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"I'm hungrier than ever. From a championship point of view all I'd done last year was achieve the same as other people. I want to be the top guy" - Shane Byrne.

'I was so close to knocking racing on the head last year; at the end of last season I was thinking about giving up racing altogether and going to work for my dad' - Ian Lowry

Ian Lowry has moved to the top of the MCE British Superbike Championship standings after posting his maiden series victory at Thruxton.

"I'm only a couple of years younger than them... I could do this!" - Peter Hickman.

BTCC bosses reveal the provisional calendar for the 2012 season

Having started race one in last position, Byrne can leave Thruxton satisfied with a third place and a race win.

Michael Laverty takes his first win of the 2011 British Superbike season, as Michael Rutter and Shane Byrne show their experience in second and third.

Viewing figures for the BTCC go up noticeably through the first three rounds of 2011

In an open and engaging interview as he promotes the new K?rcher K6.610 pressure-washer, defending British Touring Car Champion Jason Plato insists the series' current state of inequality cannot be permitted to continue

Matt Neal gives Honda its second win of the day at Thruxton

Dunlop talks tyres ahead of the latest rounds of the BTCC season this weekend

Alex MacDowall expects to spring a surprise at Thurxton

TOCA to lower turbo boost for NGTC cars in the British Touring Car Championship

Frank Wrathall looks ahead to his debut season in the BTCC with the family-run Dynojet team

The 2011 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship calendar has been revealed, with BTCC series director Alan Gow hoping the early publication will help to 'avoid some of the ridiculous clashes' of recent years...

Quay Garage Honda rider Tommy Bridewell ruled out at Thruxton after accident in practice.

Steven Kane leads an Airwaves BMW 1-2 for maiden BTCC victory

Fabrizio Giovanardi to race for Triple Eight Race Engineering in the BTCC season opener at Thruxton

Fancy being a grid girl for one of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship's leading drivers, Andrew Jordan? Then Crash.net and Pirtek Racing have just the opportunity you're looking for...

The Cooper Tires British Formula 3 International Series reveals its 2010 calendar, with no fewer than six of the ten rounds taking place at current or ex-grand prix circuits

Martyn Bell insisted the punishment had fitted the crime after he was docked a place in the final HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship race of the weekend at Brands Hatch.

Sarah Moore secured one of the most popular race victories in the short history of the Ginetta Junior Championship with Henderson Insurance at Thruxton Circuit - her maiden category success coming with a rapid and very well judged performance.

Andrew Jordan will hope to impress at Thruxton for the second year in a row as the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship heads to the quickest circuit on the calendar for the second round of the year.

1. Brendon Hartley Carlin Motorsport Dallara-Mercedes 29min 29.816secs 24 laps 2. Oliver Turvey Carlin Motorsport Dallara-Mercedes +0.430secs 3. Jaime Alguersuari Carlin Motorsport Dallara-Mercedes +2.615secs