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Every year, dozens of drivers enjoy championship success across a wealth of different national racing categories.

There have been 258 drivers who have triumphed in a race in one of the support categories at a British Touring Car Championship event in the past 10 seasons. That’s a truly staggering number and certainly makes picking the best 10 of these a very tricky task.

The Civic Cup has developed a reputation over the years for being a hugely competitive championship. The cars are closely matched and there’s always a cluster of star names at the front.

I joined Neil Brown Engineering in 1989 when electronics came into motor racing and engine management systems became increasingly popular. My brother-in-law already worked here and I’d been helping him out a little bit as a newly qualified electronics engineer, so Neil offered me a job. I said, ‘I’ll do…

He faced stiff competition from his more experienced rivals throughout, but Louis Sharp sealed the 2024 GB3 Championship in convincing style with more poles, victories and laps led than anybody else. Remaining with Rodin Motorsport for his graduation from a title-winning British Formula 4 campaign, Sharp made the perfect start…

The British Touring Car Championship has made further tweaks to its regulations for the 2025 season following last week’s revelation that it is dropping hybrid.

Sebastien Buemi believed Toyota was out of contention for the World Endurance Championship manufacturers’ crown when he began the comeback that yielded the Japanese car maker the title in Bahrain. 

The field was smaller compared to recent seasons, but the quality at the front of the British Touring Car Championship in 2024 was as high as fans have seen since the Super Touring days a quarter of a century ago.

It was widely recognised across the British GT paddock that Sandy Mitchell and his Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan was the fastest entry throughout the 2024 season. But, ultimately, it did not win the title after a year-long battle with team-mates Rob and Ricky Collard, where the margins were incredibly fine.