After five rounds, each consisting of three races, the 2012 British Touring Car Championship has already reached its season mid-point.
With four wins, Honda Racing’s Matt Neal leads the drivers’ standings with 221 points. And it seems that the NGTC Civic is an extremely competitive package, because Neal’s team-mate Gordon Shedden is close behind in second spot, having secured six race victories so far.
However, the Hondas aren’t dominating the series yet, as third-placed Jason Plato is only 28 points adrift of Shedden. Plato’s all-new NGTC MG6 surprised many by winning at Brands Hatch in April, and that feat was repeated again yesterday at Croft. Were it not for some reliability issues with the MG, the situation at the top of the drivers’ table could have been even closer.
Andrew Jordan, also competing in an NGTC Civic, currently leads the Independent Drivers’ championship, ahead of Rob Collard in his S2000 chassis / NGTC engine specification BMW 320si.
The BTCC now takes a long seven-week break, with the next round due to take place at Snetterton on the 12th of August.
Related posts:
2012 BTCC entries
2012 Civic NGTC livery
MG returns to the BTCC
With four wins, Honda Racing’s Matt Neal leads the drivers’ standings with 221 points. And it seems that the NGTC Civic is an extremely competitive package, because Neal’s team-mate Gordon Shedden is close behind in second spot, having secured six race victories so far.
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| Gordon Shedden: currently second in the BTCC Drivers' Championship. |
However, the Hondas aren’t dominating the series yet, as third-placed Jason Plato is only 28 points adrift of Shedden. Plato’s all-new NGTC MG6 surprised many by winning at Brands Hatch in April, and that feat was repeated again yesterday at Croft. Were it not for some reliability issues with the MG, the situation at the top of the drivers’ table could have been even closer.
Andrew Jordan, also competing in an NGTC Civic, currently leads the Independent Drivers’ championship, ahead of Rob Collard in his S2000 chassis / NGTC engine specification BMW 320si.
The BTCC now takes a long seven-week break, with the next round due to take place at Snetterton on the 12th of August.
| 2012 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drivers’ Championship After Five Rounds / Fifteen Races | ||||
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Car | Points |
| 1 | Matt Neal | Honda Yuasa Racing Team | Honda Civic | 221 |
| 2 | Gordon Shedden | Honda Yuasa Racing Team | Honda Civic | 220 |
| 3 | Jason Plato | MG KX Momentum Racing | MG6 | 192 |
| 4 | Robert Collard | eBay Motors | BMW 320si E90 | 171 |
| 5 | Andrew Jordan | Pirtek Racing | Honda Civic | 171 |
| 6 | Mat Jackson | Redstone Racing | Ford Focus | 139 |
| 7 | Tom Onslow-Cole | eBay Motors | BMW 320si E90 | 125 |
| 8 | David Newsham | Team ES Racing.com | Vauxhall Vectra | 84 |
| 9 | Frank Wrathall | Dynojet | Toyota Avensis | 80 |
| 10 | Jeff Smith | Pirtek Racing | Honda Civic | 79 |
| 11 | Nick Foster | eBay Motors | BMW 320si E90 | 70 |
| 12 | Rob Austin | Rob Austin Racing | Audi A4 | 68 |
| 13 | Tony Gilham | RCIB Insurance and HARD | Honda Civic | 68 |
| 14 | Lea Wood | BINZ Racing | Vauxhall Vectra | 68 |
| 15 | Aron Smith | Redstone Racing | Ford Focus | 53 |
| 16 | Daniel Welch | Welch Motorsport | Proton Persona | 46 |
| 17 | Andy Neate | MG KX Momentum Racing | MG6 | 46 |
| 18 | Oliver Jackson | AmD Tuning.com | Volkswagen Golf | 30 |
| 19 | Liam Griffin | Redstone Racing | Ford Focus | 29 |
| 20 | Will Bratt | Rob Austin Racing | Audi A4 | 20 |
| 21 | Chris James | Team ES Racing.com | Vauxhall Vectra | 15 |
| 22 | Tony Hughes | Speedworks Motorsport | Toyota Avensis | 11 |
| 23 | Adam Morgan | Speedworks Motorsport | Toyota Avensis | 7 |
| 24 | Paul O’Neill | Speedworks Motorsport | Toyota Avensis | 3 |
| 25 | John Thorne | Thorney Motorsport | Vauxhall Insignia VXR-R | 0 |
Related posts:
2012 BTCC entries
2012 Civic NGTC livery
MG returns to the BTCC
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