It seems like every year we're told that the new BTCC season will be the most exciting and unpredictable to date, and there's usually every chance that it will be.…
"It was the biggest regret of my life. I wish I could pay a lot of money not to have done it. I was an absolute twit to have agreed…
Two copper-bottomed tin-toppers, one piece of silverware. An ex-club rally/hillclimb charger and a one-make scrapper made good. A never-say-die racer with an ever-ready quip and a DTM superstar ringer. A…
Roberto Ravaglia collects touring car titles like Rupert Murdoch does media outlets. In the second half of the 1980s the Venetian was the undisputed saloon car king, winning consecutive European,…
There is a sense of foreboding in the BTCC. The arrival of Audi and its four-wheel drive A4 has the 'establishment' all of a twitter. The memory of the Ingolstadt…
Back in March 1985, few people outside the world of karting had heard of Gabriele Tarquini . . . International motor racing was entering a new, experimental age. Formula Two…
At Donington on Sunday, the BTCC didn’t look like it would throw up many surprises. The drivers and teams you’d expect to be at the front finished there, with an…
I’ve been chatting to Gordon Shedden, he who rules over touring car racing right now as King of the British Touring Car Championship. It was the customary hectic season, full…
Shedden or Plato? This weekend, the score will be settled on the historic Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit, bringing a close to a contentious season. Both drivers have their fair…
Highlights of the latest round of the BTCC from Knockhill. All three races were won by independents, with Rob Collard of eBay Motors taking the first two victories and Team…
The combination of Triple Eight Engineering and Jason Plato, with more than 160 wins and 12 titles between them – the most successful team and driver in the championship’s history…
Having never attended a British Touring Car Championships event, two of Motor Sport magazine’s very own motoring protégés headed to Thruxton to enjoy a day of fast cars and tight…
It is quite amazing how little racing drivers change. They could have stopped racing 10 years ago, but put them in a car on a track today and I can…
