The 2008 HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship season was the 51st British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. It was also the first that the championship was sponsored by HiQ. Fabrizio Giovanardi won his second consecutive title.
The 2008 HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship season was the 51st British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. It was also the first that the championship was sponsored by HiQ. Fabrizio Giovanardi won his second consecutive title.
After capturing the Drivers and Manufacturers titles in their first season with the Vectra, the Triple 8-run works Vauxhall squad expanded to three cars for 2008. Reigning champion Fabrizio Giovanardi remained on board, being joined by Matt Neal, returning to Vauxhall for the first time since 2002 after leaving his family-run Team Dynamics squad, with whom he won back-to-back titles in 2005 and 2006. The third car was piloted by Tom Onslow-Cole, who impressed at the wheel of a WSR BMW in his debut BTCC campaign in 2007.
SEAT were once again the only other full-works operation, and fitted their Leons with the rapid yet often unreliable turbo diesel engines being used by the marque's World Touring Car Championship operation. Jason Plato, who came extremely close to securing a second BTCC title the previous year, remained on board, as did GT convert Darren Turner.
Tom Chilton, moving the opposite direction after two years with Vauxhall, replaced the outgoing Neal at Team Dynamics (again running as Team Halfords), with Gordon Shedden remaining on board in the other of their self-developed Honda Civics. As with the previous year, in spite of not being a factory-backed operation, the cars were not eligible for Independents points due to their dominance of the category with the Integra in 2005 and 2006.
West Surrey Racing (again running as Team RAC) campaigned the BMW 320is for a second year, with reigning Independents champion Colin Turkington again heading the team and single-seater convert Stephen Jelley replacing the Vauxhall-bound Onslow-Cole. Mat Jackson returned in his 320is after a successful debut season in 2007, with his small family-run operation now enjoying BMW Dealer Team UK backing.
Motorbase Performance also joined the BMW brigade after ditching their SEAT Toledos, with former Independents champion Rob Collard returned to the series full-time with the team after spending most of 2007 away. He was partnered by Steven Kane, who had been a front-runner for the team in the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain after making the switch from single-seaters. Also leaving the Toledo behind for 2008 were GR Asia (again running under the Team Air Cool banner), who switched to a newer Leon (which ran with its original petrol engine unlike the works cars) for the returning Adam Jones.
Team Eurotech continued with the ex-Team Dynamics Honda Integra for a third year, expanding to two cars with team boss Mike Jordan now joined by his 18-year-old son Andrew, who had impressed in rallycross before making his road racing debut in the Renault Clio Cup in 2007. John George also campaigned his Integra for a second year with TH Motorsport.
Alan Taylor returned for a full season in his Integra with Robertshaw Racing, having debuted in the closing meetings of 2007. The team also added a pair of ex-WTCC Chevrolet Lacettis to their line-up driven by Matt Allison, switching from Motorbase, and SEAT Cupra Championship graduate Harry Vaulkhard, the first Chevrolets to compete in the series since 1975. Allison left the team due to budgetary reasons after the first three meetings and was not replaced.
Among the other returnees were Kartworld Racing (entered as Team KWR), who continued to run the venerable MG ZS, cutting back to a single example for team boss Jason Hughes. Tech-Speed Motorsport, again running under the Arkas Racing banner, expanded to two cars for its second year with the Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch, Turkey's Erkut Kizilirmak being joined by Martin Bell, who had piloted a Geoff Steel Racing BMW in the previous two years.
BTC Racing began the year running their temperamental Lexus IS200s from the previous two seasons, before switching to a pair of SEAT Toledos acquired from Motorbase from the second round onwards. Team stalwart Chris Stockton remained alongside multiple truck racing champion Stuart Oliver, who was making his first steps into cars. Gareth Howell, who appeared in a Toledo for Motorbase in 2007, was recruited to replace Oliver at meetings that clashed with his truck racing commitments, making two such appearances before Oliver left the championship and the second car was dropped.
The only all-new entry to the championship came in the shape of young Scotsman Michael Doyle, who had been a race winner in the Clio Cup the previous year. He ran a BTCC-spec Honda Civic Type-R, originally built and run by the works Arena operation between 2002 and 2005, with his family-run In-Tune Racing team.
