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Thompson to take on the World with Alfa?
British Touring Car stalwart James Thompson is set to launch an attack on the 2005 World Touring Car Championship with Alfa Romeo in 2005 according to a report in today's Motorsport News.
Plato: Race one tactics aren't rocket science.
The debate over tactics in the BTCC rages on after Jason Plato again manipulated the finishing positions of race one to gain a better grid slot for race two.
Reid: You can't defy the laws of physics!
Anthony Reid has attacked Tom Chilton after an incident with the Honda driver ruined his final race at Croft.
Thompson confident of victory at home.
After the six week break from action in the British Touring Car Championship it was back to business for VX Racing at Croft on Saturday and whilst his team-mate Yvan Muller is ahead of him on the grid, James Thompson is gunning for victory at his home circuit.
George a happy chap as LPG Peugeot debuts.
John George believes that the new Mardi Gras Peugeot 406 is a "100 percent" improvement on the Honda Civic Type-R that the team started the BTCC season with.
Plato hits back at Muller jibes.
Until the BTCC went to Mondello Park, the rivalry between former Vauxhall teammates Yvan Muller and Jason Plato had been surprisingly quiet.
Renault: No BTCC return in foreseeable future.
Renault were undoubtedly one of the top teams during the so called heydays of the British Touring Car Championship in the 1990s.
MG XPower girl on grid.
MG XPower girl racer Fiona Leggate hopes to be on a touring car grid one day and she achieved part of that dream when the series visited Ireland and the Mondello race circuit.
SEAT: Plato has a great chance at Bathurst.
Jason Plato is looking forward to a third attempt at the famous Bathurst 1000 after yesterday's announcement of his entry into the race.
Plato to do battle with Muller, down under!
As if the resumption of hostilities in Mondello between 2000 BTCC champion Jason Plato and reigning champion Yvan Muller wasn't enough, the pair are set to do battle down under in Australia's most famous motor race, the Bathurst 1000k.
Chilton hoping to cast spell on Mondello.
Works Honda British Touring Car Championship driver Tom Chilton took time out from his preparations for this weekend's races at Mondello Park to appear on British television channel ITV 's popular Saturday morning show, Ministry of Mayhem.
'Past Masters' race announced for BTCC.
The greatest names in British Touring Car history will clash at Donington Park's final championship meeting this season, when champions from the past 14 years go head to head with other notable past BTCC drivers in a spectacular and unique 'BTCC Masters' event.
Keen and Edenbridge pull out of BTCC.
Justin Keen and Edenbridge Racing have pulled out of the 2004 British Touring Car Championship, taking the sole BMW series out of the championship in the process.
Harry Potter and Hell's Kitchen for BTCC stars.
Green Flag MSA British Touring Car race winners Tom Chilton and Jason Plato will each star live on British terrestrial television channel ITV1 this Saturday, 5 June.
ETCC weight loss in BTCC.
Green Flag MSA British Touring Car officials have granted cars running to European Touring Car regulations a 25-kilogram reduction in weight from the next three championship rounds at Mondello Park on 12-13 June.
Briggs with 'a lot to sort out.'
Edenbridge Racing boss Peter Briggs has admitted that he is disappointed with the performance of his team's European specification BMW 320 in this seasons BTCC.
Plato rants against amateurs.
That man Jason Plato isn't afraid to voice his displeasure when someone gets in his way in qualifying, and that's exactly what happened today at Oulton Park...
Teams force cancellation of GP support race.
The British Touring Car Championship's much-heralded return to the support bill of the Formula One grand prix at Silverstone appears to be in tatters, after several of the leading teams decided against competing in the non-championship event.
Mardi Gras ditch Civic for Peugeot.
Mardi Gras, who run John George in the British Touring Car Championship, are ditching their gas-powered Honda Civic and taking their gas-powered technology to an ex-Vic Lee Racing Peugeot 406.
Reid a villain, but only just.
It wasn't quite Nixon meets Kennedy on the televised debates front, but nevertheless, Speed Sunday on British terrestrial television station ITV1 this past - you guessed it - Sunday was plenty of fun for BTCC fans.
I like Anthony a lot, says Neal.
It was action aplenty this past weekend at Silverstone in the British Touring car Championship, with the third race of the day in particular meaning a number of drivers had certain issues come the end of the day.
Neal, Thompson & Chilton win at Silverstone.
Matt Neal, James Thompson and Tom Chilton were the winners of Sunday's action-packed and sometimes controversial three Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship rounds at Silverstone.
Reid in the thick of it at Silverstone.
In what can only be described as an eventful race day at Silverstone, WSR's Anthony Reid was right in the thick of the action, particularly in the final race of the day.
Thompson: He should be juggling balls.
James Thompson had some choice words about fellow BTCC competitor Anthony Reid at the end of a day of action at Silverstone.