One of the most open seasons in recent memory – the 2025 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship is ready to hit the track. One of the best-loved, and most prestigious motor racing championships in the world – Britain’s premier racing series organised in conjunction with the British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) attracts some of the best drivers in the country, while grandstands and spectator banks are packed for BTCC weekends up and down the country.
The action-packed calendar features all of the UK greats, including BARC-owned Thruxton and Croft as well as Silverstone, Brands Hatch, Donington, Snetterton, Oulton Park and Knockhill. Seven different motoring marques are represented on the grid, with four-former champions and 15 former race winners among the 24 strong driver cast. We lift the lid, and give you a few tips on who to look out for this season.
24 drivers compete for the overall coveted BTCC title – while there are also subcategories for Constructor programs and Independent team entries – with four powerhouse preparation teams in each category.
In the Constructors, reigning champion Jake Hill is back to defend his hardly fought title as he leads the line-up for West Surrey Racing. WSR will field four BMWs under the banners of Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport, LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR and Team BMW – with Hill joined by some new team recruits. Regular BTCC campaigner Aiden Moffat, Filipino driver Daryl DeLeon and BTCC newcomer Charles Rainford will represent the Bavarian brand in 2025.
2022 Champion Tom Ingram will be eager to recapture glory for himself and Team Vertu. The Englishman will be joined by the evergreen Tom Chilton who is in his 19th BTCC season and new signing Adam Morgan who will be eager to return to winning ways – all at the wheel of the rapid Hyundai i30 Fastback.
Defending team champions NAPA Racing UK boast one of the strongest line-ups on the grid with the now iconic blue and yellow Ford Focus. Dan Cammish is one of the drivers who has honed his tin-top skillset and feels ready to become champion, but in equal machinery Cammish will have to content with teammates Dan Rowbottom, Sam Osborne and four-time BTCC Champion Ash Sutton – who is eyeing a record breaking fifth trophy lift come Brands Hatch in October.
Strengthening in numbers and gaining momentum with every season are Toyota Gazoo Racing UK – now with an all new four-driver line-up. Three time Champion Gordon Shedden makes a welcome return after three years away. He is joined in the Corollas by Irish BTCC race winner Aron Taylor-Smith, hot property Ronnan Pearson and talented prospect James Dorlin who moves across from sports cars into the tin-top category.
In the Independents – several drivers will be looking to put the larger teams to the sword in the fight for victories. One Motorsport return to the grid after a year-long absence, with the hugely successful Honda Civic Type R. The Brackley- based are delighted to have bagged the experienced pairing of Josh Cook and Stephen Jelley to press for podiums.
Restart Racing have acquired two Hyundai i30s for the promising Dan Lloyd and Chris Smiley who will both most certainly start as a few title dark horses.
The Cupra Leon in the hands of Un-Limited Motorsport are one of the youngest teams on the grid – but that wont stop their ambitions on track, with the team inking the deal with teenager Max Hall who came second in the MINI Challenge UK series, Dexter Patterson who already has two strong BTCC seasons under his belt already and trailblazing pioneer Nicolas Hamilton who makes a welcome return to the series in a third Leon.
The seventh and final brand represented is Vauxhall through the Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing team – with Mikey Doble back for a third season – leading the Power Maxed assault in 2025.
Taking place across ten weekends, a total of 30 races are run during the season with the grid all vying for supremacy – and edge-of-the-seat action is guaranteed as the title battle traditionally goes down to the wire on the final race of the final round. Let battle commence!
Motorsport fans will be able to watch all the action from the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship race weekends LIVE on ITV4 and ITVX – with a comprehensive day of racing coverage on Sundays.
2025 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship Calendar
Rounds 1-3 – 26th/27th April – Donington (National)
Rounds 4-6 – 10th/11th May – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 7-9 – 24th/25th May – Snetterton (300)
Rounds 10-12 – 7th/8th June – Thruxton
Rounds 13-15- 21st/22nd June – Oulton Park (Island)
Rounds 16-18 – 2nd/3rd August – Croft
Rounds 19-21 – 16th/17th August – Knockhill
Rounds 22-24 – 30th/31st August – Donington (GP)
Rounds 25-27 – 20th/21st September – Silverstone (National)
Rounds 28-30 – 4th/5th October – Brands Hatch (GP)
For more information on the Kwik Fit British Touring Car championship – head to www.btcc.net
TCR UK Touring Car Championship and Milltek Civic Cup will run under the British Automobile Racing Club banner in 2025, with the prestigious Touring Car series and popular Civic Cup joining other celebrated tin-top racing classes this season on the action-packed BARC racing calendar.
