2017 British Touring Car Championship Explained

The 2017 Dunlop[1] MSA British Touring Car Championship (commonly abbreviated as BTCC) was a motor racing championship for production-based touring cars held across England and Scotland. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded amateur drivers competing in highly modified versions of family cars which are sold to the general public and conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2017 season was the 60th British Touring Car Championship season and the seventh season for cars conforming to the Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) technical specification.

With both BMW and Vauxhall returning to the series this year as manufacturer outfits - joining the existing Honda, Subaru and MG teams, the 2017 season featured five manufacturer backed teams on the grid for the first time since the end of the popular Super Touring era of the sport.

With a maximum grid of 32 cars for the 2017 season, a full entry list was announced which sees a total of 18 different named teams.

Teams and drivers

TeamCarEngineDriversRounds
Constructor Entries
Power Maxed Racing[2] Vauxhall AstraTOCA/Swindon2 Tom Chilton[3] 1–8, 10
18 Senna Proctor[4] All
37 Robert Huff[5] 9
Team BMW[6] BMW 125i M SportBMW/Neil Brown4 Colin Turkington[7] All
5 Rob Collard[8] All
BMW Pirtek Racing[9] 77 Andrew JordanAll
Adrian Flux Subaru Racing[10] Subaru Levorg GTSubaru/Mountune20 James ColeAll
99 Jason PlatoAll
116 Ashley SuttonAll
A-Plan Academy[11] 28 Josh PriceAll
MG Racing RCIB Insurance[12] MG6 GTTOCA/Swindon23 Daniel Lloyd1–4
40 Árón Taylor-SmithAll
66 Josh Cook[13] 5–10
Halfords Yuasa Racing[14] Honda Civic Type R25 Matt NealAll
52 Gordon SheddenAll
Simpson Racing303 Matt SimpsonAll
Independent Entries
Team Shredded Wheat Racing with DUO[15] Ford Focus STFord/Mountune3 Mat Jackson[16] All
6 Rory Butcher[17] 7–10
30 Martin Depper[18] All
300 Luke Davenport1–5
Ford Focus ST[19] Ford/Mountune7 Stephen JelleyAll
66 Josh Cook[20] 1–4
95 Dennis Strandberg[21] 5
Stewart Lines[22] 6–10
AmDtuning.com with Cobra Exhausts[23] Audi S3 SaloonTOCA/Swindon10All
48 Ollie JacksonAll
Handy Motorsport[24] Toyota Avensis (2012)TOCA/Swindon11 Rob AustinAll
Autoaid/RCIB Insurance Racing[25] Volkswagen CCTOCA/Swindon12 Michael Epps[26] All
61 Will Burns[27] 1–9
TAG Racing[28] 24 Jake Hill[29] All
Laser Tools Racing[30] TOCA/Swindon16 Aiden MoffatAll
Ciceley Motorsport with MAC Tools[31] 33 Adam MorganAll
BTC Norlin Racing[32] Chevrolet CruzeTOCA/Swindon17 Dave Newsham[33] All
22 Chris SmileyAll
Eurotech Racing[34] Honda Civic Type RTOCA/Swindon31 Jack Goff[35] All
39 Brett Smith[36] 6–10
55 Jeff Smith1–5
Speedworks Motorsport[37] [38] Toyota Avensis (2015)TOCA/Swindon80 Tom IngramAll

Driver Changes

Changed teams

Entering/re-entering BTCC

Leaving BTCC

Team Changes

Mid Season Changes

Race calendar

The provisional calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 15 June 2016, with no major changes from previous seasons.[43]

RoundCircuitDate
1R1Brands Hatch
(Indy Circuit, Kent)
2 April
R2
R3
2R4Donington Park
(National Circuit, Leicestershire)
16 April
R5
R6
3R7Thruxton Circuit
(Hampshire)
7 May
R8
R9
4R10Oulton Park
(Island Circuit, Cheshire)
21 May
R11
R12
5R13Croft Circuit
(North Yorkshire)
11 June
R14
R15
6R16
(300 Circuit, Norfolk)
30 July
R17
R18
7R19Knockhill Racing Circuit
(Fife)
13 August
R20
R21
8R22Rockingham Motor Speedway

Northamptonshire)
27 August
R23
R24
9R25Silverstone Circuit
(National Circuit, Northamptonshire)
R26
R27
10R28Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)
1 October
R29
R30

