Photo: TCR Europe
Fernando Navarrete has become the first confirmed entry for the inaugural season of TCR Spain, whilst also confirming that he will return to take part in selected TCR Europe events in 2021.
Navarrete, 40, made his TCR Europe début in last year’s season finale at Jarama, racing a Peugeot 308 TCR run by SMC Junior Motorsport. His best result was 15
th in race one.
The Spaniard will return to TCR Europe in some capacity in 2021, at a yet-to-be-confirmed event, whilst also focussing on a full season in TCR Spain, which was announced recently.
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Navarrete was a title contender in the 2019 Spanish Touring Car Championship (CET) and is expecting strong competition in TCR Spain in 2021.
Photo: Jakob Ebrey
Tom Oliphant has been confirmed to remain at Team BMW for the 2021 British Touring Car Championship season, where he will line-up alongside Colin Turkington for a third successive season.
Oliphant first joined the WSR-run BMW outfit for the 2019 season when it entered a trio of new BMW 330i M Sport cars, with Turkington eventually taking the title.
Oliphant, who joined the BTCC in 2018, ended his first season with the team in 11
th overall in the drivers’ standings, and last year he improved that to end the year sixth overall, including taking his maiden race victory at Brands Hatch.
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Modern Classic Review – the
CarAdvice team take time away from Australia’s new car landscape to look at machines we consider true modern classics.
Today we ll wind the clock back a little further than usual, to give time to a properly iconic Australian classic. Is there something on your radar? Let us know what modern classics you would like to see the team review.
Modern Classic: 1974 Ford Falcon GT Hardtop (XB)
When the chance comes to talk about an iconic Aussie car, few wear the title better than a fiery red
XB GT Hardtop. In this case, an unrestored
BTC Racing makes TOCA engine switch
3 months ago
BTC Racing has announced that it will switch to the TOCA engine for the 2021 British Touring Car Championship season.
Since moving to the Honda Civic FK8 for the 2019 season, the team has run with the same Neil Brown-developed Honda unit as fitted to the two Team Dynamics cars, but will now go back to the Swindon engine that it previously used in its Chevrolet and FK2 Hondas in the past.
Swindon is going into the final year of its contracts to provide the TOCA engine, with World Rally Championship powerhouse M-Sport taking over for 2022 when the new hybrid era begins.