The Motorbase Performance team has confirmed its will enter a pair of Super 2000-spec, ex-factory SEAT Cupra Toledos in 2007’s Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship.
David Bartrum’s well-drilled squad has enjoyed some fine results in its maiden BTCC season, running a BTC-spec Honda Integra for driver Dave Pinkney. Highlights have included a fastest lap and [...]

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After securing its 101st British Touring Car Championship win at Brands Hatch yesterday, Vauxhall has confirmed it will be running in the championship next year.
The Luton-based manufacturer’s Brand Manager, Stuart Harris, said the decision was made easy by the growing popularity of the championship – Britain’s best attended domestic series – which now regularly attracts [...]

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Vauxhall’s Fabrizio Giovanardi worked magic at Brands Hatch this afternoon, turning an unpromising qualifying into the Luton-marque’s 101st British Touring Car Championship victory.
The Italian’s success was at the expense of team-mate, Tom Chilton, who led the race until two laps from the end. The 21-year-old had been struggling with gear shift problems for several minutes [...]

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Fabrizio Giovanardi has won the third of today’s (Sunday) three Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship rounds at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent.
Italian Giovanardi took over the lead from team-mate Tom Chilton in the closing laps to give Vauxhall its 101st win in the BTCC.
Second and third were Team Halfords Honda driver Gordon Shedden [...]

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Jason Plato has added to his race one victory with another win in the second of today’s (Sunday) three Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship rounds at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent.
Plato, from Oxford, again led all the way from pole position to consolidate his second position in the championship. He also set the [...]

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Jason Plato has won the first of today’s (Sunday) three Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship rounds at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent.
Plato, from Oxford, led all the way from pole position to record his seventh win of the season in his SEAT Leon – a result that moves him up to second in [...]

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Jason Plato has taken pole position – and with it a valuable point – for the first of tomorrow’s (Sunday) three Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship rounds at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent. Meanwhile, Matt Neal did his hopes of a second consecutive Drivers’ title no harm at all with the third fastest [...]

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After losing the points lead to his two team-mates at Knockhill, Tom Chilton was determined to reassert himself in the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship qualifying at Brands Hatch this afternoon.
The 21-year-old was not to be disappointed, qualifying just over one-hundredth-of-a-second in front of Italian team-mate, Fabrizio Giovanardi.
Chilton, from Reigate, was not exactly where [...]

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Vauxhall’s 100th race win hero Fabrizio Giovanardi says he expects to fight for more victories in the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship’s closing rounds beginning at Brands Hatch in Kent this coming Sunday 24 September.
In his debut BTCC season, Giovanardi has had to learn every track and therefore been at a disadvantage until now [...]

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Matt Neal has said he believes a second consecutive Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship crown is “in the bag”.
In an interview in today’s edition of BTCC media partner Auto Express, Neal said he was far more relaxed than when he won his first title at Brands Hatch 12 months ago.
He knows that if he [...]

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