Results

RoundCircuitPole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning teamnowrapWinning independent
1R1Brands Hatch Indy Jeff Smithnowrap Gordon Shedden Tom IngramSpeedworks Motorsport Tom Ingram
R2nowrap Colin Turkingtonnowrap Gordon SheddenHalfords Yuasa Racing Tom Ingram Senna Proctor
R3 Colin Turkington Andrew JordanBMW Pirtek Racing Adam Morgan Senna Proctor
2R4Donington Park Rob Austin Colin Turkington Aiden MoffatLaser Tools Racing Aiden Moffat Senna Proctor
R5 Andrew Jordan Tom IngramSpeedworks Motorsport Tom Ingram Ant Whorton-Eales
R6 Daniel Lloydnowrap Colin TurkingtonTeam BMW Adam Morgan Senna Proctor
3R7Thruxton Circuit Matt Neal Ashley Sutton Matt NealHalfords Yuasa Racing Jack Goff Senna Proctor
R8 Matt Neal Rob CollardTeam BMW Tom Ingram Luke Davenport
R9 Tom Chilton Colin TurkingtonTeam BMW Tom Ingram Senna Proctor
4R10Oulton Park Matt Neal Matt Neal Andrew JordanBMW Pirtek Racing Aiden Moffat Senna Proctor
R11 Ashley Sutton Ashley SuttonAdrian Flux Subaru Racing Josh Cook Josh Price
R12 Tom Ingram Gordon SheddenHalfords Yuasa Racing Rob Austin Luke Davenport
5R13Croft Circuitnowrap Colin Turkington Ashley SuttonAdrian Flux Subaru Racing Mat Jackson Senna Proctor
R14 Colin Turkington Colin TurkingtonTeam BMW Mat Jackson Ant Whorton-Eales
R15 Mat Jackson Mat JacksonnowrapTeam Shredded Wheat Racing with DUO Mat Jackson Senna Proctor
6R16 Colin Turkington Ashley SuttonAdrian Flux Subaru Racing
R17 Josh Price Ashley SuttonAdrian Flux Subaru Racing Mat Jackson
R18 Rob Collard Gordon SheddenHalfords Yuasa Racing Mat Jackson
7R19Knockhill Racing Circuit Jason Plato Colin Turkington Jason PlatoAdrian Flux Subaru Racing Tom Ingram
R20 Ashley Sutton Dave Newsham Rory Butcher
R21 Tom IngramSpeedworks Motorsport
8R22Rockingham Motor Speedway James Cole Matt Neal James Cole Josh Price
R23 Ashley Sutton Ashley SuttonAdrian Flux Subaru Racing Mat Jackson
R24 Ashley Sutton Andrew JordanBMW Pirtek Racing Adam Morgan Senna Proctor
9R25Silverstone Circuit Adam Morgan Tom IngramSpeedworks Motorsport Ant Whorton-Eales
R26 Gordon SheddenEurotech Racing Brett Smith
R27 Senna Proctor Matt NealHalfords Yuasa Racingnowrap Dave Newshamnowrap Ant Whorton-Eales
10R28Brands Hatch GP Gordon Shedden Aiden MoffatLaser Tools Racing Aiden Moffat Senna Proctor
R29 Colin Turkington Colin TurkingtonTeam BMW Mat Jackson Brett Smith
R30 Martin Depper Rob AustinHandy Motorsport Rob Austin Rory Butcher

Championship standings

Points system
 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th  11th  12th  13th  14th  15th 
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Drivers' Championship

(key)

