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Ingram predicting huge challenge in fight for second BTCC title

British Touring Car Championship star Tom Ingram reckons the pace of the series’ top two teams has made the task of winning a second title even harder. Ingram claimed his sole BTCC title in 2022, his second season since joining the Excelr8 Motorsport team to spearhead its line-up of Hyundai i30…

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The struggles facing Hill and West Surrey Racing in BTCC 2025

A pair of fourth places for Jake Hill during the British Touring Car Championship opener at Donington Park went some way towards papering over the cracks. But it’s clear that the reigning champion and the West Surrey Racing BMW camp are struggling as the team enters the seventh season with…

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How Sutton succeeded as BTCC tyre theory became inverted

Two wins, a third, and an early championship lead for Ash Sutton. Has the British Touring Car Championship reverted to 2023 form during its opening weekend of the season at Donington Park. No, because Tom Ingram looks every bit Sutton’s equal, and the chirpy champ of 2022 emerged with no…

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British F4 enjoys frenetic Donington Park opener with the spoils shared

Three different winners from the opening three British Formula 4 races, and seven drivers gracing the Donington Park podium last weekend, confirmed pre-season predictions of a close campaign.

Autosport

2 Seas enjoys dream start to British GT in 2025 at Donington Park

British GT3 debutants Charles Dawson and Kiern Jewiss claimed an incredible victory from pole in the two-hour Donington Park race to kickstart the 2025 season.

Autosport

“We weren’t trying to better Iron Maiden. We were trying to better Michael Jackson!”: The metal fan’s guide to Def Leppard

From the NWOBHM to the world – how Def Leppard became one of the biggest British rock bands of all time

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Sharp on verge of GB3 title with Donington double as Collards win in British GT

Louis Sharp produced a near-perfect weekend at Donington Park to give himself clear daylight in the GB3 title race heading into the deciding round at Brands Hatch later this month.

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How Hill ended a BTCC weekend of ups and downs at the summit

Should you want evidence of how quickly fortunes can change in motorsport, just ask any of the British Touring Car Championship’s leading quintet of drivers about their Donington Park weekend.

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BTCC Donington Park: Cook takes first pole for over two years as he pips Turkington

Josh Cook achieved his first British Touring Car Championship pole position in over two years after just pipping Colin Turkington to top spot around Donington Park's Grand Prix layout.

Autosport

World’s Strongest Man Gets Destroyed Around Racetrack, Even with a Hayabusa

Watch Eddie Hall, formerly the World's Strongest Man, tackle Donington Park on his Suzuki Hayabusa with one goal: do a sub-2-minute lap.

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Coffin plate of the man who named Australia heads to SA

A lead plate that identified the lost grave of Matthew Flinders, the man who named Australia, will come down under for display after his re-burial in the UK.

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Circuits to have hosted the F1 British Grand Prix since its debut

The British GP has become synonymous with its now permanent home of Silverstone circuit, which is widely regarded as one of the best tracks in the world.Silverstone, which lies in Northamptonshire, also hosted F1’s inaugural race in 1950 but it has not been the venue for every British GP since.In…

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Donington Park replaces Oulton Park as British GT opener for 2025

The opening British GT Championship round will move from Oulton Park to Donington Park next year in a bid to avoid the chaos that marred this year’s Easter Monday curtain-raiser.

Autosport

Explorer ‘who named Australia’ to be reburied in Lincolnshire village where he was born

Hundreds to attend Donington service for Matthew Flinders, whose remains were found during digging for HS2

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“Download Festival headliners in the making”: While She Sleeps put on yet another metalcore masterclass in Donington

At Download 2024, metalcore maestros While She Sleeps gave the UK’s biggest rock weekender a spectacle of rage, hooks and pyro

Autosport

Simms goes fourth in Ryan Motorsport Insurance Autosport National Rankings

There is no new driver at the top of the leaderboard this week for the first time since Autosport last month began producing winners' tables for the 2024 season. While Scottish Legends champion Stewart Black remains in first place on 10 wins, Simms is now up to fourth, gaining six positions thanks…

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BTCC Donington: Moffat fends off Turkington, Sutton and Huff in thriller

Moffat’s LKQ-liveried Toyota Corolla GR Sport started on the front row alongside the polesitting Toyota Gazoo Racing GB version of Rob Huff from the other side of the Speedworks Motorsport stable, but neither could prevent Adam Morgan from propelling his rear-wheel-drive West Surrey Racing BMW 330e M Sport into the…

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BTCC Donington: Ingram wins fight with Hill and Sutton

Ingram used his one available lap of hybrid to slice his way down the inside of long-time leader Hill at Redgate on the 14th lap of 18, and the Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 N was able to establish a small gap over the pair behind it, with Sutton’s NAPA-liveried Alliance Racing…

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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.

Autosport

Six things to watch in BTCC 2024

A record-breaking fifth British Touring Car Championship title for Ash Sutton? Or indeed, for Colin Turkington? Or a second for Tom Ingram? Or how about a first for Jake Hill, Dan Cammish, or Josh Cook?

Motorsport

Why Senna felt unstoppable at Donington in 1993

“It was a race like old times – going hard, from the heart. I had to be smart over when to press the rhythm, and when to hold back. It was a fantastic race. I am happy for all of us. Not just for me, but for the team and…

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Friday favourite: The Dallara that triggered Reynard’s F3 exodus

That Kelvin Burt never finished lower than second aboard the Dallara F393 on his way to the 1993 British Formula 3 title makes his pick of the Italian-built machine as his favourite car somewhat self-explanatory. Responding to its vast superiority over the Reynard 933 in which he’d started the season,…

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"I always wanted Magnum to be an underground band, not a pop band": How Tony Clarkin wrote Magnum's first Top 40 hit, Days Of No Trust

Late Magnum guitarist Tony Clarkin on how political cynicism and a day at Donington inspired a pomp-rock classic

Autosport

How a rookie pairing snared Britain's biggest GT prize

“It was a big choice from him because he could have had a lot more experienced factory drivers, but in the end, he went with me, gave me the opportunity and I think his trust in me just grew and grew.”

Autosport

Friday favourite: The forgotten prototype racer that charmed 'Stig'

Ben Collins may have garnered fame through his television work, but he is no stranger to the cockpit of a racing car. Across his career, he has raced everything from Le Mans prototypes to a Citroen 2CV. It will come as no surprise that the machinery Collins looks upon most…

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