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Thruxton BTCC: Champion Sutton tops wet practice running Autosport 8/05/2021 © Steven Tee / Motorsport Images Juan Pablo Montoya, Williams FW23 BMW Reigning British Touring Car champion Ash Sutton topped free practice for the opening round of the 2021 series at Thruxton in wet conditions. Sutton whisked his Laser Tools Racing Infiniti Q50 around the Hampshire speedbowl 0.049 seconds quicker than Josh Cook’s earlier best to end the opening session on top. Despite little rain between the t...

Ash Sutton topped the times in the opening free practice session of the new British Touring Car Championship season at Thruxton. In tricky wet conditions after overnight rain was followed by more showers at the high-speed Hampshire circuit, Sutton would emerge as the man to beat at the wheel of his Laser Tools Racing Infiniti … More »

3 weeks ago Colin Turkington has predicted that the 2021 BTCC season will be a “box office hit” as the field heads to Thruxton for the opening round of the campaign this weekend. The West Surrey Racing driver heads into the new season seeking to try and reclaim the title he lost to Ash Sutton last year, with the Northern Irishman seeking to make history as the first ever five-time champion. Turkington has won four times at Thruxton in the past and has high hopes of a strong weekend to start...

2 days ago Defending champion Ash Sutton has welcomed the chance to “tinker away” with his title-winning Infiniti Q50 as preparations continue for the start of the new British Touring Car Championship season. The Laser Tools Racing driver secured his second title at the wheel of the car last season, despite the team being able to conduct only limited testing across the year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Already this season, the team has been able to complete a number of days of runn...

22 Apr 2021 Three-time British Touring Car champion Gordon Shedden has topped the timesheets on his official return to the series after setting the quickest lap at the Silverstone media day test. Three-time British Touring Car champion Gordon Shedden has topped the timesheets on his official return to the series after setting the quickest lap at the Silverstone media day test. Shedden posted a 57.108s lap during the afternoon running to emerge from the pre-season test as the man to beat ahead o...

Parfitt Jr completes Excelr8 Hyundai BTCC squad for 2021 Autosport 23/02/2021 © LAT Images Parfitt Jr completes Excelr8 Hyundai BTCC squad Former British GT champion Rick Parfitt Jr will complete the Excelr8 Trade Price Cars driver line-up for its 2021 British Touring Car Championship assault. The 2017 British GT title winner is set to make his debut in the BTCC this season, driving one of four Hyundai 30N Fastbacks the team will run this season. Parfitt Jr will join last years BTCC title ...

Stephen Jelley completes West Surrey Racing BMW line-up in BTCC for 2021 Autosport 17/02/2021 © LAT Images Jelley completes WSR BMW line-up for 2021 Triple British Touring Car Championship race winner Stephen Jelley has returned to the West Surrey Racing BMW squad for 2021 after an 11-year absence from the team. Jelley abandoned his single-seater career to go into tin-tops with WSR in 2008, and in his second season he steered the Super 2000-spec BMW 320si to two victories at Rockingham. La...

Tom Oliphant remains with West Surrey Racing BMW in BTCC for 2021 Autosport 10/02/2021 © LAT Images Oliphant remains with BMW in BTCC for 2021 British Touring Car Championship race winner Tom Oliphant will remain on board at the West Surrey Racing-run BMW squad for a third season this year. The former Ginetta GT4 Supercup champion joined WSR for 2019 after a rookie BTCC season at the wheel of a Ciceley Motorsport Mercedes, and in 2020 made a big jump in competitiveness to take his maiden ...

Colin Turkington to spearhead WSR entry 2 months ago Colin Turkington will once again lead West Surrey Racing’s assault on the British Touring Car Championship after extending his time with the team into a 14th season. The Northern Irishman will be seeking to try and reclaim the championship crown that he lost to Ash Sutton last year, with the 38-year-old going for what would be a record-breaking fifth title. Turkington, who has 56 career wins to his name, currently sits level on four titles ...

Extra BTCC ballast no concern as Turkington stays at West Surrey Racing BMW Autosport 3/02/2021 © LAT Images Extra ballast no concern as Turkington stays at BMW Four-time British Touring Car champion Colin Turkington will remain with the West Surrey Racing-run BMW team for 2021 - his 14th season under the WSR umbrella. And while the BTCC is upping its maximum level of success ballast back to its pre-2019 level of 75kg, WSR boss Dick Bennetts says that will pose no problem for the 330i M Sp...