Team 48 Motorsport registered a two-car entry with Darrelle Wilson and Jamaican Matthew Gore as the drivers. The team intended to run the Alfa Romeos run by A-Tech in 2007 but after repeatedly delaying their debut, the team ultimately never raced.
On 12 March 2008 the BTCC Organisers released the official MSA HiQ British Touring Car Championship entry list for the 2008 season.
(https://www.eurosport.com/motorsports/blissett-unveils-team-48_sto1508367/story.shtml)
All races were held in the United Kingdom. The 2008 season once again had ten race weekends with three BTCC rounds at each. A provisional calendar had been announced by series organisers. [1]
| Points system | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Fastest Lap | Lead a lap | |||||||
| 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Pos | Driver | BHI | ROC | DON | THR | CRO | SNE | OUL | KNO | SIL | BHI | Pts | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Fabrizio Giovanardi | 1* | 1* | 6 | 5 | 2* | 5 | 8 | 1* | 4 | 3 | 10* | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1* | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1* | 3 | 14 | DNS | 11 | 262 |
| 2 |  Mat Jackson | 2* | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1* | Ret | Ret | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18* | 2 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 1* | 12 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13* | 1* | 1* | 1* | 4 | 226 |
| 3 | Jason Plato | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1* | 2* | 3 | DSQ | 7 | 1* | 12 | 8 | 12 | 1* | 1* | Ret | 1* | NC* | 9 | 1* | 1* | Ret | 1* | 7* | 5* | 5 | Ret | 13 | 223 |
| 4 | Colin Turkington | 20 | 8 | 1* | 16 | 6 | 7* | 9* | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2* | 6 | 1* | 1* | 8 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1* | 7 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 212 |
| 5 | Matt Neal | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 1* | 2 | Ret | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 185 |
| 6 | Tom Onslow-Cole | 7 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 5 | Ret | 3* | 3 | 2 | 1* | 1* | 7 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 6* | 9 | 8 | 3 | 170 |
| 7 | Gordon Shedden | 6 | 2 | Ret | 1* | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9* | 10 | 13* | 8 | 17* | 3* | Ret | 6 | 4 | 8 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 1* | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 144 |
| 8 | Darren Turner | 4 | 5 | Ret | 2 | 3* | Ret | 19 | 4 | 1* | 6 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 9 | Ret | 2 | 19* | 16 | 6 | Ret | 16 | Ret | 8 | 1* | 3 | Ret | 19 | 7 | Ret | 12 | 133 |
| 9 | Adam Jones | 10 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | DSQ | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | Ret | 119 |
| 10 | Tom Chilton | 9 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 11 | Ret | 10 | 11 | 6 | 12 | Ret | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1* | 107 |
| 11 | Steven Kane | 8 | Ret | DNS | 10 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 4 | Ret | 12 | 14 | 9 | Ret | 5 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 86 |
| 12 | Rob Collard | 12 | Ret | 11 | 13 | 12 | 8 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 14 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | Ret* | 9 | 4 | 9 | 10 | Ret | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 84 |
| 13 | Andrew Jordan | 15 | 14 | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | 6 | Ret | 10 | 9 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13 | 9 | 3* | 9 | 9 | 3 | 9 | Ret | 20 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 56 |
| 14 | Mike Jordan | 13 | 9 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 10 | Ret | 9 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 11 | 9 | Ret | Ret | DNS | DNS | 11 | 13 | 11 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 12 | 10 | 10 | 34 |
| 15 | Stephen Jelley | 14 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 11 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 7 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 14 |
| 16 | Michael Doyle | NC | 18 | 15 | 20 | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | DNS | 15 | Ret | DNS | 9 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 13 | 11 | 16 | Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | 8 | 15 | Ret | DNS | 5 |
| 17 | Matt Allison | 11 | 12 | 8 | 12 | Ret | DNS | Ret | DNS | DNS | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Chris Stockton | Ret | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | 13 | 8 | Ret | 19 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 14 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 17 | Ret | DNS | DNS | Ret | DNS | DNS | 3 | |||
| 19 | Harry Vaulkhard | 18 | 15 | 14 | Ret | 13 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 11 | Ret | 16 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | Ret | 16 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 2 |
| 20 | Jason Hughes | 16 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 12 | DNS | 16 | 12 | 12 | Ret | 15 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 14 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 15 | 2 |
| 21 | John George | 17 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 16 | Ret | Ret | DNS | DNS | 20 | NC | 12 | 17 | 17 | Ret | 17 | 16 | 10 | 17 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 14 | Ret | 15 | Ret | 1 |
