Ashley Sutton - 2017 BTCC Knockhill (Sunday, R2 podium)

The 2020

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(commonly abbreviated as BTCC) was a

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championship for production-based

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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 2020 season was the 63rd British Touring Car Championship season and the tenth season for cars conforming to the

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(NGTC) technical specification. The Championship was won by Ashley Sutton.

Teams and drivers

All drivers competed under British racing licences.

Driver changes

Entering/re-entering BTCC * 2019 Mini Challenge UK winner James Gornall debuted with TradePriceCars.com. *

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 after having last raced in

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for Halfords Yuasa Racing, driving a third car for

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 ...

. * Ollie Brown debuted with

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 ...

. *

Jack Butel Jack Butel (born 19 March 1996 in St Saviour, Jersey) is a racing driver from Jersey currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship, driving for Team HARD. He debuted in 2020 after previously competing in the British GT Championshi ...

debuted for Ciceley Motorsport. *

Tom Onslow-Cole Thomas Michael Onslow-Cole (born 16 May 1987 in Kingston, Surrey ) is a British auto racing driver. He won the International GT Open in Pro-Am category in 2018 and in 2019 and the 24H Series in 2015. It was announced in April 2014 that he wou ...

returned to the series after having last raced in

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for

and Airwaves Racing, rejoins

to replace Ollie Brown who was injured at Oulton Park. *Former

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racer

Jade Edwards Jade Edwards (born 31 March 1990 in Ascot) is a British racing driver who currently competes in the British Touring Car Championship for BTC Racing. She has previously competed in the Renault Clio Cup UK, British GT Championship The British ...

debuted with Power Maxed Car Care Racing. *

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 ...

returned to the series after having last raced in

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for DUO Motorsport with HMS Racing, driving the car for Power Maxed Car Care Racing at Thruxton. *Four-time Renault Clio Cup UK champion Paul Rivett debuted with GKR TradePriceCars.com. *

Jac Constable Jac Constable (born 6 December 1997 in Fleet, Hampshire) is a British racing driver who currently competes in TCR UK and serves as a BTCC development driver, both for Power Maxed Racing. Constable made his British Touring Car Championship debut ...

was supposed to debut for Power Maxed Car Care Racing at

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but withdrew from the race meeting on medical grounds. *

Jessica Hawkins Jessica Hawkins (born 16 February 1995 in Headley, East Hampshire) is a British people, British Auto racing#Racing driver, racing driver and stunt driver from East Hampshire, England. She currently competes in the W Series (championship), W Seri ...

debuted for Power Maxed Car Care Racing at

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. *

Glynn Geddie Glynn Geddie (born 17 June 1990) is a British racing driver from Aberdeen, who last competed in the 2021 British Touring Car Championship for Team HARD. After spending his early racing career in GT cars and winning the 2011 British GT Champio ...

returned to the series after having last raced in

for

AmD Essex AmD Technik Essex (also known as Automotive Developments) is a British car tuning company and auto racing team. The team currently competes in the British Touring Car Championship under the MB Motorsport accelerated by Blue Square banner. Histo ...

. * Bradley Philpot debuted for Power Maxed Car Care Racing at

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. Changed teams *

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, S ...

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 Champions ...

to Laser Tools Racing. *

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 TradePriceCars.com to MB Motorsport. * Bobby Thompson moved from

to TradePriceCars.com. * Sam Osborne moved from

Excelr8 Motorsport EXCELR8 Motorsport is a British racing team that is headed by Justina Williams, and is currently competing in both the MINI CHALLENGE and British Touring Car Championship. The team has successfully competed in the MINI CHALLENGE since 2010 rac ...

to MB Motorsport. *

Tom Chilton Thomas James Chilton (born 15 March 1985) is a British racing driver. He has spent most of his career competing in touring car racing; he was a former factory Vauxhall and Honda driver in the British Touring Car Championship, and currently driv ...

moved from

BTC Racing BTC Racing is a British auto racing team based in Brackley, Northamptonshire owned and run by Steve Dudman. The team is best known for competing in the British Touring Car Championship. British Touring Car Championship Lexus IS (2006–2007) T ...

