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Plans for new junior BTCC support series revealed

New category will be introduced in 2027 and is spearheaded by Power Maxed Racing after previous attempts to launch a junior series with a different organising team were unsuccessful

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TOCA frees up engines and car models for next BTCC ruleset

Engine choice will be free for the British Touring Car Championship’s next ruleset, to be introduced in 2027 for a five-year period. That, and the freedom to run car models not currently on sale in the UK, is the biggest revelation in BTCC organiser TOCA’s announcement of the regulations. Other than this,…

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BTCC changes its 2026 calendar due to the FIFA World Cup

The British Touring Car Championship organiser TOCA has tweaked its usual schedule for the 2026 season, owing to the FIFA World Cup.

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Gow fuming over BTCC track-limits standards

British Touring Car Championship boss Alan Gow has slated his drivers after a new track-limits deterrent failed on its debut outing at the opening round at Donington Park.

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New TOCA Junior series won't run this year, gets revised plans for 2026

The new TOCA Junior championship will not be held in 2025 and instead it is intended to launch next year under a revised format where all cars are centrally run.

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The BTCC will be eager for Turkington to return after news of 2025 departure

This is, it seems, a Marcus Rashford moment. The most celebrated home-grown member of the most historic of teams finds himself out of the squad. From one pinnacle of UK sport, it’s the same in another.

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BTCC reveals 24-car field for next season

British Touring Car Championship promoter TOCA has revealed the allocation of 24 TBL entrants’ licences for the 2025 season.While the total is down on the 27 distributed for this year, only 21 of those were used during the 2024 campaign, and BTCC insiders are confident of bigger grids next term.The…

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BTCC tweaks tyre and engine rules for 2025

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.

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BTCC drops hybrid to mandate 100% sustainable fuel from 2025

The British Touring Car Championship has dropped hybrid and introduced 100% sustainable fuel for the 2025 season.

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The winding road that took an Australian F1 prospect to Supercars stardom

James Courtney announced his retirement by accident – on the television news. With his eyes set on a career in real estate, it made sense for the 44-year-old to plug the Gold Coast firm he was joining and talk up his expertise. But in doing so, he also stated that…

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The bespoke car created for the UK’s newest junior category

The news that Ginetta would depart the British Touring Car Championship bill for 2023 was a shock when it first emerged in September 2022. After all, the Yorkshire brand’s championships, especially the all-action Ginetta Junior, had been a popular fixture on the TOCA package for 14 years.

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Courtney: Supercars retirement announcement "accidental"

Supercars racer James Courtney has revealed he did not mean to announce his impending retirement from motor racing in the manner that he did.

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New Chevron car for TOCA Junior category is unveiled

The bespoke Chevron B1417 designed for the new TOCA Junior category that will support the British Touring Car Championship from 2025 has been unveiled at a launch.

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BTCC seeks two new teams for 2025, set to introduce cap

British Touring Car Championship organiser TOCA is targeting two new teams for the 2025 season, but is capping its grid at a maximum of 24 cars. The series has dropped from 27 cars last year to an average of 20 this term. While TOCA chief Alan Gow was always adamant that…

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Sutton: BTCC's 2024 rules tweaks like having success ballast back

Sutton tops the standings after the first two race weekends, despite not claiming any victories in his Alliance Racing-run NAPA Ford Focus ST.Last year he claimed a record-equalling fourth BTCC title and also tied the season-record wins tally of 12, initially set by Alain Menu in 1997.Not only has the…

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Heavy rain delays Donington BTCC

The region awoke to torrential rain, and there was chaos on the roads accessing the circuit, where the car parks were already turning into a quagmire in the early morning.

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BTCC announces deal for every 2024 race to be streamed live on TikTok

In what is thought to be the first of its kind, all races for the 2024 BTCC season will be streamed live and free on TikTok.

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Why the BTCC isn't concerned by its smaller 2024 grid

Of course the British Touring Car Championship has weathered storms over its existence. That’s inevitable, given it’s been going for 66 years.

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Friday favourite: The British circuit which helped deliver BTCC breakthroughs

Despite his 17 starts in the Bathurst 1000, yielding a pair of second places, many of Paul Radisich’s fondest memories are rooted in the British Touring Car Championship’s 1990s Super Touring era. A couple of massive accidents in Australia’s Great Race, where the Kiwi sustained multiple injuries in 2006 and…

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Scots OAP cancer victim loses £10,000 of retirement funds in 'cryptocurrency scam'

Tom Roberts, 66, was gutted when he lost £10,000 of his retirement money and has now spoken out to warn others against investing in the “scam”.

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WTCR series set to end after 2022 season

The FIA World Touring Car Cup will come to a close in its current format at the end of the 2022 season.

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WTCR series set to end in 2022

The FIA World Touring Car Cup will come to an end in its current format at the end of the 2022 season.

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Ginetta Junior to leave BTCC bill and race alongside British GT in 2023

Ginetta will not run categories alongside the British Touring Car Championship from next year with its Ginetta Junior series joining the British GT package and the GT4 Supercup being scrapped.

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BTCC technical chief Peter Riches to retire

British Touring Car Championship technical director Peter Riches is to retire at the end of the 2022 season after over a quarter of a century in the role.

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Is this the most road-relevant touring car series around?

Touring car devotees have long trumpeted the discipline for its road-relevance. Now that manufacturers are increasingly going electric, how is ETCR getting on in its first season as an FIA World Cup?

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