The Latest Breaking News from Rory Butcher

The three-time champion demolished his opposition at the wheel of his Motorbase Performance-run Ford Focus ST to lead a team 1-2 from Dan Cammish by 0.666 seconds.

Collard had led since depriving reversed-grid polesitter Bobby Thompson of first position on the opening lap, but notification of his penalty came through a few laps from the finish, while Sutton was breathing down his neck.

The Northern Irishman eclipsed the quickest time of the opening session set by Ash Sutton, which had been a gargantuan 0.476 seconds clear of closest pursuer Turkington and had seemed to send out an ominous warning that the three-time title winner and the Motorbase Performance Ford Focus squad will be…

The Cheshire team has expanded to three Toyota Corolla GR Sports for 2023, with 10-time race winner Rory Butcher and Ricky Collard joined by Ciceley Motorsport BMW refugee George Gamble.

Neil Brown Engineering is producing a new Toyota powerplant for Speedworks Motorsport’s trio of Corolla GR Sports, as the Cheshire team makes the switch from the TOCA customer engine.

Three British Touring Car Championship teams have each acquired one extra TOCA BTCC license for the 2023 season, keeping the field theoretically at 29 cars.

The 2022 British Touring Car Championship fight boiled down to a four-way battle, but there were plenty of other good performers across the season.

Tom Ingram stretched his British Touring Car Championship lead going into the finale with his second victory of the day at Brands Hatch.

Tom Ingram leapfrogged into the British Touring Car Championship points lead with victory in the opening race of the day at the Brands Hatch finale.