Sitting alongside the likes of the Kwik Fit British Touring Championship, Vertu Mini Challenge JCW, Super Tourer Series and Junior Saloon Car Championship – TCR UK and Milltek Civic Cup swell the saloon car offering and competition opportunities from the British Automobile Racing Club.
TCR, the exciting global door-to-door racing format launched in 2014, provides a platform for cars built to a homologated specification to compete on a level playing field with carefully calculated balance of performance (BoP). The 1.75 to 2-litre machines also run on a controlled Goodyear tyre in the UK series and controlled fuel through Carless Racing Fuels and Vital Equipment – this also helps to ensure competitive, fair and close racing all season long.
Both series will get underway on the opening race weekend for BARC on the 22/23 March at Donington Park on the National layout before a return visit a fortnight later for TCR UK to tackle the Grand Prix variation – supporting the British GT championship, while the Civics will take on an additional battle at Brands Hatch.
After the Donington double for TCR and Kent commitment for the Civic Cup, the calendar is followed by trips to Silverstone, Croft and Oulton Park before the summer recess for both categories.
Then they both enter the business end of the season – sharing the billing with the British Truck Racing Championship at Snetterton 300 in September before the season finale and teaming up with the trucks once again at Brands Hatch for a potential title decider on the Indy layout before a Firework finale takes to the skies.
Adding to the competition incentive, TCR UK champion, Gen 1 Cup Champion and Goodyear Diamond Award winner from the TCR championship will all be invited to test one of the front-running Kwik Fit British Touring Cars – thanks to Maximum Motorsport and Goodyear.
2025 TCR UK Touring Car Championship Calendar
Rounds 1-3 – 22nd/23rd March – Donington (National)
Rounds 4-6 – 5th/6th April – Donington (Grand Prix)
Rounds 7-9 – 17th/18th May – Silverstone (National)
Rounds 10-12 – 14th/15th June – Croft
Rounds 13-14 – 5th July – Oulton Park (Island)
Rounds 15-17 – 13th/14th September – Snetterton (300)
Rounds 18-20 – 1st/2nd November – Brands Hatch (Indy)
The Everard Pre-66 Touring Car series, organised by the Classic Touring Car Racing Club in association with the British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) is ready to hit the track on the 22/23 March.
The series for cars from the late fifties and swinging sixties are ready to do battle at eight rounds this season, with plenty of competition between a huge variety of cars.
Competitors have an abundance of choice when it comes to selecting a four-seater saloon marketing to the public before 1st January 1966 – allowing drivers behind the wheel and those stood watching track side to be taken back down memory lane – to the early days of the British Saloon Car Championship – the precursor to the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship.
A whole host of machinery are ready to be rolled out of garages to relive the door-to-door action from a bygone era.
Class A for cars over 2700cc is the place for the ‘big bangers’ such as the Ford Falcon and Ford Galaxie models with homes for cars of all shapes and sizes, down to the giant killing machines such as Ford Lotus Cortina, Mini Cooper, Hillman Imp and Austin A40 models.
The Everard Pre-66 runners get their championship underway at classic touring car venues Donington Park and Brands Hatch before a popular trip to Pembrey in Wales. A double header at Brands Hatch for races around the Indy and GP layouts marks the midpoint in the season, before a championship run in of Snetterton, Silverstone and Brands Hatch providing the final event of the year.
Family, friends and motorsport fans will be able to watch all the action from the BARC race weekends LIVE on our YouTube channel – with a comprehensive day of racing coverage planned: www.youtube.com/@britishautomobileracingclub
2025 Everard Pre-66 Touring Cars Calendar
Rounds 1-2 – 22nd/23rd March – Donington (National)
Rounds 3-4 – 19th/20th April – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 5-7 – 17th/18th May – Pembrey
Rounds 8-9 – 28th June – Brands Hatch (GP)
Rounds 10-11 – 29th June – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 12-13 – 9th/10th August – Snetterton (300)
Rounds 14-15 – 4th/5th October – Silverstone (International)
Rounds 16-17 – 8th November – Brands Hatch (Indy)
For more information on the Everard Pre-66 Touring Cars – head to www.classictouringcars.com/classic-saloons-historic-touring-cars
The Group One era of Touring Car racing is alive and well in Britain and the Classic Touring Car Club and British Automobile Racing Club prepare for a season of exciting tin-top action in the Group One Pre-83 Touring Car Championship which begins at Donington Park later this month.
