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The rekindled BTCC partnership trying to scale new heights

I was never a small boy. I was Mr Round. I was huge, so big I couldn’t fit in a kart! Tillett, who made the seats, couldn’t make one big enough for me to fit in. So I started off drifting Ford Escort Mk2s at eight years old, and at…

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Top 10: Ranking the greatest BTCC champions

Who is the greatest? That’s a question often asked in all areas of sport, including Formula 1.

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Friday favourite: How tin-top partners built an enduring relationship

In a professional racing career that spanned over 30 years before his retirement at the age of 59 in 2021, Gabriele Tarquini has worked with more team-mates than he would care to mention. “I drove with a lot of fantastic drivers, challenging and very strong opponents also in my team…

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Friday favourite: The forgettable layout that unearthed a sportscar great

Rob Bell has never raced on the Nurburgring Nordschleife, but the Eifel region still holds some special memories for the British sportscar ace. The Nurburgring Grand Prix circuit is often viewed as the poor relation to the 12.944-mile motor racing Mecca that countless drivers (including Yvan Muller) have cited as…

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Friday Favourite: Tin-top legend Muller's love-hate Nordschleife relationship

A mecca for trackday aficionados, the Nurburgring Nordschleife is widely regarded as the barometer of driving skill. One of touring car racing's modern greats, Yvan Muller, has a complicated relationship with the circuit he picks out as 'the one I like but also I hate'

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Friday Favourite: The northern gem where qualifying felt “like a blur”

It wasn’t always kind to Peter Kox, but the Dutchman still picks Oulton Park as his favourite track in Autosport’s continued series. The winner of a British Formula 2 race there in 1992, he still has fond memories of the Cheshire circuit in all its forms

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WTCR “surprised” by Lynk & Co withdrawal amid tyre safety issue

WTCR organisers have called Cyan Racing Lynk & Co’s withdrawal on the eve of the Anneau Du Rhin round “surprising but also very unfortunate” amid plans to solve the tyre issues.

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WTCR “surprised” by Cyan Lynk & Co withdrawal amid tyre safety issue

WTCR organisers have called Cyan Racing Lynk & Co’s withdrawal on the eve of the Anneau Du Rhin round “surprising but also very unfortunate” amid plans to solve the tyre issues.

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Lynk & Co suspends WTCR programme over tyre safety fears

Cyan Racing Lynk & Co has suspended its World Touring Car Cup campaign with immediate effect over Goodyear tyre safety concerns.

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How the toxic tyre farrago engulfing WTCR exploded at Vallelunga

OPINION: The manner in which Cyan Racing withdrew its five Lynk & Cos immediately before the two WTCR races at Vallelunga, citing tyre safety concerns, was perplexing. It has created a situation that appears difficult to resolve, at a time of great uncertainty for a series that is already at…

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Cyan Racing pulls entries from WTCR Vallelunga race over tyre safety fears

Cyan Racing has withdrawn its five Lynk & Cos from racing in the World Touring Car Cup rounds at Vallelunga due to safety fears over the series’ Goodyear tyres.

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WTCR Vallelunga: Girolami snatches pole position from Azcona

Nestor Girolami knocked World Touring Car Cup leader Mikel Azcona from pole position for the first race in Vallelunga with the fastest lap of the weekend in the Q3 shootout.

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Muller questions need for BoP in WTCR

Yvan Muller has questioned the continued use of Balance of Performance by WTCR, saying he finds it “more and more” of a struggle to enjoy the series.

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WTCR Vila Real: Urrutia and Huff share the spoils on Sunday

Santiago Urrutia scored his second World Touring Car Cup victory of 2022 at Vila Real, as Rob Huff clinched a sensational first win of the season in the second encounter.

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WTCR Hungaroring: Azcona claims WTCR points lead after Hungary win

Mikel Azcona stormed from pole position to win at the Hungaroring and surge into the lead of the World Touring Car Cup standings.

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Friday favourite: The ‘expert sandbagger’ who became a BTCC legend

When Paul O'Neill joined Vauxhall's lineup for the 2002 British Touring Car Championship, the youngster had three of the series' top names to learn from. From that trio, he singles out double BTCC champion James Thompson as his favourite team-mate and explains his greatest traits for the latest instalment of…

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WTCR Pau: Girolami and Guerrieri claim Honda 1-2, Azcona wins race two

Argentinian duo Nestor Girolami and Esteban Guerrieri claimed an uncontested 1-2 for Munnich Motorsport’s Hondas, as the World Touring Car Cup season kicked off on the streets of Pau.

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Archive: Who is the BTCC's greatest ever driver?

With Jason Plato announcing his British Touring Car Championship retirement at the end of 2022, having signed for BTC Racing for his final season, it reignites the debate on the series’ greatest driver.

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