BTCC News

Jason Plato has been given reason to celebrate before even getting to Donington Park for the third round of the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship after becoming a father for the first time.

John George endured a trying weekend at Rockingham as the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship made its annual trip to the unique oval circuit for the second round of the year.

Adam Jones has praised his GR Asia-run Team Aircool outfit on the back of his podium finish during the second round of the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship at Rockingham.

Team Eurotech title sponsors John Guest has announced that it will sponsor race day during the next round of the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship at Donington Park.

Gordon Shedden dedicated his race one victory to the memory of fellow Scot David Leslie after taking his first win of the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship season at Rockingham.

Having missed the opening round of the season at Brands Hatch, Team 48 Motorsport has confirmed that it will also sit out the second round of the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship at Rockingham this weekend.

Gordon Shedden says he doesn't see Fabrizio Giovanardi walking away with the 2008 HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship title, despite the defending champion securing two wins in the season opener at Brand Hatch.

Colin Hilton, MSA chief executive:

The Petronas Syntium team has expressed its shock at the death of former driver David Leslie in yesterday's aircraft accident in Kent.

Richard Lloyd, who has died at the age of 63, was a major figure on the British motorsport scene, both as a racer and then as a highly respected team owner.

David Leslie, who has died at the age of 54, was one of the stars of the British Touring Car Championship during the hugely popular Super Touring era of the 1990s.

Team Halfords aims to drive forward in 2009. Team Halfords team manager Oly Collins says his team will aim to be faster and tougher during the 2008 HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship season.

Arkas Racing with Sunshine.co.uk technical director Brian Ashwood has admitted he is confident that 2008 will be a good season for the second-year HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship team.

New Vauxhall driver Tom Onslow-Cole has pledged his support for the charity BLISS going into the 2008 HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship season. The 20-year-old has been named as the new face for the London-based charity, which helps to support premature babies.

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Having backed Vauxhall in recent seasons, Holiday Inn is to switch teams for the 2008 HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship season to renew its ties with SEAT.

The 50th anniversary British Touring Car Championship will see at least 27 cars on track for the campaign which kicks off at Brands Hatch at the end of the month.

Ahead of the annual media day for the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship at Rockingham tomorrow [Wednesday], SEAT has released studio images of the SEAT Leon TDi it will campaign during the 2008 season.

Former national Fiesta champion Andy Neate has expressed his disappointment at missing out on the chance to join Team RAC for the 2008 HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship season.

SEAT Sport UK has announced the appointment of Dave Ward, a member of Audi's 1996 title winning British Touring Car Championship team, as its new race team manager.

The HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship has confirmed a new three-year agreement has been reached with ITV which will include an unprecedented amount of live coverage of the 50th anniversary season.

The MINI Challenge has been named as one of the support races for the Snetterton round of the 2008 HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship.

Team RAC has announced that Tom Onslow-Cole will not be returning for a second year with the team in the 2008 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship.

by Russell Atkins After one of the hardest-fought campaigns in recent Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship memory, Fabrizio Giovanardi has admitted the best successes are always those you have to really fight for.