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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 win on the Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit. The 30-year-old Oliphant, who ended up sixth in the 202...

Butcher to lead two-car Toyota BTCC effort alongside Smelt for 2021 Autosport 27/01/2021 © LAT Images Butcher to lead two-car Toyota BTCC effort in 2021 Six-time British Touring Car Championship race winner Rory Butcher will lead an expanded two-car Toyota line-up run by Speedworks Motorsport this season. As expected, the 33-year-old Scot is replacing the Excelr8 Hyundai-bound Tom Ingram, following a 2020 season in which he remained in title contention until the final race weekend with the Motorbase Performance Ford Focus squad. Speedworks, which is representing Toyota in the BTCC manu...

Ingram to lead Hyundai BTCC squad Excelr8 in 2021 after move from Toyota Autosport 20/01/2021 © LAT Images Ingram to lead Hyundai BTCC squad in 2021 British Touring Car Championship star Tom Ingram will line up in a Hyundai this season at the start of what has been described as a "multi-year agreement" with Excelr8 Motorsport. Commercial considerations were at the root of the split, with Ingram carrying personal backing from Cornish pasty giant Ginsters and Hansford Sensors, and Speedworks aligning its livery more closely with Toyota Gazoo Racing as part of an expanded two-car effort. In...

Smiley faces second season with Excelr8 Hyundai BTCC team Autosport 15/01/2021 © LAT Images Smiley remains with Excelr8 Hyundai BTCC team British Touring Car Championship race winner Chris Smiley is to remain with the Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai squad for a second season in 2021. The Northern Irishman gave the Excelr8-run Hyundai i30 N a reversed-grid second place on its debut race weekend at Donington Park last season, and forms part of an expanded four-car line-up for the Suffolk squad in 2021. That comes thanks to a new-for-2021 tie-up with Trade Price Cars, whose Audis were operated b...

Toyota expands to two-car BTCC attack for 2021 Autosport 12/01/2021 © LAT Images Toyota expands to two-car BTCC attack Toyota's British Touring Car Championship team is to expand to two cars for the 2021 season. Speedworks Motorsport, which is entered under the banner of Toyota Gazoo Racing UK, is to field two versions of the Corolla, which has taken seven race wins during its two seasons of competition with Tom Ingram at the wheel. The move represents what Toyota UK hopes will be a full-on attack for the BTCC manufacturers' championship in TGR corporate livery this season - last year th...