Andrew Abbott

Colin Turkington was pleased with his points haul from the season opening round of the British Touring Car Championship at Thruxton, despite having his best result taken away from him.

Dan Lloyd admitted to feeling a bit out of practice in the British Touring Car Championship season opener at Thruxton, with the Power Maxed Racing driver taking some time to adjust to the wet conditions.

The FIA World Touring Car Cup races in Portugal have been moved to Estoril for the 2021 season, although promoter Eurosport Events has signed a new three-year deal to return to the streets of Vila Real from 2022.

Gordon Shedden endured a ‘weekend to forget’ on his return to the British Touring Car Championship at Thruxton, with the Team Dynamics driver only picking up points in the final race of the day.

Rory Butcher says there is ‘cause for encouragement’ after Thruxton, despite the Toyota Gazoo Racing UK driver failing to score in two of the weekend’s three British Touring Car Championship races.

Andy Neate has been penalised for causing the huge accident in the second British Touring Car Championship race at Thruxton, which took out the Motorbase driver, Team HARD’s Glynn Geddie and BTC Racing’s Jade Edwards.

Jake Hill left Thruxton surprised to be leading the British Touring Car Championship standings, after the MB Motorsport driver finished third in all three races on a topsy-turvy day in Hampshire.

Mehdi Bennani praised the progress that his Sébastien Loeb Racing team made with setting up his new Hyundai Elantra N at the Slovakiaring, leading to the Moroccan claiming the first-ever TCR win for the new car.