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BTCC Thruxton: Hill tops practice from Ingram

The diminutive Kentishman was quick out of the blocks in the early-morning FP1 session to whisk his West Surrey Racing-run Laser Tools BMW 330e M Sport around the Hampshire speedbowl with a lap that for a long time stood half a second clear of the opposition.

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BTCC Snetterton: Hill beats Thompson to race one victory

Hill, who had a disastrous outing last time out at Brands Hatch, predictably converted his pole position into the race lead with his rear-wheel-drive West Surrey Racing-run BMW 330e M Sport, while new-for-this-weekend team-mate Bobby Thompson surged from fifth to third behind championship leader Ash Sutton’s Alliance Racing-run NAPA Ford…

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BTCC Brands Hatch: Pearson leads Excelr8 1-2 with maiden victory

Second-year British Touring Car Championship racer Ronan Pearson took his maiden win in the series in consummate style in the finale at Brands Hatch.The Scot was armed with a set of soft tyres upon his Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 N from reversed-grid pole position, but so was the Power Maxed…

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BTCC Brands Hatch: Magnificent Turkington doubles up

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BTCC Brands Hatch: Taylor-Smith and Chilton top practice

Dubliner Taylor-Smith stamped in a late effort in the cooler conditions of the first session to top the times at the wheel of his Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra on a 47.905s.

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BTCC Donington: Ingram dominates practice

The 2022 champion was happy to go about his own programme for the majority of both 35-minute periods at a bitterly cold Leicestershire circuit and on each occasion he set the standard as the chequered flag flew.

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Excelr8 driver Pearson beats big guns in latest BTCC test at Croft

The 22-year-old Scot whisked his Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 N Fastback around the North Yorkshire circuit with a lap just 0.117 seconds slower than the 2023 pole time in the middle of the morning session.

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Alliance further develops Focus for Sutton record-breaking BTCC bid

Four-time title winner Ash Sutton will once more be joined at the Ford Focus ST-equipped squad, which has moved into new premises in Northampton, by race winners Dan Cammish and Dan Rowbottom, plus Sam Osborne.

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How BTCC king Sutton rates his rivals - past and present

There’s no question about it: Ash Sutton is one of the all-time greats of the British Touring Car Championship. It’s well-documented already that his 2023 title success aboard his Alliance Racing Ford Focus ST was a record-equalling fourth alongside Andy Rouse and Colin Turkington, and meant that he became the…

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Ranking the top 10 BTCC drivers of 2023

The British Touring Car Championship season threatened to become a one-horse race at times in 2023, such was the searing speed of Ash Sutton and his Motorbase Performance-run Ford Focus ST.

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BTCC Brands Hatch: Hill wins final race of 2023 after sensational pass

Hill, who started from fourth on the grid in his West Surrey Racing BMW 330e M Sport, was running in third place as polesitting team-mate Stephen Jelley and third-starting Josh Cook in his One Motorsport Honda Civic Type R battled for the lead.

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BTCC Silverstone: Turkington wins as title fight goes down to Sutton and Ingram

Turkington’s West Surrey Racing team-mate Jake Hill charged his BMW 330e M Sport from the back of the grid to eighth, but has now fallen out of championship contention.

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BTCC Silverstone: Hill takes dominant win in the wet

Despite steady morning drizzle, Hill was the only driver among the top nine to take the start on wet-weather Goodyears and had qualified his West Surrey Racing BMW 330e M Sport in fourth position.

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Why TOCA is right to avoid parity tweak in Sutton BTCC domination

It’s around 10am on Saturday 22 April at Donington Park. The first British Touring Car Championship free practice session of the season is nearing its end. The rhythm of rasping BTCC cars bombing downhill through the Craner Curves to the Old Hairpin is becoming almost hypnotic. Suddenly, a blue-and-yellow projectile…

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BTCC Donington Park: Butcher wins as last-lap drama hits Lloyd

Lloyd had started his Team Hard Cupra Leon from pole position and led the Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 N of Tom Chilton, who was soon given a five-second penalty for an out-of-position start.

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BTCC Donington Park: Ingram turns the tables on Sutton in race two

Ingram worked his Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 N ahead of the Motorbase Performance Ford Focus ST of Sutton on the fourth lap of 14, and stayed in front until the end of the race.

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BTCC Croft: Turkington holds firm to win race three

The reversed-grid counter allowed the Northern Irishman to take his tally of wins at the North Yorkshire circuit to a remarkable 14, and for himself and Ingram to mitigate the points damage over the weekend to Ash Sutton, who was a first-lap casualty.

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BTCC Croft: Sutton dominates from Cammish in race two

The three-time champion started his Motorbase Performance Ford Focus ST from second on the grid, but he was on the soft Goodyear tyre whereas pole-sitting team-mate Dan Cammish was on the medium compound.

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BTCC Croft: Cammish wins opener as Sutton is gifted second

The local man got the jump at the lights, and headed team-mates Dan Rowbottom and Ash Sutton throughout for a Motorbase Performance Ford Focus ST 1-2-3.

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BTCC Croft: Cammish leads Motorbase Ford 1-2-3

The Yorkshireman put in a peach of a lap to lead a 1-2-3 for the Motorbase Performance Ford Focus ST squad and continue the Kent operation’s 100% run of pole positions during the 2023 season.

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Motorbase plans to support BTCC customer team in 2024

The Kent squad’s machinery have been the cars to beat this season, with Ash Sutton leading the drivers’ standings, and contributing to a clean sweep of five pole positions out of five together with team-mates Dan Rowbottom and Dan Cammish.

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BTCC Thruxton: Cook dominates free practice

The West Countryman, the BTCC wins record holder at Thruxton, comfortably headed both of the 35-minute sessions in his One Motorsport Honda Civic Type R, raising anticipation that the Brackley squad could be on the verge of turning the tide from its disappointing start to the season.

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BTCC Snetterton: Ingram hangs on for first win of 2023

Ingram had the medium tyre fitted on his Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 N, and started from seventh on the grid.

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BTCC Snetterton: Sutton dominates to notch up four wins in a row

The three-time champion had the soft Goodyear tyres fitted to his Motorbase Performance Ford Focus ST, and absolutely rocketed away from the field for an unchallenged victory.

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BTCC Snetterton: Sutton pips Hill in tight finish in opener

Despite running the medium ‘prime’ tyre, Sutton’s Motorbase Performance Ford Focus ST cruised away from the soft-shod West Surrey Racing BMW 330e M Sports of Colin Turkington and Hill in the opening stages.

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