A lot of focus is put on the physical element of motorsport – are you fit enough? Are racing drivers athletes? But what goes on in a driver’s mind when they’re behind the wheel. The human mind is a complex enough bit of kit without the effect of putting it inside a racing driver who […]
Its wet, wet and a little more wet but that is not stopping a tour of the New Drive Center circuit in the northern City of Skelleftea. It is raining quite hard and I am in the back of a Subaru Forester finding out why Scandinavians have a knack for driving. With one hand on […]
Riding The Jetstream In His First Year Those of you who follow all kinds of GT racing may have noticed Graham Davidson’s performances in the aging yet fiercely fast McLaren MP4-12C GT3 in the GT Cup championship in 2017. A full season in the fiercely competitive sprint series near enough fell into the […]
…And So We Have Come To The Close. The Donington Park finale over the last few years has been billed as the “Decider” by the British GT organisers, and once again, we come to the popular Midlands circuit having endured a torturous season of racing from the deluge of Oulton Park via the baking […]
A summertime sensation in the Garden of England When people look back on the 2018 British GT race at Brands Hatch, they’ll probably remember two things about it – the first was the constant and unwavering heat from the unbridled summer sun and the excellent 2 hours of motor racing that happened on the baking […]
Tension, tension, tension As the summertime drags on, the British GT calendar gets increasingly smaller, and with the annual ‘works away day’ at Spa complete the focus now remains on consolidating positions in the fight for titles. Spa gave us more than we probably could have asked for in a race – Graham Davidson […]
Snetterton – ‘Diamond Double’ On Saturday 28th July the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship roared back into action for the sixth meeting of the season at Snetterton, located in Norfolk. This event was different to the other nine this year, being named the ‘Diamond Double’ because race three of the weekend was extended to […]
It’s time to go long again. June has finally arrived, and with it comes the blue riband event of the British GT season, the Silverstone 500. 500 kilometres is a fair distance for the championship to face, and the longest race of every season always brings a good scrap and a surprise result or two. […]
Ash Sutton got his title defence underway by taking a double win at Croft. BTC Norlin’s Dan Lloyd took the final win of the day becoming the latest BTCC race winner. Sutton claimed pole position in qualifying before dominating race one taking a lights to flag victory in the opening race before fighting his way […]
A solid weekend all round When you look back at the opening two rounds of the season at Oulton Park and Rockingham, you begin to wonder whether there’s any hope of there being a race weekend where the drivers can stop worrying about the weather and just get on with the job in hand. The […]