BTCC News

The www.theAA.com MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) unveils two new faces this weekend (August 25/26) as it pays its second visit to Oulton Park Circuit, Cheshire.

Andy Priaulx will join the grid for the British Touring Car Championship at Oulton Park next weekend, after clinching a one-off race deal to replace banned regular driver Phil Bennett in the Egg Sport Vauxhall team.

Having successfully completed its shakedown at MIRA, Lola Cars International and engine developers Advanced Engine Research continued with the development of the for the MG ZS EX259 touring car at its first real test on August 15-16.

Team Kaliber Sport with Barwell Motorsport scored its first ever British Touring Car Championship [BTCC] outright victory at Knockhill on Sunday, when Simon Graves took his Honda Accord across the finish line in the sprint race.

Britain's youngest touring car driver Tom Boardman gets a new lease of life this weekend for rounds eleven and twelve of the MSA British Touring Car Championship for, when he takes to the track at Donington Park, his BTC Production class Peugeot 306 GTi6 will feel like a brand new car.

Egg Sport drivers experienced a day of mixed fortunes at the fifth round of the 2001 BTCC Championship in the Emerald Isle. The jewel in the team's crown went to James Thompson who took second position in the Sprint and third in the Feature Race.

For the first time in his fledgling touring car career, young Tom Boardman heads to an event on a level footing with most of his rivals, as the BTCC heads towards its Emerald Isle debut.

Paul Ridgway - GR Motorsport's team manager - talks about Silverstone, the team's hopes for the 7th and 8th rounds and a lot more: Q: With a 15 minute session on Friday Evening (10.15pm-10.30pm), how much data / information can be collected, in only 15mins?

With a smile as bright as the early summer sunshine, Egg Sport's James Thompson took to the podium to claim the second prize for the third round of the 2001 BTCC Championship. James Thompson is becoming a dab-hand with the bubbly, enjoying podium finishes at every round of the season so far.

Team CAM (Cranfield Automotive Management) suffered from some appallingly bad luck this weekend at Oulton Park when mechanical gremlins sidelined both drivers.

The 2001 British Touring Car Championship arrive at Oulton Park circuit in Cheshire, for rounds five & six of the new look BTCC.

1. Yvan Muller Vauxhall Motorsport Vauxhall Astra 30 laps 2. James Thompson Team Egg Sport Vauxhall Astra +2.152secs 3. Tim Harvey JSM Alfa Romeo 147 +55.423secs 4. Gavin Pyper GA Janspeed Alfa Romeo 156 +1 lap *

James Levy will drive the second of the Team CAM Mitsubishi Carismas in this Sunday's British Touring Car Championship meeting at Oulton Park.

Rounds three and four of the British Touring Car Championship at Thruxton saw Toni Ruokonen battle the Team CAM Mitsubishi Carisma GDi through the field, only to be denied an almost assured top ten finish in both races.

Barwell Motorsport enjoyed its finest hour at Thruxton yesterday, with drivers James Kaye and Peter Cate dominating the Feature race to record a 1-2 finish in the BTC Production Class.

A full crowd together with a full grid of cars for rounds three and four of the new-look British Touring Car Championship set the scene for a spectacular - and sun-blessed - day of racing at Thruxton.

The 2001 British Touring Car Championship heads to Thruxton for Rounds 3 & 4 this Bank Holiday Monday, with a new format announced for the Championship Sprint Races.

BTCC driver Matt Neal has lost his drive with the Peugeot Sport UK team after an important sponsorship deal fell through at the last minute.

The MG ZS racing saloon, developed with the help of Lola and engine specialists AER, will make it's BTCC competition debut at the Silverstone International meeting on September 8/9, with track testing due to commence in July.

Touring and Production class championship standings after the Sprint and Feature races at Brands Hatch. Touring class standings.

Simon Harrison won the first ever BTC Production class Sprint race today from fellow HTML Peugeot 306 driver Roger Moen by just over 2 seconds.

B&Q, Europe's leading home improvements retailer, is to enter into a major sponsorship programme in the 2001 British Touring Car Championship.

Salisbury-based GA Janspeed, lead by team principal and former BTCC driver, Gary Ayles, will be competing for honours in Britain's premier race series this coming weekend - the British Touring car Championship.

The 2001 British Touring Car Championship gets off to a flying start on the April 15-16, when the first rounds are held on the Brands Hatch Indy circuit.