| 22 |  Erkut Kızılırmak | 19 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 16 | Ret | DNS | 22 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 18 | Ret | 13 | 18 | DNS | 17 | 18 | 17 | Ret | 1 | ||||||
| 23 | Martyn Bell | Ret | 17 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 17 | Ret | 15 | 20 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 18 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 14 | Ret | 18 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 16 | Ret | 0 |
| 24 | Alan Taylor | 21 | 20 | Ret | 21 | 19 | DNS | 18 | Ret | DNS | 21 | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNS | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | NC | Ret | Ret | 15 | 19 | 20 | Ret | DNS | 16 | 19 | DNS | 16 | 0 |
| 25 | Stuart Oliver | Ret | Ret | DNS | 19 | Ret | Ret | 17 | Ret | 15 | 21 | Ret | DNS | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | Gareth Howell | 18 | 17 | Ret | Ret | DNS | DNS | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | BHI | ROC | DON | THR | CRO | SNE | OUL | KNO | SIL | BHI | Pts | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pos | Team | BHI | ROC | DON | THR | CRO | SNE | OUL | KNO | SIL | BHI | Pts | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VX Racing | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 537 |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 2 | SEAT Sport UK | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 | NC | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 12 | 328 |
| 4 | 5 | Ret | 9 | 9 | Ret | 19 | 4 | 3 | DSQ | 7 | 16 | 15 | 9 | Ret | 2 | 19 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 16 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 19 | 7 | Ret | 13 | |||
| 3 | Team Halfords | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 231*** |
| 9 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 7 | 4 | Ret | 9 | 10 | 13 | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | 4 | 15 | Ret | 7 | 11 | Ret | 10 | 11 | 8 | 13 | Ret | 11 | 13 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Team RAC | 14 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 227 |
| 20 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 11 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 7 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 12 | Ret | |||
| 5 | BMW Dealer Team UK | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 217 |
| 6 | Motorbase Performance | 8 | Ret | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 8 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 173 |
| 12 | Ret | DNS | 13 | 12 | 13 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 14 | 14 | 11 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 6 | 9 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 14 | 9 | Ret | 9 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 7 | Team Air Cool | 10 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | DSQ | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | Ret | 103*** |
| 8 | Team Eurotech | 13 | 9 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 9 | Ret | 13 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 89** |
| 15 | 14 | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 15 | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNS | DNS | 11 | 13 | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Robertshaw Racing | 11 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 9 |
| 18 | 15 | 14 | 21 | 19 | DNS | 18 | Ret | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNS | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | NC | Ret | Ret | Ret | 19 | 20 | Ret | DNS | 16 | 19 | DNS | 16 | |||
| 10 | In-Tune Racing | NC | 18 | 15 | 20 | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | DNS | 15 | Ret | DNS | 9 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 13 | 11 | 16 | Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | 8 | 15 | Ret | DNS | 6 |
| 11 | Team KWR | 16 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 12 | DNS | 16 | 12 | 12 | Ret | 15 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 14 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 15 | 4 |
| 12 | TH Motorsport | 17 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 16 | Ret | Ret | DNS | DNS | 20 | NC | 12 | 17 | 17 | Ret | 17 | 16 | 10 | 17 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 14 | Ret | 15 | Ret | 2 |
| 13 | Arkas Racing | 19 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 14 | Ret | 18 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 16 | Ret | 1 |
| Ret | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 16 | Ret | DNS | 22 | Ret | 15 | 20 | 16 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 14 | 18 | DNS | 18 | 18 | 17 | Ret | |||||||||
| 14 | BTC Racing | Ret | Ret | DNS | 19 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 17 | Ret | 11 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 14 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 17 | Ret | DNS | DNS | Ret | DNS | DNS | 0* | |||
| Ret | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | 17 | Ret | Ret | 19 | Ret | DNS | 21 | Ret | DNS | Ret | DNS | DNS | |||||||||||||||
| Pos | Team | BHI | ROC | DON | THR | CRO | SNE | OUL | KNO | SIL | BHI | Pts | ||||||||||||||||||||
* – BTC Racing lose all points for three changes of engine.