DriverBHIDONTHROULCROSNEKNOROCSILBHGPvalign=middlePts
1 Ashley Sutton16Ret21133368631*41*221*1*Ret21*421*554113123
2 Colin TurkingtonRet92451*761*2913521*67*233336364322151*Ret351
3 Tom Ingram1*3*115*1*5432RetRet268Ret168106681*DNS981*2*4264311
4 Gordon Shedden21*776224741*5491371*116230Ret1211721726309
5 Rob Collard7266212101*75264389324411178RetRetDNSDNSWDWDWD256
6 Jack Goff412812963432116152122212*5814Ret1635421*91282245
7 Matt NealRet11427Ret1*29*11232Ret18539Ret9Ret85Ret1313131*1038243
8 Mat Jackson851311RetRet8201467Ret371*1144Ret167721524Ret10447210
9 Andrew Jordan661*1515182814131*5*3*6574621*13Ret131271*Ret278271713203
10 Adam Morgan345811257928DNSDNSRet1512Ret19Ret8Ret17862366Ret199187
11 Rob Austin5183Ret139559871184Ret15Ret23Ret203126Ret955991*174
12 Jason Plato12RetDNSRet20162325281211111063524161*2*610432315Ret282422146
13 Aiden Moffat18RetRet1*14*81298414Ret2314Ret1929122615151914178Ret141*5*14121
14 Dave NewshamRet17141984*151312241913Ret1915242013107101323107938Ret17108
15 Tom Chilton1083Ret10141412101924199Ret201012101612181116245715
16 James ColeRet21RetRet242227282623RetNCRet16Ret15855551*13Ret17211519222679
17 Michael Epps9109Ret2321251820111082212RetRet18Ret24172315Ret191010121810577
18 Josh Cook137261047Ret302286Ret72323Ret28Ret12Ret294RetRet18Ret2526Ret
19 Senna Proctor171319141910162319151816141314172397Ret2521117152218614Ret63
20 Jake HillNC1910Ret2611Ret2115109912Ret19611721Ret22241716Ret17Ret261610
21 Chris Smiley21Ret25Ret1717191518NC2720202013141720191426201091811711Ret1145
22 Ollie Jackson22141617Ret1518161714261813910*1814Ret2819Ret14121112RetRet14151642
23align=left nowrap Ant Whorton-Eales25Ret231612Ret3024DNS272821161117202111171027*1818Ret6231316182534
24 Matt Simpson1120Ret18Ret20131116Ret2514Ret17181213Ret22131428Ret1825242013202430
25 Robert Huff1682*26
26 Jeff SmithRet1617913 Ret111027132124WDWDWD25
27 Árón Taylor-Smith14151223189202725161225WDWDWDRet27Ret15Ret2416152019141723132025
28 Martin Depper15Ret22Ret252424RetDNS26202318101122221727111222202322201621272322
29 Rory Butcher25992519142019Ret24211220
30 Brett SmithRetRet1430181927242114121917111813
31 Josh Price242424212823292624221527Ret24RetRet261918Ret9RetRet2116Ret2223Ret9
32 Luke Davenport19Ret2016251717Ret181710WDWDWD6
33 Daniel Lloyd232315Ret21Ret21RetRet2022126
34 Stephen Jelley20182720221922222117231715RetRet21251520Ret212622RetRet26Ret20DNS192
35 Will Burns2622282227Ret26192325292217RetRet1616182920Ret2321RetRetDNSDNS0
36 Dennis Strandberg1921220
37 Stewart Lines23RetRetRet2128292522Ret25Ret2925210
DriverBHIDONTHROULCROSNEKNOROCSILBHGPvalign=middlePts

Manufacturers'/Constructors' Championship

Manufacturer/ConstructorBHIDONTHROULCROSNEKNOROCSILBHGPvalign=middlePts
1BMW / West Surrey Racing62142171112321642233363643815113782
762651210675554377334412178RetRet27222717Ret
2Subaru / Team BMR122121133368631412211511421354113123751
1624242220162325241211111063581622510452315Ret282422
3Honda / Team Dynamics21426Ret1242315453719625Ret121171726726
Ret11777DSQ22911742Ret189139Ret11Ret830Ret131313211038
4Vauxhall / Power Maxed Racing10831410101412101518169131410129712181111715825715580
171319Ret191416231919241914Ret2017231016Ret25211624162218614Ret
5MG / Triple Eight Racing1415122418920272516121272323Ret27Ret12Ret2441520191417231320369
232315Ret21Ret21RetRet202225WDWDWDRet28Ret15Ret2916RetRetEX18Ret2526Ret
Manufacturer/ConstructorBHIDONTHROULCROSNEKNOROCSILBHGPvalign=middlePts

Teams' Championship

TeamPoints
1Team BMW594
2Halfords Yuasa Racing545
3Adrian Flux Subaru Racing513
4Speedworks Motorsport307
5Eurotech Racing286
6Team Shredded Wheat Racing with DUO235
7Power Maxed Racing201
8BMW Pirtek Racing200
9Ciceley Motorsport with MAC Tools191
10Handy Motorsport173
11BTC Norlin Racing162
12Laser Tools Racing124
13Autoaid/RCIB Insurance Racing82
14AmDtuning.com with Cobra Exhausts79
15TAG Racing68
16MG Racing RCIB Insurance64
17nowrapTeam Parker Racing with Maximum Motorsport61
18Simpson Racing
19A-Plan Academy8

