BTCC News

HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship trio Matt Neal, Gordon Shedden and Tom Chilton enjoyed a successful weekend of competition in the Round the Island yachting race off the Isle of Wight.

Tom Onslow-Cole has enjoyed a fine season with VX Racing after moving to the factory Vauxhall team for his second year in the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship.

Tom Onslow-Cole has emerged as one of the stars of the 2008 HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship season so far, with a double win at Thruxton being the highlight in the first half of the year.

Andy Rouse is the most successful driver in the history of the British Touring Car Championship, with four titles and 60 wins during a glittering career. Speaking to Crash.net , he talks about the reason why he feels his record won't stand forever...

Alan Taylor is to return to the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship at Snetterton after his Honda Integra was completely rebuilt following his huge accident on home soil at Croft earlier this month.

British Touring Car Championship team Robertshaw Racing has offered a reward for any information leading to the recovery of a laptop belonging to team principal Gary Robertshaw which was stolen in a raid on the team's transporter.

British Touring Car Championship title sponsors HiQ has launched a new initiative to give BTCC fans the chance to present a leading driver in the series with a magnum of champagne at each event on the calendar.

Former Independents' champion Dan Eaves is to return to the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship in 2009 after being named as the lead driver for a two-car assault on the series by Clyde Valley Racing.

Matt Neal has apologised to former team-mate Gordon Shedden for the incident that saw the Scot forced to retire from the second race of the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship at Croft.

Mat Jackson produced one of the best drives in the recent history of the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship to secure a stunning podium finish during the fifth round of the year at Croft.

For the first time during the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship season, Mike Jordan was able to compete at Croft with his own name on the side of his John Guest Racing Honda Integra.

Fans of the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship based in the North East will get two chances to get up close and personal to some of the cars and drivers ahead of the fifth round of the season this weekend at Croft.

Jason Plato has hit out at the penalty he picked up during the opening race of the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship weekend at Thruxton after seeing Fabrizio Giovanardi extend his lead in the title race by two points in Hampshire.

Jason Plato has been given reason to celebrate before even getting to Donington Park for the third round of the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship after becoming a father for the first time.

John George endured a trying weekend at Rockingham as the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship made its annual trip to the unique oval circuit for the second round of the year.

Adam Jones has praised his GR Asia-run Team Aircool outfit on the back of his podium finish during the second round of the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship at Rockingham.

Team Eurotech title sponsors John Guest has announced that it will sponsor race day during the next round of the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship at Donington Park.

Gordon Shedden dedicated his race one victory to the memory of fellow Scot David Leslie after taking his first win of the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship season at Rockingham.

Having missed the opening round of the season at Brands Hatch, Team 48 Motorsport has confirmed that it will also sit out the second round of the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship at Rockingham this weekend.

Gordon Shedden says he doesn't see Fabrizio Giovanardi walking away with the 2008 HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship title, despite the defending champion securing two wins in the season opener at Brand Hatch.

Colin Hilton, MSA chief executive:

The Petronas Syntium team has expressed its shock at the death of former driver David Leslie in yesterday's aircraft accident in Kent.

Richard Lloyd, who has died at the age of 63, was a major figure on the British motorsport scene, both as a racer and then as a highly respected team owner.

David Leslie, who has died at the age of 54, was one of the stars of the British Touring Car Championship during the hugely popular Super Touring era of the 1990s.