** – Team Eurotech lose 10 points for three changes of engine.
*** – Team Air Cool and Team Halfords lose 20 points for four changes of engine.
| Pos | Driver | BHI | ROC | DON | THR | CRO | SNE | OUL | KNO | SIL | BHI | Pts | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colin Turkington | 20 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 323 |
| 2 | Mat Jackson | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 313 |
| 3 | Adam Jones | 10 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | DSQ | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | Ret | 262 |
| 4 | Steven Kane | 8 | Ret | DNS | 10 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 4 | Ret | 12 | 14 | 9 | Ret | 5 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 196 |
| 5 | Rob Collard | 12 | Ret | 11 | 13 | 12 | 8 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 14 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 9 | 4 | 9 | 10 | Ret | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 189 |
| 6 | Andrew Jordan | 15 | 14 | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | 6 | Ret | 10 | 9 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 9 | Ret | 20 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 138 |
| 7 | Mike Jordan | 13 | 9 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 10 | Ret | 9 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 11 | 9 | Ret | Ret | DNS | DNS | 11 | 13 | 11 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 12 | 10 | 10 | 133 |
| 8 | Stephen Jelley | 14 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 11 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 7 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 118 |
| 9 | Harry Vaulkhard | 18 | 15 | 14 | Ret | 13 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 11 | Ret | 16 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | Ret | 16 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 82 |
| 10 | Jason Hughes | 16 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 12 | DNS | 16 | 12 | 12 | Ret | 15 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 14 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 15 | 70 |
| 11 | Michael Doyle | NC | 18 | 15 | 20 | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | DNS | 15 | Ret | DNS | 9 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 13 | 11 | 16 | Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | 8 | 15 | Ret | DNS | 31 |
| 12 | Matt Allison | 11 | 12 | 8 | 12 | Ret | DNS | Ret | DNS | DNS | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | John George | 17 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 16 | Ret | Ret | DNS | DNS | 20 | NC | 12 | 17 | 17 | Ret | 17 | 16 | 10 | 17 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 14 | Ret | 15 | Ret | 25 |
| 14 | Chris Stockton | Ret | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | 13 | 8 | Ret | 19 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 14 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 17 | Ret | DNS | DNS | Ret | DNS | DNS | 19 | |||
| 15 | Martyn Bell | Ret | 17 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 17 | Ret | 15 | 20 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 18 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 14 | Ret | 18 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 16 | Ret | 18 |
| 16 | Erkut Kızılırmak | 19 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 16 | Ret | DNS | 22 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 18 | Ret | 13 | 18 | DNS | 17 | 18 | 17 | Ret | 17 | ||||||
| 17 | Alan Taylor | 21 | 20 | Ret | 21 | 19 | DNS | 18 | Ret | DNS | 21 | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNS | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | NC | Ret | Ret | 15 | 19 | 20 | Ret | DNS | 16 | 19 | DNS | 16 | 4 |
| 18 | Stuart Oliver | Ret | Ret | DNS | 19 | Ret | Ret | 17 | Ret | 15 | 21 | Ret | DNS | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Gareth Howell | 18 | 17 | Ret | Ret | DNS | DNS | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | BHI | ROC | DON | THR | CRO | SNE | OUL | KNO | SIL | BHI | Pts | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pos | Team | BHI | ROC | DON | THR | CRO | SNE | OUL | KNO | SIL | BHI | Pts | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team RAC | 14 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 340 |
| 2 | BMW Dealer Team UK | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 321 |
| 3 | Motorbase Performance | 8 | Ret | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 8 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 265 |
| 4 | Team Air Cool | 10 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | DSQ | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | Ret | 256** |
| 5 | Team Eurotech | 13 | 9 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 9 | Ret | 13 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 222* |
| 6 | Robertshaw Racing | 11 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 149 |
| 7 | Team KWR | 16 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 12 | DNS | 16 | 12 | 12 | Ret | 15 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 14 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 15 | 109 |
| 8 | Arkas Racing | 19 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 14 | Ret | 18 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 16 | Ret | 73 |