Independents Drivers' Trophy

DriverPoints
1 Tom Ingram418
2 Jack Goff379
3 Mat Jackson344
4 Adam Morgan293
5 Rob Austin286
6 Dave Newsham268
7 Aiden Moffat243
8 Michael Epps199
9 Ollie Jackson199
10 Jake Hill
11 Chris Smiley187
12nowrap Ant Whorton-Eales157
13 Martin Depper136
14 Stephen Jelley106
15 Josh Cook99
16 Rory Butcher76
17 Jeff Smith73
18 Will Burns70
19 Brett Smith63
20 Luke Davenport60
21 Stewart Lines17
22 Dennis Strandberg15

Independent Teams' Trophy

TeamPoints
1Speedworks Motorsport425
2Eurotech Racing408
3Team Shredded Wheat Racing with DUO404
4BTC Norlin Racing329
5Ciceley Motorsport with MAC Tools308
6Handy Motorsport302
7AmDtuning.com with Cobra Exhausts280
8Laser Tools Racing267
9Autoaid/RCIB Insurance Racing265
10nowrapTeam Parker Racing with Maximum Motorsport242
11TAG Racing228

Jack Sears Trophy

DriverBHIDONTHROULCROSNEKNOROCSILBHGPvalign=middlePts
1 Senna Proctor171319141910162319151816141314172397Ret2521117152218614Ret503
2 Ant Whorton-Eales25Ret231612Ret3024DNS2728211611172021111710271818Ret62313161825410
3 Josh Price242424212823292624221527Ret24RetRet261918DSQRet9RetRet2116Ret2223Ret295
4 Will Burns2622282227Ret26192325292217RetRet1616182920Ret2321RetRetDNSDNS269
5 Brett SmithRetRet14301819272421141219171118197
6 Rory Butcher25992519142019Ret242112168
7 Luke Davenport19Ret20DSQ16251717Ret181710WDWDWD157
8 Dennis Strandberg19212243
DriverBHIDONTHROULCROSNEKNOROCSILBHGPvalign=middlePts

