With the BTCC and support events making their way for their annual trip to Norfolk, it was time for the Ginetta Junior Snetterton Weekend 2016. The series sees drivers aged 14-17 take part, and attracts plenty of talent. There were as usual two races over the course of the weekend, one on Saturday and one…
Last weekend saw the BTCC Snetterton Weekend 2016 as the teams and drivers got back to racing after the six week break since Croft, and what a weekend it was. There had been some testing during the week as the drivers got used to the Norfolk track, before practice on Saturday. It was all good…
This weekend saw the annual Touring Car trip to Cheshire, with the class of BTCC 2016 at Oulton Park. The BTCC races have done well in terms of hot weather this year, with the temperatures at Thruxton bringing a record crowd, even if it did not quite work the same magic for the tyres, and…
Last weekend saw the cars and support races of the BTCC 2016 at Thruxton, in blistering hot sunshine. It felt a very different weekend from the last round at Donington, with the changeable weather swapped for constant warmth, although there was still plenty of exciting and unpredictable racing. Practice on Saturday saw Andrew Jordan and…
Last weekend saw the second race outing for the British Touring Car Championship as we saw the class of BTCC 2016 at Donington Park. The series was there with its normal support races including MSA Formula, the Ginetta series, and the Clio Cup. Saturday was best described as a changeable day at the…
Yesterday saw the BTCC Media Launch 2016 at Donington Park, with the teams and drivers on display not just for the media but fans who made their way along to the Leicestershire circuit. I popped along to see what was going on, and it was a busy event with a long queue to get in…
Last weekend I went to watch BTCC 2015 at Rockingham, enjoying the lovely sunshine of a September weekend whilst watching the touring car action. The day was made even better for us by participating in the grid walk before the race and having a look at the cars up close as they were setting up.…
The British Touring Car Championship seems to be getting more and more popular, with crowds larger each year. I went to the last round of the 2014 championship at Brands Hatch, which was a busy weekend, and more recently to the media day for the current series, which was impressively busy for a mid week…
Today, 24th March, saw the BTCC 2015 Launch Day at Donington Park, with the various drivers and cars who will make up the British Touring Car Championship on display for the media and fans to see. There were a few big announcements on the day, including that Nicolas Hamilton, brother of current Formula One world…
The 2014 BTCC season started in March on the Indy circuit at Brands Hatch, and finished in October on the Grand Prix circuit at the Kent track. This year’s British Touring Car Championship was expected to be an exciting affair, with no shortage of previous champions including Alain Menu, Matt Neal, Fabrizio Giovanardi, Gordon Shedden…
I wrote yesterday about my son Xander’s first motor sport event, a trip to BTCC at Donington Park, and I mentioned how good a spectator sport it is, not just because of the quality of the racing, but also because of the quality of the access to the circuit, the pits and the teams and…
You may be aware that I am a fan of motor racing, although I was quite old before I got to my first live event, although that was partially driven by growing up quite far from a circuit. Luckily, there are a number of circuits near where I now live, and my son Xander’s first…