2022 British Touring Car Championship

The 2022 Kwik Fit[1] 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 2022 season will be the 65th British Touring Car Championship season and the twelfth season for cars conforming to the Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) technical specification.

Teams and drivers

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Rounds
Constructor Entries
NAPA Racing UK[2] Ford Focus ST Ford/Mountune 1 Ashley Sutton[3] 1
9 Dan Cammish[4] 1
Apec Racing with Beavis Morgan[5][6] 48 Ollie Jackson[5] 1
77 Sam Osborne[5][7] 1
Bristol Street Motors with Excelr8 TradePriceCars.com[8][9] Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance Hyundai/Swindon 3 Tom Chilton[10] 1
80 Tom Ingram[11] 1
96 Jack Butel[12] 1
123 Dan Lloyd[13] 1
Toyota Gazoo Racing UK[14][15] Toyota Corolla GR Sport TOCA/M-Sport 6 Rory Butcher[15] 1
21 Ricky Collard[16] 1
Team BMW[17] BMW 330e M Sport BMW/Neil Brown 12 Stephen Jelley[17] 1
50 Colin Turkington[17] 1
ROKiT MB Motorsport[18] 24 Jake Hill[18] 1
Halfords Racing with Cataclean[14][19] Honda Civic Type R Honda/Neil Brown 32 Daniel Rowbottom[19] 1
52 Gordon Shedden[19] 1
Independent Entries
Rich Energy BTC Racing[20][21] Honda Civic Type R TOCA/M-Sport 11 Jason Plato[22] 1
66 Josh Cook[23] 1
99 Jade Edwards[24] 1
Laser Tools Racing[25] Infiniti Q50 TOCA/M-Sport 16 Aiden Moffat[25] 1
17 Dexter Patterson[25] 1
UptonSteel with Euro Car Parts Racing[26] 62 Rick Parfitt Jr.[26] 1
Autobrite Direct with JourneyHero[27] CUPRA León TOCA/M-Sport 19 Bobby Thompson[27] 1
TBA TBA[28] TBA
Yazoo with Safuu.com Racing[29][30] 28 Nicolas Hamilton[31] 1
40 Árón Taylor-Smith[32] 1
Car Gods with Ciceley Motorsport[33] BMW 330e M Sport BMW/Neil Brown 33 Adam Morgan[33] 1
42 George Gamble[33] 1
CarStore Power Maxed Racing[34] Vauxhall Astra TOCA/M-Sport 97 Ash Hand[35] 1
777 Michael Crees[34] 1
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.
Entry List

Driver changes

Entering/re-entering BTCC

Changed teams

Leaving BTCC

Team changes

Race calendar

The championship calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 30 June 2021.[46]

Round Circuit Date
1 R1 Donington Park
(National Circuit, Leicestershire)
23–24 April
R2
R3
2 R4 Brands Hatch
(Indy Circuit, Kent)
14–15 May
R5
R6
3 R7 Thruxton Circuit
(Hampshire)
28–29 May
R8
R9
4 R10 Oulton Park
(Island Circuit, Cheshire)
11–12 June
R11
R12
5 R13 Croft Circuit
(North Yorkshire)
25–26 June
R14
R15
6 R16 Knockhill Racing Circuit
(Fife)
30–31 July
R17
R18
7 R19 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit
(300 Circuit, Norfolk)
13–14 August
R20
R21
8 R22 Thruxton Circuit
(Hampshire)
27–28 August
R23
R24
9 R25 Silverstone Circuit
(National Circuit, Northamptonshire)
24–25 September
R26
R27
10 R28 Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)
8–9 October
R29
R30


Results

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

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning Driver Winning team Winning independent Winning JST
1 R1 Donington Park Jake Hill Tom Ingram Tom Ingram Bristol Street Motors with Excelr8 TradePriceCars.com Adam Morgan George Gamble
R2 Gordon Shedden Gordon Shedden Halfords Racing with Cataclean George Gamble George Gamble
R3 Jake Hill Jake Hill ROKiT MB Motorsport Josh Cook Bobby Thompson
2 R1 Brands Hatch Indy
R2
R3
3 R1 Thruxton Circuit
R2
R3
4 R1 Oulton Park
R2
R3
5 R1 Croft Circuit
R2
R3
6 R1 Knockhill Racing Circuit
R2
R3
7 R1 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit
R2
R3
8 R1 Thruxton Circuit
R2
R3
9 R1 Silverstone Circuit
R2
R3
10 R1 Brands Hatch Grand Prix
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 a lap
20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1
Notes
  • No driver may collect more than one point for leading a lap per race regardless of how many laps they lead.
Pos. Driver DON BHI THR1 OUL CRO KNO SNE THR1 SIL BHGP Pts
1 Tom Ingram 1FL 2L 5 51
2 Gordon Shedden 3 1FL 9 44
3 Ashley Sutton 4 6 2 40
4 Josh Cook 8 5 3 34
5 Adam Morgan 5 4 6 34
6 Jake Hill EXP 9 1FL 30
7 Colin Turkington 2L 14 8 28
8 Daniel Lloyd 11 8 4 26
9 George Gamble 6 3 20 25
10 Bobby Thompson 12 7 10 19
11 Rory Butcher Ret 10 7 15
12 Árón Taylor-Smith 13 11 11 13
13 Stephen Jelley 7 DNS 14 11
14 Daniel Rowbottom 9 12 Ret 11
15 Jason Plato 20 13 12 7
16 Tom Chilton 10 22 Ret 6
17 Dan Cammish 16 21 13 3
18 Michael Crees 14 15 16 3
19 Aiden Moffat 15 16 26 1
20 Ricky Collard Ret Ret 15 1
21 Dexter Patterson 17 18 18 0
22 Ash Hand 18 17 23 0
23 Sam Osborne 23 20 17 0
24 Jade Edwards 22 19 22 0
25 Nicolas Hamilton 19 23 24 0
26 Ollie Jackson Ret Ret 19 0
27 Rick Parfitt Jr. 21 DNS 25 0
28 Jack Butel Ret Ret 21 0
Pos. Driver DON BHI THR1 OUL CRO KNO SNE THR1 SIL BHGP Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
P – Pole position

F – Fastest lap
L – Lead race lap

References

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