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Did the right driver win the BTCC crown?

Accusations about BMW's "DTM" machinery and some particular twists in the three-way battle for the BTCC title might raise questions over Colin Turkington's 2019 achievements. But playing 'what if' shows his merit

Matt Kew Oct 18, 2019, 2:04 PM

There are few exercises in life that are more time-consuming, more fun, and more fruitless, than plotting 'what if?'. But let's entertain that idea here just for a moment.

Andrew Jordan will argue that had it not been for his non-score at Donington Park in the second round of the 2019 British Touring Car Championship season, or being hit by Senna Proctor in race three at Knockhill, then he would be the newly crowned champion.

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Author Matt Kew

Matt Kew is Autosport’s F1 Editor, a role he has held since March 2022 following stints covering Formula E, Extreme E and the British Touring Car Championship.

Matt joined Autosport in 2018 to work predominantly on the magazine, but his relentless quoting of Alan Partridge meant office colleagues soon thought he would be better-suited to increased field work.

Needless to say, Matt had the last laugh when he won the Motorsport UK Young Journalist of the Year Award in 2019.

His interest in motorsport was sparked by regular trips to watch ASCAR crash around Rockingham’s banked oval.

Matt read politics and philosophy at the University of Sheffield - receiving first-class honours for his dissertation assessing the lack of female participation in top-tier motor racing.

He covered a wide variety of national race and rally meetings for Autosport as a freelancer before joining full-time. His best efforts to argue the merits of historic racing are undone by a questionable taste in music and James Bond actors.