What is the BTCC?
The BTCC (British Touring Car Championship) is a race series held every year in the UK and Ireland. It is now fifty years old, this being the fiftieth year. Initially, races were governed by a variety of classes, but (almost) all cars are now standardised to a fashion. This year, you’ll see a variety of teams and manufacturers competing to win the various coveted prizes including team, driver and manufacturer. This year, you’ll see all the coverage you can want on ITV4 – which for a number of races will show direct, live coverage of the full five hours racing. What sort of cars do they drive? The cars, much like any motorsport, are what make the BTCC. In this case, the amazing fact is, teams who enter using FIA’s Super 2000 regulations (almost all of them) use a car that you or I could simply purchase in a dealership across Europe. This makes for fascinating viewing as you could well own one of the cars on the grid. Generally speaking, they’ll be of a saloon body type, with a 2.0 litre
