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Jason Plato on rebuilding his life through Plato Racing and a Motor Sport reunion
July 2024 at The Dorchester in Park Lane, London. The glitterati arrive for a Motor Sport celebration dinner, held in honour of the centenary of the magazine you are reading.…
Mighty Mondeo: how Rouse and Radisich made Ford’s touring car a world-beater
When Ford turned to Andy Rouse to spearhead its British Touring Car Championship ambitions in the 1990s, a return to the glory days of the RS500 seemed on the cards.…
Jakob Ebrey’s latest gallery captures BTCC, British GT and a Citroën C1 endurance epic
Luca Engstler’s Nürburgring 24 Hours pace put Verstappen’s Mercedes in the shade
Max Verstappen’s participation in the Nürburgring 24 Hours was fantastic for sports car racing as a whole. No fewer than 350,000 spectators descended upon the Nordschleife’s twice-round-the-clock classic. On the…
BTCC build-up heats up as test days, historic runs and oval racing deliver early thrills
Ash Sutton storms from last to dominate BTCC opener at Donington Park
He ended Saturday’s new-for-2026 qualifying race in the gravel trap, which meant he started race one on Sunday from 21st and last on the grid. So how did Ash Sutton…
Twenty F1 drivers who took on the BTCC... with mixed success
The elite world of Formula 1 might not appear to have much in common with the door-banging melees of the British Touring Car Championship, but there have been plenty of drivers — including world champions and race winners — who have bridged the two worlds
Inside historic racing: Race Retro drama, rare restorations and BTCC upgrades revealed
Brands Hatch bonanza as BTCC and Superbikes offer end-of-season spectaculars
Britain’s two premier motor sport series put on thrilling 2024 title deciders on the majestic Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit in October, as both the British Touring Car and British…
Jan Lammers: The Motor Sport Interview
Born in the seaside town of Zandvoort, not far from the famous circuit, Jan Lammers has done so much to raise the profile of Dutch racing drivers, long before the…
The determination that drives Jason Plato: ‘I was banging on Frank Williams’ desk’
We were to meet in Barnard Castle, the town that Boris Johnson’s Svengali Dominic Cummings visited to test his eyesight during the Covid lockdown. The plan was to bring four…
'Still smashing it over kerbs': 4x BTCC champ Ash Sutton joins tin-top elite
As Max Verstappen dominates F1, BTCC has its own standout star in Ash Sutton, whose committed, attacking style means that few are complaining as he races towards the series' all-time records
Volvo dumps its signature estate cars
Any hope of a revival of one of the BTCC’s cult heroes has been dashed by Volvo’s decision to ditch all estate and saloon models from its UK salerooms. The…
Rowbottom’s slow burn
“Jules Bianchi, Will Stevens, Max Chilton. James Calado was probably my nemesis. Then there’s Adam Christodoulou, a great friend who has gone on to have a GT3 career. Also there…
Rob Huff: The Motor Sport Interview
Rob Huff describes himself, with a self-deprecating chuckle, as a motor racing “journeyman” when he reflects on a colourful career as one of Britain’s best touring car specialists. But the…
Title decider shows best of BTCC as Ingram wins battle of tin-top talent
The 2022 BTCC season ended on a high, as Tom Ingram was crowned champion at Brands Hatch after a clean fight between the best drivers in the championship — vindication of the new hybrid era, writes Damien Smith