The 2016 Dunlop MSA

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(commonly abbreviated as BTCC) was a

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championship for production-based

touring cars Touring car racing is a motorsport road racing competition with heavily modified road-going cars. It has both similarities to and significant differences from stock car racing, which is popular in the United States. While the cars do not mo ...

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

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s 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

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(NGTC) technical specification. Gordon Shedden successfully defended his title and equaled long-time team mate Matt Neal as a three time Champion.

Teams and drivers

Driver changes

; Changed teams * Andrew Jordan moved from MG

Triple Eight Racing Triple Eight Racing was a auto racing, motorsports team formed in 1996 as Triple Eight Race Engineering, which competed in the British Touring Car Championship and the British GT Championship. The team's original focus was to design, build an ...

Motorbase Performance Motorbase Performance is a British motor racing team, founded in 2004 by former Production Saloon racer David Bartrum. They are best known for competing in the British Touring Car Championship. Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain The team starte ...

. *

Stewart Lines Stewart Alan Lines is a British racing driver currently competing in the 2019 Britcar Endurance Championship. He has also raced in the British Touring Car Championship, made his debut in 2015 Racing career Lines began his touring car career i ...

moved from Houseman Racing to Maximum Motorsport. *

Jack Goff Jack Goff (born 6 March 1991) is a British auto racing driver. He was the 2012 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom champion. He made his debut in the British Touring Car Championship on 31 March 2013 at Brands Hatch, driving for RCIB Insurance Ra ...

moved from MG

to Team IHG Rewards Club. *

Rob Austin Robert Christopher Austin (born 1 February 1981) is a British racing driver who formerly competed in the British Touring Car Championship. He was born in Evesham, Worcestershire. Racing career Formula 3 His career started in British Formul ...

moved from Exocet AlcoSense Racing to Handy Motosport. * James Cole moved from

Team BMR Team BMR was a British motor racing team based in Buntingford, Hertfordshire and founded by Warren Scott. The team raced in the British Touring Car Championship between 2013 and 2019 after previously entering the 2004 British Superbike Champ ...

. *

Hunter Abbott Hunter Abbott is a British racing driver and business man (born in Windsor, 4 December 1980). He has raced sportscars, GT cars and Touring Cars. He was 2017 Blancpain GT Series Asia Champion and won the RAC Trophy after victory in the 2021 Sil ...

moved from Exocet AlcoSense Racing to

Power Maxed Racing Power Maxed Racing is a British auto racing team based in Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire. The team has raced in the British Touring Car Championship, since 2015 after purchasing BTC Racing in February 2015. British Touring Car Championship Ch ...

. *

Jake Hill Jake Hill (born 22 February 1994) is a British racing driver who is currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship in 2022 for Rokit MB Motorsport with West Surrey Racing BMW 330e M Sport. He has also driven for Team HARD, Rob Aus ...

moved from AmD Tuning to RCIB Insurance Racing. *

Josh Cook Josh Cook (born 15 June 1991) is a British racing driver currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship. He debuted in 2015, after being the runner-up in the Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom in 2014. Racing career Cook began his c ...

moved from

to MG Triple Eight Racing. * Árón Smith moved from

to Team BKR. ; Entering/re-entering BTCC * Maximum Motorsport entered the series, having bought AmD Tuning's

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and the team's second TOCA BTCC Licence (TBL). * Double European Hot Rod champion and twice Quaife Intermarque champion, Matt Simpson, made his debut in the BTCC with

Speedworks Motorsport Speedworks Motorsport is a British motor racing team based in Sandbach, Cheshire. The team was formed in 2005 by Christian and Amy Dick. They are best known for competing in the British Touring Car Championship since 2011. They also compete in t ...

in a

Team Dynamics Team Dynamics Motorsport is a UK-based motor-racing team based in Droitwich, Worcestershire; best known for their successes in the British Touring Car Championship, including winning the Overall Drivers title in 2005, 2006 and 2011 with Matt Nea ...

-built

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. * 2013 MINI Challenge champion

Chris Smiley Chris Smiley (born 6 April 1992) is a British racing driver. He is a British Touring Car Championship race winner and the current TCR UK Touring Car Championship champion. Racing career Early career Smiley began his career in karting in 2000 ...

, made his debut in the BTCC with RCIB Insurance Racing. *

Andy Neate Andrew Neate (born 19 August 1974 in Aylesbury) was a British racing driver. Racing career After first racing in karting, he drove in Formula First in 1997. In 1999 he went on to the Formula Opel Europa Cup and a year later he drove in the Ford F ...

returned to the series with Halfords Yuasa Racing, having last raced in

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. * 2015 Renault UK Clio Cup champion

Ashley Sutton Ashley Sutton (born 15 January 1994) is a British racing driver, and three time British Touring Car Champion, who currently competes in the British Touring Car Championship with NAPA Racing UK. After winning the Renault Clio Cup UK in 2015, ...

