2023 British Touring Car Championship

The 2023 Kwik Fit[1] British Touring Car Championship (commonly abbreviated as BTCC) will be a motor racing championship for production-based touring cars held across England and Scotland. The championship will feature 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 2023 season will be the 66th British Touring Car Championship season and the 13th season for cars conforming to the Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) technical specification.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Constructor Entries
Bristol Street Motors with Excelr8[2][3]	Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance	Hyundai/Swindon	1	Tom Ingram[4]	TBA
			3	Tom Chilton[5]	TBA
			14	Ronan Pearson[6]	TBA
			TBA	Nick Halstead[7]	TBA
Team BMW[8]	BMW 330e M Sport	BMW/Neil Brown	4	Colin Turkington[9]	TBA
			12	Stephen Jelley[10]	TBA
			33	Adam Morgan[11]	TBA
Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport[12][13]			24	Jake Hill[14]	TBA
Toyota Gazoo Racing UK	Toyota Corolla GR Sport	Toyota/Neil Brown	6	Rory Butcher[15]	TBA
			37	Ricky Collard[15]	TBA
			42	George Gamble[15]	TBA
NAPA Racing UK[16]	Ford Focus ST	Ford/Mountune	27	Dan Cammish[17]	TBA
			32	Daniel Rowbottom[18]	TBA
			77	Sam Osborne[18]	TBA
			116	Ashley Sutton[19]	TBA
Independent Entries
Starline Racing by One Motorsport[20]	Honda Civic Type R	Honda/Neil Brown	16	Aiden Moffat[21][22]	TBA
			66	Josh Cook[21]	TBA
			TBA	TBA	TBA
Team HARD	Cupra León	TOCA/M-Sport	17	Dexter Patterson[23]	TBA
			19	Bobby Thompson[24]	TBA
			28	Nicolas Hamilton[25]	TBA
			96	Jack Butel[26]	TBA
			99	Jade Edwards[27]	TBA
			123	Dan Lloyd[28]	TBA
CarStore Power Maxed Racing[29]	Vauxhall Astra	TOCA/M-Sport	40	Árón Taylor-Smith[30]	TBA
			59	Andrew Watson[31]	TBA
			88	Mikey Doble[32]	TBA

Key
Eligible for the Jack Sears Trophy for drivers yet to record an overall podium finish or Jack Sears Trophy championship at the start of the season.
TBL List

Entering/re-entering BTCC

Nick Halstead returned to the series with Bristol Street Motors with Excelr8 TradePriceCars.com, having last raced in 2021 at Croft to replace Rick Parfitt Jr.[7]
Andrew Watson debuted with CarStore Power Maxed Racing.[31]
Ronan Pearson debuted with Bristol Street Motors with Excelr8 TradePriceCars.com to replace Jack Butel.[6]
2022 Ginetta GT5 and BMW Compact Cup winner Mikey Doble debuted with Power Maxed Racing.[32]

Changed teams

Adam Morgan will move from Car Gods with Ciceley Motorsport to Team BMW.[11]
Dexter Patterson will move from Laser Tools Racing to Team HARD.[23]
Dan Lloyd and Jack Butel will move from Bristol Street Motors with Excelr8 TradePriceCars.com to Team HARD.[28][26]
Aiden Moffat will move from Laser Tools Racing to Starline Racing by One Motorsport.[21]
Daniel Rowbottom will move from Halfords Racing with Cataclean to NAPA Racing UK with Cataclean[18]
Árón Taylor-Smith will move from Yazoo with Safuu.com Racing to CarStore Power Maxed Racing[30]
George Gamble will move from Car Gods with Ciceley Motorsport to Toyota Gazoo Racing.[15]
Jade Edwards will move from Rich Energy BTC Racing to Team HARD.[27]

Leaving BTCC

Jason Plato retired from the series.[33]
Ollie Jackson will leave the series and join the 2023 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain.[34]

Team changes

Ciceley Motorsport left the series.[35]
Laser Tools Racing switched from Aiden Moffat Racing to MB Motorsport[12]
BTC Racing will rebrand ahead of this season named Starline Racing by One Motorsport.[36][21]
Team Dynamics announced they will be taking a hiatus from the BTCC grid in 2023 with the hopes of returning to the championship in the future, but will provide support for the One Motorsport team during the 2023 season.[37]

Race calendar

The 2023 calendar was announced on 31 May 2022.[38] The Grand Prix layout of Donington Park returned to the calendar for the first time since 2002, taking the place of the second Thruxton round.

Round		Circuit	Date
1	R1	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	22–23 April
	R2
	R3
2	R4	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	6–7 May
	R5
	R6
3	R7	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	20–21 May
	R8
	R9
4	R10	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	3–4 June
	R11
	R12
5	R13	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	17–18 June
	R14
	R15
6	R16	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	29–30 July
	R17
	R18
7	R19	Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife)	12–13 August
	R20
	R21
8	R22	Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)	26–27 August
	R23
	R24
9	R25	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	23–24 September
	R26
	R27
10	R28	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	7–8 October
	R29
	R30

Results and standings

All drivers raced under British licenses, except Árón Taylor-Smith, who raced with an Irish license.

Round		Circuit
1	R1	Donington Park National
	R2
	R3
2	R1	Brands Hatch Indy
	R2
	R3
3	R1	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit
	R2
	R3
4	R1	Thruxton Circuit
	R2
	R3
5	R1	Oulton Park
	R2
	R3
6	R1	Croft Circuit
	R2
	R3
7	R1	Knockhill Racing Circuit
	R2
	R3
8	R1	Donington Park GP
	R2
	R3
9	R1	Silverstone Circuit
	R2
	R3
10	R1	Brands Hatch GP
	R2
	R3

Drivers' Championship

Points system
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	R1 PP	Fastest lap	Lead laps in race
20	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	1	1	1

Notes

The point for leading laps in race is one point, regardless of how many laps led, except that the driver who leads the most laps earns the bonus point.

