2019 British Touring Car Championship

2019 British Touring Car Championship
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Support series:
2019 Ginetta Junior Championship
2019 Ginetta GT4 Supercup
2019 F4 British Championship
2019 Porsche Carrera Cup GB
2019 Renault UK Clio Cup

The 2019 Dunlop[1] MSA British Touring Car Championship (commonly abbreviated as BTCC) is a motor racing championship for production-based touring cars held across England and Scotland. The championship features 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 2019 season will be the 62nd British Touring Car Championship season and the ninth season for cars conforming to the Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) technical specification.

Teams and drivers

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Rounds
Constructor Entries
Independent Entries
Team HARD[2] Volkswagen CC[2] TOCA/Swindon 21 England Mike Bushell[2] 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.

Race calendar

The championship calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 13 June 2018. Rockingham Motor Speedway will be replaced in the calendar by second Thruxton Circuit round.[3]

Round Circuit Date
1 R1 Brands Hatch
(Indy Circuit, Kent)		 6–7 April
R2
R3
2 R4 Donington Park
(National Circuit, Leicestershire)		 27–28 April
R5
R6
3 R7 Thruxton Circuit
(Hampshire)		 18–19 May
R8
R9
4 R10 Croft Circuit
(North Yorkshire)		 15–16 June
R11
R12
5 R13 Oulton Park
(Island Circuit, Cheshire)		 29–30 June
R14
R15
6 R16 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit
(300 Circuit, Norfolk)		 3-4 August
R17
R18
7 R19 Thruxton Circuit
(Hampshire)		 17–18 August
R20
R21
8 R22 Knockhill Racing Circuit
(Fife)		 14-15 September
R23
R24
9 R25 Silverstone Circuit
(National Circuit, Northamptonshire)		 28-29 September
R26
R27
10 R28 Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)		 12-13 October
R29
R30

References

  1. ↑ "DUNLOP CONTINUE STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH BTCC". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mike Bushell re-signs with Team HARD for 2019". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  3. ↑ Meaden, Damien (26 May 2017). "Thruxton gets second event as 2019 BTCC calendar unveiledr". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
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