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The final pre-season test for the BTCC sees Charles Rainford and Mikey Doble set the fastest times in the final day of pre-season testing. The morning session was the first time all 21 drivers were on track ahead of the 2026 season with Mikey Doble in the PMR Audi topping the timesheets with a 47.553. He led a PMR 1-2 with Dexter Patterson setting a time only eight hundredths slower than his teammate. Àròn Taylor-Smith was the fastest Toyota with him going third fastest in th

British GT champion Ricky Collard will return to the BTCC for 2026 with Team Vertu Hyundai completing lineup. Collard is a third generation racer, who started his car racing career in Formula Ford in 2014 after karting. He would then race in British F4 in 2015 finishing runner-up to reigning F1 world champion Lando Norris. He would then racing in British F3 (now known as GB3) the following year finishing runner-up again that season. Collard would make the switch to GT's, he w

Nic Hamilton joins ExcelR8 and Hyundai supported by Draper tools. Hamilton is the only driver to race in the BTCC with a disability and continues to drive with us after making the switch to a new team. Hamilton, after initially joining the championship in 2015 before returning in 2019, joins Hyundai with a ton of experience and a partnership that goes back to 2019 between Draper Tools and ExcelR8 Motorsport in the Mini Challenge. This season will be Hamilton's most competitiv

Daryl DeLeon and Charles Rainford have been announced to be staying with WSR for the 2026 season. After joining WSR last season, the pair reunite after fighting over the Jack Sears Trophy. DeLeon goes into his fourth BTCC season after debuting in 2023 with Team HARD in the Cupra Leon. He only competed in half the season but claimed a best finish of 12th at the finale at Brands. He would continue to drive the Cupra in 2024 finding points finishes fairly often and putting on ve

Young star Daryl DeLeon set the fastest time in day 2 with a record setting lap in the afternoon session at Croft. Ash Sutton after setting solid times throughout yesterday's running with the third fastest time in both sessions yesterday, sets the fastest time for the morning running of day 2 with a 1:20.958. Chris Smiley would set the second fastest time just a quarter of a second behind the NAPA driver while Josh Cook, Daniel Rowbottom and James Dorlin set times within

The reigning BTCC champion Tom Ingram carries on where he left off last season with the fastest time in testing at Croft. The morning session of testing at Croft saw Ingram lead a Team Vertu 1-2 at the top of the time sheets with him setting the fastest time of the day during the second hour of the session. Teammate Tom Chilton sets a time two tenths off Ingram’s pace but put more laps in than his teammate. Four-time BTCC champion Sutton would set the third fastest time a

GBR Stratton have announced that John Hartshorne will partner with former BTCC race winner Ronan Pearson for 2026 British GT Season. Hartshorne is one of the top amateur GT drivers currently with years of experience contesting Le Mans, ELMS and ALMS. He has claimed multiple podiums in ELMS and a race win in the 24-Hour series in the 991 Class. He isn’t new to British GT either, racing in the championship in Aston Martin’s and before that the TVR Tuscan back in his debut i

Power Maxed Racing have announced that Mikey Doble will remain with the team for 2026. Heading into his fourth season with the team, Doble will race alongside Aiden Moffat under the LKQ Euro Car Parts with Power Maxed Racing banner for 2026 after a newly found partnership between the two brands. Joining the BTCC in 2023 after a very successful 2022 campaign, claiming the Ginetta GT5 Challenge – Pro championship as well as the BMW Compact Cup, he joined Power Maxed Racin

Aiden Moffat and LKQ Euro Car Parts will make the switch to Power Maxed Racing for the 2026 BTCC Season. Joining the BTCC in 2013 at just 17 years of age, Moffat has had a fairly successful career in the series, claiming points in his second and third race weekends in the back end of the season before moving to Laser Tools Racing for 2014. After a year of learning with Laser Tools in the Chevrolet Cruz, the team switched to the Mercedes-Benz A-Class for 2015 which saw a b

After competing with Toyota and Speedworks in 2025, James Dorlin makes the switch to Restart for the upcoming BTCC season. Dorlin becomes the first driver to be announced by Restart Racing with another driver set to be announced soon. Dorlin joined the BTCC in 2025 after competing in British GT Porsche Sprint Challenge GB. He claimed the 2020 title for the latter while also taking the Silver-Am Championship in British GT in 2022. Previously, he was a McLaren Development Drive

Toyota and Speedworks Motorsport have confirmed their driver lineup for 2026 with Josh Cook and Max Buxton staying with the team. Cook joined the team back in 2024 after One Motorsport decided to take a season out, claiming two wins and seven further podiums on his way to sixth in the drivers standings. He would return to One Motorsport for the first half of 2025 before they had to drop out halfway through the season. He would return to Toyota replacing James Dorlin for t

2026 newcomer Plato Racing have announced that they have signed Adam Morgan for the upcoming BTCC Season. Morgan joined the BTCC in 2012 with Speedworks Motorsport claiming points finishes in twelve races with a best finish of eighth. He would improve in 2012 with only four non-scoring results and claimed his first podium at Oulton Park on his way to seventh in the overall standings. He would switch to the Mercedes-Benz A-Class for 2014, continuing to pick up consistent p