Pos.	Driver	DON			BHI			SNE			THR			OUL			CRO			KNO			DONGP			SIL			BHGP			Pts
Pos.	Driver	DON			BHI			SNE			THR			OUL			CRO			KNO			DONGP			SIL			BHGP			Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

^P – Pole position

^F – Fastest lap
^L – Lead race lap

References

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"Jade Edwards secures BTCC return with Team HARD". TouringCarTimes. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
"Dan Lloyd makes Team HARD switch for 2023". TouringCarTimes. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
"Power Maxed Racing expands to run three cars". TouringCarTimes. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
"Aron Taylor-Smith makes Power Maxed Racing switch". TouringCarTimes. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
"Andrew Watson secures Power Maxed Racing seat". TouringCarTimes. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
"Power Maxed tees up Ginetta champion for third car". TouringCarTimes. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
"Jason Plato completes BTC Racing trio for final BTCC campaign". TouringCarTimes. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
"Ollie Jackson calls time on BTCC programme". TouringCarTimes. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
"Ciceley Motorsport bows out of BTCC". TouringCarTimes. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
"BTC Racing rebrands ahead of 2023 campaign". TouringCarTimes. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
"Team Dynamics to take Hiatus from BTCC in 2023". BTCC. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
"2023 BTCC CALENDAR UNVEILED". BTCC. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

External links

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[KwikFitSponsor-1] "Kwik Fit replaces Dunlop as BTCC title sponsor". Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

[BSMHyundai-2] "EXCELR8 reveals Bristol Street Motors livery". TouringCarTimes. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.

[HyundaiSwindon-3] "EXCELR8 confirms Hyundai engine move". TouringCarTimes. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.

[IngramHyundai-4] "Tom Ingram to remain with Excelr8 until end of 2023 season". Downforce Radio. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

[ChiltonHyundai-5] "Tom Chilton re-signs with EXCELR8 for 2023". TouringCarTimes. 8 October 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

[PearsonHyundai-6] "Ronan Pearson makes surprise BTCC switch with EXCELR8". TouringCarTimes. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.

[HalsteadHyundai-7] "Nick Halstead joins EXCELR8 for 2023 campaign". TouringCarTimes. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

[WSRBMWlivery-8] "West Surrey Racing reveals Team BMW colours". TouringCarTimes. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.

[TurkingtonWSR-9] "Colin Turkington completes WSR quartet". TouringCarTimes. 8 February 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.

[JelleyWSR-10] "Stephen Jelley retains WSR seat". TouringCarTimes. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.

[MorganWSR-11] "Adam Morgan makes West Surrey Racing switch". TouringCarTimes. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.

[LaserToolsReturn-12] "Laser Tools teams with MB Motorsport for 2023". TouringCarTimes. 1 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.

[LaserToolsBMW-13] "Jake Hill's Laser Tools-backed BMW revealed". TouringCarTimes. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2023.

[HillBMW-14] "Jake Hill, MB Motorsport stick with WSR for 2023". TouringCarTimes. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

[G.GambleToyotaGR-15] "George Gamble joins expanded Speedworks line-up". TouringCarTimes. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.

[NAPA2024-16] "Motorbase eyes new rear-wheel-drive BTCC racer". Autosport. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2023.

[CammishNAPA-17] "Motorbase eyes new rear-wheel-drive BTCC racer". Autosport. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2023.

[NAPAFordLineups-18] "Dan Rowbottom, Sam Osborne join expanded NAPA Racing progamme". TouringCarTimes. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.

[SuttonNAPA-19] "Ash Sutton joins NAPA Racing for 2022 BTCC campaign". TouringCars.net. 16 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.

[ONEMSportHonda-20] "BTC Racing rebrands ahead of 2023 campaign". TouringCarTimes. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.

[StarlineONEHonda-21] "Aiden Moffat joins Josh Cook at One Motorsport". TouringCarTimes. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.

[LaserToolsBowOut-22] "Laser Tools bows out ahead of 2023 campaign". TouringCarTimes. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.

[PattersonCupra-23] "Dexter Patterson makes Team HARD move". TouringCarTimes. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

[ThompsonCupra-24] "Bobby Thompson re-signs with Team HARD". TouringCarTimes. 2 December 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.

[NHamilton23-25] "Nicolas Hamilton continues with Team HARD in 2023 BTCC". TouringCars.Net. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

[ButelTeamHARD-26] "Jack Butel switches to Team HARD for 2023". TouringCarTimes. 17 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.

[J.EdwardsTeamHARD-27] "Jade Edwards secures BTCC return with Team HARD". TouringCarTimes. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.

[LloydTeamHARD-28] "Dan Lloyd makes Team HARD switch for 2023". TouringCarTimes. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.

[PMR2023-29] "Power Maxed Racing expands to run three cars". TouringCarTimes. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.

[A.Taylor-SmithPMR-30] "Aron Taylor-Smith makes Power Maxed Racing switch". TouringCarTimes. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.

[WatsonPMR-31] "Andrew Watson secures Power Maxed Racing seat". TouringCarTimes. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2023.

[M.DoblePMR-32] "Power Maxed tees up Ginetta champion for third car". TouringCarTimes. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.

[PlatoFarewell-33] "Jason Plato completes BTC Racing trio for final BTCC campaign". TouringCarTimes. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.

[Jackson2023-34] "Ollie Jackson calls time on BTCC programme". TouringCarTimes. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.

[CiceleyBowOut-35] "Ciceley Motorsport bows out of BTCC". TouringCarTimes. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.

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