a new qualifying system at Snetterton in July as part of wider changes to the sporting regulations for the 2020 season
Stewart Lines to drive BTCC car as Maximum considers series return
Stewart Lines will drive a current-specification British Touring Car Championship car in the Touring Car Trophy at Donington Park in a potential precursor to a BTCC return for Maximum Motorsport
Subaru to exit BTCC as Levorg deal ends, BMR Racing to continue
Subaru will leave the British Touring Car Championship after the title-winning BMR Racing squad's four-year deal to field the Levorg came to an end
BTCC finale: Concussion, intra-team rivalry and feisty outsiders
The British Touring Car Championship's close battles mean it never fails to deliver an exciting title finale. With two team-mates fighting against each other and title-fight rookies and outsiders in the mix, this year is set to bring drama aplenty
The engineering experts behind a BTCC Lazarus act
An Italian engineering group is making waves in the BTCC with a resurrected project that many had long forgotten about
BTCC title challenger Cammish gets new two-year Dynamics Honda deal
British Touring Car Championship title contender Dan Cammish has agreed a new deal with the factory-backed Team Dynamics Honda squad for two years
Blundell could race Honda in club event as he considers BTCC future
Ex-Formula 1 driver Mark Blundell could try an AmD Tuning Honda in the club-level Touring Car Trophy as he considers whether to stay in the British Touring Car Championship
Blundell opens up about "painful" BTCC season
Mark Blundell has scored points just once in 24 BTCC races this year and was even told to consider quitting by a rival driver. He explains the factors behind his poor form and whether he will stay for 2020
Nicolas Hamilton withdraws from remainder of 2019 BTCC
Although his season looked to have been saved by Williams Formula 1 sponsor ROKiT last month, Nicolas Hamilton has elected to miss the final two British Touring Car Championship events
Bushell replaces Tordoff in AmDTuning Honda for rest of 2019 BTCC
Mike Bushell will replace Sam Tordoff in the AmDTuning Honda Civic Type R for the remainder of the British Touring Car Championship this year
Butcher to drive MG TCR car for Olympics-style Motorsport Games
British Touring Car Championship frontrunner Rory Butcher will race a TCR-spec MG in the FIA's new nation versus nation Motorsport Games event
Hill takes dominant maiden BTCC victory in final race at Knockhill
Jake Hill took a maiden victory in the British Touring Car Championship by dominating the final race of the weekend at Knockhill in his Trade Price Cars Racing Audi S3
BTCC Knockhill: Jordan takes wins as Turkington suffers disaster
Andrew Jordan's race two victory in the British Touring Car Championship at Knockhill has slashed team-mate Colin Turkington's points lead to just four after a disaster for the sister car
Butcher charges to his first ever BTCC pole at Knockhill
Rory Butcher took his first British Touring Car Championship pole position at Knockhill after a sensational performance in qualifying left him a quarter of a second faster than his rivals
Butcher dominates both BTCC Knockhill free practice sessions
Rory Butcher dominated free practice for the British Touring Car Championship round at Knockhill, finishing both sessions more than 0.2s clear of the opposition
Bushell pauses engineer job to replace Tordoff in BTCC at Knockhill
Double Renault Clio Cup champion Mike Bushell will pause his duties as British Touring Car title contender Rory Butcher's engineer to replace Butcher's team-mate Sam Tordoff at Knockhill this weekend
BTCC title-winning squad Dynamics enters TCR Spa 500 endurance race
Title-winning British Touring Car Championship squad Team Dynamics has entered an Audi RS3 LMS into the TCR Spa 500 race at the Belgian Grand Prix venue in October
The rule that saved a series from "dull" F1 issues
Bickering over the merits of standard parts in the BTCC misses the point that the cream still rises to the top at season's end - and that's got a lot to do with the brains on the pitwall
Snetterton BTCC: Plato gets 15-second penalty for race-three clashes
Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra driver Jason Plato has been hit with a post-race 15-second time penalty after an ill-tempered final British Touring Car Championship race at Snetterton
How hybrid tech will change the BTCC
From the start of the 2022 season, the British Touring Car Championship will feature hybrid technology. Here's how the change is expected to impact the racing in the UK's most popular motorsport category
BTCC reveals hybrid details, ditches success ballast for 2022 rules
The BTCC will no longer use success ballast when it introduces new rules in 2022, and the Cosworth hybrid system will instead be used to balance performance in the series
Neal wants rules to encourage new BTCC cars, restrict older models
Three-time champion and team owner Matt Neal is urging British Touring Car Championship rulemakers to incentivise teams to invest in newer machinery
Chilton fastest for Motorbase on final day of BTCC tyre test
Motorbase Performance Ford Focus driver Tom Chilton went fastest on the final day of the British Touring Car Championship's annual two-day Dunlop tyre test at Snetterton
BTCC Snetterton Test: Chilton tops first day as Infiniti hits track
Tom Chilton topped the timesheets on the first of the two-day British Touring Car Championship test at Snetterton as Laser Tools Racing's Infiniti Q50 broke cover
Moffat's team to bring Infiniti back to BTCC in second half of 2019
Laser Tools Racing driver Aiden Moffat will swap from a Mercedes A-Class to a recently uprated Infiniti Q50 for the remainder of the British Touring Car Championship season
Matt Neal "dodged a bullet" after Oulton BTCC clash with Jake Hill
Three-time British Touring Car champion Matt Neal says that he "dodged a bullet" after contact in the Oulton Park finale spun him across the front of the chasing pack
Jelley 'doesn't really care' first BTCC win since 2009 was inherited
Stephen Jelley says he does not "really care" about the manner of his first British Touring Car Championship win for 10 years, after inheriting victory in the Oulton Park finale
Oulton Park BTCC: Hill loses maiden win after clash with Neal
Jake Hill has lost his first ever British Touring Car Championship victory after being given a 20-second penalty following contact with Matt Neal in the final race at Oulton Park
BTCC checks all crash structures after heavy crashes in 2019 season
British Touring Car Championship technical chiefs inspected the crash structures of all car types ahead of racing at Oulton Park to make sure they conform correctly following recent high-profile crashes
The polystyrene problem behind BTCC qualifying farce
The British Touring Car Championship qualifying session at Croft was disrupted by five red flags, with three coming after drivers hit Recticel barriers placed at certain corners. The paddock - with expert analysis from Rob Austin - reacts
Major British Touring Car Championship calendar shake-up for 2020
The British Touring Car Championship will feature a radically revised calendar for the 2020 season, with a new layout added to the roster for the first time in 18 years
New Croft surface will "transform" BTCC form and end RWD advantage
The new track surface at Croft will end the advantage rear-wheel drive cars have had there, say leading British Touring Car Championship drivers
BTCC rookie Smith barred from Croft session for breaking test rules
British Touring Car Championship newcomer Rob Smith was barred from taking part in the opening practice session at Croft as the MG6 racer was found to have broken testing rules
BTCC pegs back WSR BMWs with boost adjustment
British Touring Car Championship technical bosses have pegged back the WSR BMW 330i M Sport cars during an in-season turbo boost review