, made his debut in the BTCC with MG Triple Eight Racing. *

Ollie Jackson Oliver Jackson (born 26 April 1984 in Whitechapel, London) is a British racing driver who currently competes in the British Touring Car Championship. Personal life Ollie Jackson is from Reigate, Surrey and was educated at Epsom College. He the ...

returned to the series with AmD Tuning, after a single season away, having last raced with the team in

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. * Former VW Racing Cup driver

Michael Epps Michael Epps (born 12 March 1992) is a British/New Zealand racing driver who competed in the British Touring Car Championship in 2016 and 2017 for Team Hard. Due to budget issues, Michael was unable to continue in the series and raced the supp ...

, made his debut in the BTCC with RCIB Insurance Racing. * Renault UK Clio Cup Masters champion Mark Howard, made his debut with the also debuting Team BKR. * Actor

Kelvin Fletcher Kelvin Warren Fletcher (born 17 January 1984) is an English actor, model, racing driver and presenter. He played Andy Sugden in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'', a role he played from 1996 until 2016. In 2019, Fletcher won the seventeenth ser ...

, made his debut in the BTCC with

. * Former

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driver Daniel Lloyd, made his return in the BTCC with

Eurotech Racing 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 The team won bot ...

after a one-off appearance at Croft in 2010, following the withdrawal of

at Halfords Yuasa Racing. ; Leaving BTCC * Houseman Racing left the series, having sold their TBL, car and race equipment to

. *

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left the series having been unable to secure a top drive, instead he opted to return to the Renault Clio Cup UK. *

Simon Belcher Simon Belcher (born 18 December 1973) is a British racing driver, who last competed in the British Touring Car Championship for Handy Motorsport. He is also a multiple time British and European Jet Ski Champion who competes in the World Series ...

took a sabbatical year from the series, to focus on his team Handy Motorsport. * Kieran Gallagher left the series, having intended to switch to the new-for-2016 B-TEC Development Series. However, in March 2016, the series was postponed until 2017. *

Dave Newsham David Newsham (born 7 July 1967) is a British auto racing driver and businessman. He is the managing director of Norscott Vending. He raced in the British Touring Car Championship from 2011 to 2017, but in 2016, he competed in the British Rallyc ...

left the series, having switched to the

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. * Support Our Paras Racing and Derek Palmer Jr. left the series after a single season in the championship. *

Alain Menu Alain Menu (born 9 August 1963) is a Swiss racing driver who is currently working for Team BMR as a driving coach. He was one of the most successful touring car drivers of the 1990s, winning the prestigious British Touring Car Championship twice ...

left the series, after replacing

Warren Scott Warren Scott (born 28 September 1971 in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire) is a British race driver. He has previously competed in the British Touring Car Championship with his self-run Team BMR. He has also raced in the British Superbike Cha ...

in the 2015 season finale. *

Nicolas Hamilton Nicolas Hamilton (born 28 March 1992) is a British racing driver who currently competes in the British Touring Car Championship. He races with a specially-modified car due to his cerebral palsy. Hamilton is the paternal half-brother of seven- ...

left the series, after joining Channel 4's Formula One presentation team. *

Andy Priaulx Andrew Graham Priaulx, MBE ( born 8 August 1974) is a British professional racing driver from Guernsey. In 2019 he raced for Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK in the FIA World Endurance Championship, and Cyan Racing Lynk & Co in the FIA World Tou ...

left the series, having joined

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LMGTE-Pro program.

Team changes

switched from a

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to a

. The team was set to expand to a three-car outfit, having bought Houseman Racing's TBL, car and race equipment. However, in March 2016, the team confirmed that they had postponed the expansion to 2017. However, after the withdrawal off

at Halfords Yuasa Racing, the team received a third TBL on loan. * Halfords Yuasa Racing and

were both granted an additional TBL each on 4 November 2015 for the 2016 season. *

switched from a

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to a Subaru Levorg Sports Tourer, having gained manufacturer support from

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. * Handy Motorsport was set to expand to a two-car outfit, having gained an additional TBL from Exocet AlcoSense Racing. However, in February 2016, the team confirmed that the expansion had been put on hold for 2017 and instead the team will run a single car during the season. *

Team HARD Tony Gilham Racing (Team HARD. Racing), competing as RCIB Insurance with Fox Transport, ROKiT Racing with Team HARD. and HUB Financial Solutions with Team HARD. currently, is a British motor racing team based in Dartford, Kent and founded ...

expanded to a three-car outfit, having gained two additional TBL's following the withdrawal of Exocet AlcoSense Racing and Support Our Paras Racing from the championship.

Race calendar

The provisional calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 27 July 2015, with no major changes from previous seasons.

Results

Championship standings

;Notes *No driver may collect more than one point for leading a lap per race regardless of how many laps they lead.

Drivers' Championship

(

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)

Manufacturers'/Constructors' Championship

Teams' Championship

Independents' Trophy

Independent Teams' Trophy

Jack Sears Trophy

References

External links

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