. *

Senna Proctor Senna Proctor (born 12 August 1998 in Driffield) is a British racing driver, currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship for BTC Racing. He is the son of Mark Proctor. Racing career Early career In 2014 he competed in the ...

moved from

. *

Michael Crees Michael Sean Crees (born 7 September 1983) is a British racing driver from England currently competing in the 2022 British Touring Car Championship with CarStore Power Maxed Racing. Racing career A relative latecomer to racing, Crees joined th ...

moved from

. *

Rory Butcher Rory Butcher (born 16 March 1987) is a Scottish racing driver from Kirkcaldy; Scotland, currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) for Toyota Gazoo Racing UK, having made his debut in the BTCC for Motorbase Performance i ...

moved from AmDTuning.com to

. *

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 ...

moved from

. *

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- ...

moved from

. Leaving BTCC *

Mark Blundell Mark Blundell (born 8 April 1966) is a British racing driver who competed in Formula One for four seasons, sports cars, and CART. He won the 1992 24 Hours of Le Mans. He was a Formula One presenter for the British broadcaster ITV until the ...

left the series to become sporting director of MB Motorsport. *

Rob Collard Robert Collard (born 1 October 1968) is a British auto racing driver from Hampshire, best known for racing in the British Touring Car Championship, winning two races in a West Surrey Racing MG, and claiming the Independent's Cup title in 2003. ...

left the series to drive in the

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. *

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left the series after losing his drive at

. * Matt Simpson left the series to support his son's karting career. *

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left the series after losing his drive at Ciceley Motorsport to Jack Butel.

Team changes

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will not enter a manufacturer team in the series after their four-year agreement with

ended at the end of the 2019 season. Team BMR would rebrand as BMR Engineering to design cars for other teams. BMR Engineering later entered a technical partnership with Laser Tools Racing, which allowed them to expand to a two-car entry for 2020. *

switched from running the MG6 GT to the Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance. *

will expand from a two-car entry to a three-car entry for 2020. * Team HARD. switched from running one of their

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s to an ex-

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BMW 125i M Sport. * AmDTuning.com became Mark Blundell Motorsport with

as sporting director. *

switched from running the third generation

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to the newer fourth generation

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Changes related to the
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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 ...

originally intended to enter the 2020 season as a works team, fielding two

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cars for

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and

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, but elected to take a sabbatical from the series due to the pandemic with a view to return in 2021. The team would later make a return to the series as an independent team from Oulton Park onwards, fielding a single Astra for drivers on one-off basis. * Andrew Jordan withdrew from the series following funding issues caused as a result of the

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. Team BMW elected to not seek a replacement driver, and effectively slimed down from running three cars to running only two. *

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initially signed with

, but later withdrew from the series initially due to health issues and later as a result of the

. Bushell later returned at the rounds at Oulton Park and Knockhill for

and at Croft he replaced

. * Howard Fuller, who competed sporadically for Team HARD in the 2012 and 2013 BTCC Seasons, was initially hired to stand in for Bushell but was replaced by Ollie Brown by the time the delayed season started.

Race calendar

The revised championship calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 27 April 2020. All races will be held in the United Kingdom. Original calendar was announced on 16 June 2019, but was revised due to the

Rule changes

Technical changes

* Goodyear is set to become the series' tyre supplier, replacing Dunlop. It will be the first time since the 2002 season that Dunlop does not supply the series with tyres.

Qualifying changes

* A new qualifying format of one twenty-five-minute session and a second, ten-minute, qualifying session, in which the top ten in Q1 will set lap times, determining the first ten spaces on the grid. This will be trialled at

Support series changes

* The

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, which has been part of the TOCA support package since 2000, will leave the BTCC support package and will instead support the

. It will be replaced by the Mini Challenge. * The new Porsche Sprint Challenge GB, made up of Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport cars, will support the Silverstone National and Croft rounds.

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

Manufacturers'/Constructors' Championship

Teams' Championship

Independent Drivers' Championship

Independent Teams' Championship

Jack Sears Trophy

Notes

References

External links

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Teams and drivers

Driver changes

Team changes

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Race calendar

Rule changes

Technical changes

Qualifying changes

Support series changes

Results

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Manufacturers'/Constructors' Championship

Teams' Championship

Independent Drivers' Championship

Independent Teams' Championship

Jack Sears Trophy

Notes

References

External links

Changes related to the
COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...