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: DUNLOP CONTINUE STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH BTCC. TOCA. British Touring Car Championship. 18 March 2014. 15 June 2016.
  2. News: POWER MAXED RACING AND VAUXHALL IN BTCC FROM 2017. British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 22 November 2016. 22 November 2016.
  3. News: TOM CHILTON RETURNS TO BTCC WITH PMR. British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 19 December 2016. 20 December 2016.
  4. News: SENNA PROCTOR SIGNS FOR POWER MAXED RACING. British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 6 December 2016. 6 December 2016.
  5. News: Rob Huff back in the BTCC with Power Maxed Racing. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Neil. Hudson. 11 September 2017. 11 September 2017. TouringCarTimes.
  6. News: BMW confirms manufacturer backing for West Surrey Racing. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Matt. Salisbury. 24 February 2017. 24 February 2017. TouringCarTimes.
  7. News: TURKINGTON RETURNS 'HOME'. British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 14 February 2017. 14 February 2017.
  8. News: COLLARD COMPLETES WSR BMW LINE-UP. British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 20 February 2017. 20 February 2017.
  9. News: ANDREW JORDAN JOINS WSR FOR BTCC TITLE ASSAULT. British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 15 November 2016. 15 November 2016.
  10. News: Ashley Sutton joins Jason Plato and James Cole at Team BMR. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Ian. Gallagher. 7 February 2017. 7 February 2017. TouringCarTimes.
  11. News: Teenage Clio graduate Price gets fourth BMR Subaru for 2017 BTCC. Autosport. Autosport. 16 March 2017. 16 March 2017.
  12. News: MG names Aron Taylor-Smith and Dan Lloyd for 2017. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Ian. Gallagher. 6 February 2017. 6 February 2017. TouringCarTimes.
  13. News: Dan Lloyd, Triple Eight announce split. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Ian. Gallagher. 5 June 2017. 5 June 2017. TouringCarTimes.
  14. News: SIMPSON JOINS FORCES WITH TEAM DYNAMICS FOR 2017. British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 21 November 2016. 22 November 2016.
  15. News: MOTORBASE TO FIELD THREE-CAR BTCC SQUAD. British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 5 December 2016. 6 December 2016.
  16. News: MOTORBASE ANNOUNCES SHREDDED WHEAT AS NEW TITLE SPONSOR AND RETAINS MAT JACKSON. British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 14 December 2016. 15 December 2016.
  17. News: Rory Butcher joins Motorbase Performance for remainder of the season. btcccrazy.co.uk/. BTCC Crazy. 7 August 2017. 7 August 2017.
  18. News: Motorbase Performance confirm 2017 line-up. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Matt. Salisbury. 12 January 2017. 12 January 2017. TouringCarTimes.
  19. News: BTCC racer Lines injured in bike crash, Parker to run his Ford. Autosport. Autosport. 1 February 2017. 2 February 2017.
  20. News: COOK LINES UP IN MAXIMUM MOTORSPORT'S FORD FOCUS. British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 21 February 2017. 21 February 2017.
  21. News: Dennis Strandberg secures Maximum seat for Croft. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Matt. Salisbury. 9 June 2017. 15 June 2017. TouringCarTimes.
  22. News: Stewart Lines steps back into BTCC seat. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Matt. Salisbury. 20 July 2017. 20 July 2017. TouringCarTimes.
  23. News: Ollie Jackson re-signs with AMD Tuning for 2017. Chris. Ashby. 23 November 2016. 23 November 2016. BTCC Crazy. James Mappin.
  24. News: HANDY MOTORSPORT TO LAUNCH 2017 PROGRAMME AT ASI AFTER RETAINING ROB AUSTIN. British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 11 January 2017. 11 January 2017.
  25. News: Team HARD in Volkswagen return for 2017. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Matt. Salisbury. 9 November 2016. 9 November 2016. TouringCarTimes.
  26. News: EPPS BACK WITH TEAM HARD FOR 2017. British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 29 November 2016. 6 December 2016.
  27. News: Will Burns to make BTCC debut with Team HARD. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Matt. Salisbury. 11 November 2016. 11 November 2016. TouringCarTimes.
  28. News: Team HARD in Volkswagen return for 2017. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Matt. Salisbury. 9 November 2016. 9 November 2016. TouringCarTimes.
  29. News: Jake Hill targets podiums after securing Team HARD return. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 31 January 2017. 31 January 2017. TouringCarTimes.
  30. News: MOFFAT ANNOUNCES MERCEDES ENTRY WITH LASER TOOLS RACING. British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 15 November 2016. 15 November 2016.
  31. News: CICELEY MOTORSPORT UNVEILS NEW SPONSOR AND NEW LOOK. BTCC. 4 March 2017. 4 March 2017.
  32. News: BTC NORLIN RACING JOINS GRID. British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 13 December 2016. 15 December 2016.
  33. News: NEWSHAM COMPLETES BTC NORLIN RACING LINE-UP. British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 20 December 2016. 20 December 2016.
  34. News: JEFF SMITH CONFIRMED AT EUROTECH. British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 9 January 2017. 10 January 2017.
  35. News: JACK GOFF JOINS EUROTECH RACING. British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 23 January 2017. 23 January 2017.
  36. News: BRETT SMITH TO TAKE OVER EUROTECH RACING SEAT. British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 29 June 2017. 29 June 2017.
  37. News: Tom Ingram to stay with Speedworks Motorsport in 2017. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Ian. Gallagher. 5 October 2016. 29 October 2016. TouringCarTimes.
  38. News: Speedworks to run facelifted Avensis for 2017 BTCC season. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Ian. Gallagher. 27 February 2017. 27 February 2017. TouringCarTimes.
  39. Web site: Alex Martin confirms switch to Porsche Carrera Cup GB. touringcars.net. 6 January 2017 . 12 January 2017.
  40. Web site: WARREN SCOTT TO COMPETE IN BRITISH RALLYCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP FOR 2017. 7 March 2017.
  41. News: BMW confirms manufacturer backing for West Surrey Racing. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Matt. Salisbury. 24 February 2017. 24 February 2017. TouringCarTimes.
  42. News: Rory Butcher joins Motorbase Performance for remainder of the season. btcccrazy.co.uk/. BTCC Crazy. 7 August 2017. 7 August 2017.
  43. News: 2017 British Touring Car Championship calendar revealed. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 15 June 2016. 15 June 2016.