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BTCC Oulton Park: Hill breaks Sutton’s winning run in race one

Once he had got the jump on the Motorbase Performance Ford Focus ST of poleman Sutton at the start, it was imperative for Hill to keep the 2023 points leader at bay while the tyres on his rear-wheel-drive West Surrey Racing-run BMW 330e M Sport got up to temperature.

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BTCC Oulton Park: Supreme Sutton beats Hill to pole

The three-time champion sailed easily through to the top 10 shootout by topping the first qualifying session, and then stamped in two laps quicker than the best anyone else could manage in his Motorbase Performance-run Ford Focus ST.

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BTCC Oulton Park: Ingram leads the way in free practice

Ingram set the fastest lap of the early-morning FP1 period in his Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 N, 0.022 seconds clear of the Motorbase Performance-run Ford Focus ST of championship leader Ash Sutton.

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BTCC Thruxton: Sutton claims yet another win in race two

Once again, the three-time champion led from start to finish in his Motorbase Performance-run Ford Focus ST in another processional race at the front.

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BTCC Thruxton: Sutton continues his winning streak

The three-time champion led from start to finish in his Motorbase Performance-run Ford Focus ST, and never came under serious threat.

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BTCC Thruxton: Sutton continues his winning streak in race one

The three-time champion led from start to finish in his Motorbase Performance-run Ford Focus ST, and never came under serious threat.

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BTCC Thruxton: Sutton beats Ingram to continue pole hot streak

As championship leader, Sutton was running the minimum hybrid boost allowance of one second per lap at a minimum speed of 135mph on his Motorbase Performance-run Ford Focus ST, yet he was still able to put himself at the front.

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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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BTCC Snetterton: Sutton sets new qualifying lap record for stunning pole

After the second of two red-flag stoppages, Sutton slashed a huge chunk off his early ‘banker lap’ to beat the 2019 qualifying lap record held by Tom Ingram.

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BTCC Snetterton: Sutton blitzes free practice

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.

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BTCC Brands Hatch: Sutton beats Ingram in tense strategic Race 2 battle

Sutton’s win was built upon a blistering first lap, in which he deprived first-race winner and poleman Colin Turkington of the lead at the Druids hairpin.

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BTCC Brands Hatch: Turkington wins opener red-flagged after pile-up

Turkington, with the soft option tyres fitted to his West Surrey Racing BMW 330e M Sport, got the launch from second on the grid, but the problem was he had to do it twice.

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BTCC Brands Hatch: Cammish secures stunning pole from Turkington

As the seconds ticked down in a soggy top-10 Q2 shootout, it appeared that Colin Turkington would secure pole position in his West Surrey Racing-run BMW 330e M Sport.

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BTCC Brands Hatch: Hill and Butcher top free practice

Hill was one of a raft of late improvements in the opening session, which took place amid light drizzle, and steered his West Surrey Racing-run BMW 330e M Sport around the Indy Circuit 0.097 seconds quicker than the Motorbase Performance Ford Focus ST of three-time champion Ash Sutton.

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BTCC Donington Park: Cammish wins again to take early points lead

The Yorkshireman made the most of being gifted the reversed-grid pole position, and led from lights to flag in wet conditions at the wheel of his Motorbase Performance Ford Focus ST.

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BTCC Donington Park: Chilton wins bizarre wet second race

The Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 N benefited from being one of those to pit at the end of the green-flag lap for wet-weather Goodyear tyres when rain made the going slippery.

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BTCC Donington Park: Cammish beats Hill in thriller

Cammish emerged on top after a race-long battle with Jake Hill in wet conditions, and managed to work his Motorbase Performance Ford Focus ST past the West Surrey Racing BMW 330e M Sport of Hill on the 19th of what became 21 laps of racing.

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BTCC Donington: Turkington edges Sutton in free practice

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…

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The BTCC plotlines to watch out for in 2023

The series hasn't had the most dramatic of silly seasons - indeed, the top six drivers from 2022 all line up with the same teams and machinery in 2023 - but there are plenty of factors that could shake things up.

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Ingram explains reasons for using #1 for 2023 BTCC season

Ingram claimed the BTCC title for the first time in the final race last year at the wheel of his Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 N and, after the cars arrived in parc ferme, outgoing champion Ash Sutton peeled the #1 sticker off the window of his Motorbase Performance-run Ford Focus…

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Speedworks switches to Toyota engine as Gamble joins Butcher and Collard

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.

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Mini ace Pearson gets final Excelr8 Hyundai BTCC seat

Mini Challenge ace Ronan Pearson is to step up to the British Touring Car Championship this season with a plum seat in the Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai squad.

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