| 9 | TH Motorsport | 17 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 16 | Ret | Ret | DNS | DNS | 20 | NC | 12 | 17 | 17 | Ret | 17 | 16 | 10 | 17 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 14 | Ret | 15 | Ret | 62 |
| 10 | In-Tune Racing | NC | 18 | 15 | 20 | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | DNS | 15 | Ret | DNS | 9 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 13 | 11 | 16 | Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | 8 | 15 | Ret | DNS | 52 |
| 11 | BTC Racing | Ret | Ret | DNS | 19 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 17 | Ret | 11 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 14 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 17 | Ret | DNS | DNS | Ret | DNS | DNS | 32* | |||
| Pos | Team | BHI | ROC | DON | THR | CRO | SNE | OUL | KNO | SIL | BHI | Pts | ||||||||||||||||||||
* – BTC Racing & Team Eurotech lose 10 points for three changes of engine.
** – Team Air Cool lose 20 points for four changes of engine.
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Tech-Speed Motorsport is a British auto racing team who compete in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) and various historic race categories which was founded in 1984.
Christopher John Stockton is a British racing driver, who is known for his efforts in the British Touring Car Championship, and British and International GT racing
Andrew Phillip Jordan is a British racing driver, who has driven in the British Touring Car Championship. He was the 2013 British Touring Car Champion.
The 2009 HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship season was the 52nd British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. It began at Brands Hatch on the Indy layout on 5 April and finished after 30 races over 10 events on the Grand Prix layout at Brands Hatch on 4 October. Colin Turkington won the championship for the first time, ahead of Jason Plato and Fabrizio Giovanardi.
The 2010 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship season was the 53rd British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. It began at Thruxton Circuit on 4 April and finished after 30 races over ten events at Brands Hatch on 10 October.
Eurotech Racing was a British motor racing team based in Tamworth, Staffordshire, founded by Mike Jordan and currently owned by Jeff Smith since December 2014, that last competed in the 2018 British Touring Car Championship
Lea Wood is a British racing driver and mechanic, employed at his father's garage based in Hereford. He has competed previously in the British Touring Car Championship.
Next Generation Touring Car, also known as NGTC and by its Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) designation TCN-1, is an FIA and TOCA specification and classification for production based race cars. The specification covers national level touring car racing. The goal of the limited choices in engines and parts in the NGTC classification is to allow more manufacturers and privateers to race by reducing the cost of a competitive car and to reduce reliance on the increasingly expensive Super 2000 equipment. The only significant differences between different models is the external body shells and the use of front- or rear-wheel drive; the suspension, brakes and transmissions are common to all cars, and engines are of uniform performance.
The 2015 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship 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 2015 season was the 58th British Touring Car Championship season and the fifth season for cars conforming to the Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) specification.
The 2016 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship 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 2016 season was the 59th British Touring Car Championship season and the sixth season for cars conforming to the Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) technical specification. Gordon Shedden successfully defended his title and equaled long-time team mate Matt Neal as a three time Champion.
The 2017 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship 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.
The 2018 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship was a motor racing championship for production-based touring cars held across England and Scotland. It was sponsored by Dunlop. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded amateur drivers competing in highly modified versions of family cars which were sold to the general public and conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2018 season was the 61st British Touring Car Championship season and the eighth season for cars conforming to the Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) technical specification. The 2018 season also marked the 60th anniversary since the series’ introduction.
The 2019 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship 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 2019 season was the 62nd British Touring Car Championship season and the ninth season for cars conforming to the Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) technical specification. Colin Turkington successfully defended his title to equal Andy Rouse as the only four time BTCC Champions.