Saloon car racing has always been a popular spectacle on British race circuits, and no matter the era or generation – everyone had their favourite drivers and favourite cars! For cars from the seventies and eighties – this championship is home to plenty of motoring icons. Cars eligible must have been marketed to the public before 1st January 1983 – with more than 5000 examples manufactured in any 12 month period during the overall production run and/or were homologated by the FIA for competition in Group One category for production cars prior to that date.
Popular machines from a bygone era are raced hard once more rather than placed in museums, with popular classics such as the Ford Escort Mk1, MG Metro, Triumph Dolomite Sprint and Chevrolet Camaro, and more battling hard on the race track.
Donington Park flags off the proceedings in Leicestershire before embarking on a UK tour. Pembrey, Silverstone and Snetterton are woven together by four rounds at Brands Hatch, with three on the Indy circuit and one utilising the legendary GP loop.
Family, friends and motorsport fans will be able to watch all the action from the BARC race weekends LIVE on our YouTube channel – with a comprehensive day of racing coverage planned: www.youtube.com/@britishautomobileracingclub
The 2025 season for the British Automobile Racing Club gets underway at Donington Park on the 22/23 March, with the Group One brigade joining the opening billing.
2025 Group One Pre-83 Touring Car Championship Calendar
Rounds 1-2 – 22nd/23rd March – Donington (National)
Rounds 3-4 – 19th/20th April – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 5-7 – 17th/18th May – Pembrey
Rounds 8-9 – 28th June – Brands Hatch (GP)
Rounds 10-11 – 29th June – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 12-13 – 9th/10th August – Snetterton (300)
Rounds 14-15 – 4th/5th October – Silverstone (International)
Rounds 16-17 – 8th November – Brands Hatch (Indy)
For more information on the Group One Pre-83 Touring Car Championship – head to www.classictouringcars.com/pre-83-touring-cars
The Trackhub.uk Pre-93 Touring Car Championship is one of the most action-packed grids on the popular Classic Touring Car Club and British Automobile Racing Club schedule with an exciting calendar of events ready and waiting in 2025.
The Pre-93 class is home to the hot-hatches and saloons from the fabled early nineties and will feature cars marketed to the public prior to the 1st January 1993. The championship caters for two-wheel drive, four-seater saloon cars that have more than 5000 examples manufactured in any 12-month period and will include the likes of the E46 M3 from BMW, Cavalier and Astra models from Vauxhall as well as cars from Honda, Rover, Ford and more.
Six categories provide the structure, with classes up to 1400cc, 1600cc, 2000cc, 2900cc, 3900cc and over 3900cc – with the latter including the flame-spitting Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth.
All eyes will be on the touring car billing from the BARC, with the opening round ready and waiting at Donington Park. It’s a championship that provides great spectacle from the tail-wagging, venerable BMWs which have dominated in recent seasons. However, with the unpredictable British weather turning at any moment – this could create a sporting opportunity for the lesser powered machines which revel in the damp and wet conditions.
The 2025 season for the British Automobile Racing Club gets underway at Donington Park on the 22/23 March, with Pre-93 runners joining the opening event.
Family, friends and motorsport fans will be able to watch all the action from the BARC race weekends LIVE on our YouTube channel – with a comprehensive day of racing coverage planned. www.youtube.com/@britishautomobileracingclub
2025 Classic Touring Car Racing Laser Tools Pre-93 Touring Car Championship Calendar
Rounds 1-2 – 22nd/23rd March – Donington (National)
Rounds 3-4 – 19th/20th April – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 5-7 – 17th/18th May – Pembrey
Rounds 8-9 – 28th June – Brands Hatch (GP)
Rounds 10-11 – 29th June – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 12-13 – 9th/10th August – Snetterton (300)
Rounds 14-15 – 4th/5th October – Silverstone (International)
Rounds 16-17 – 8th November – Brands Hatch (Indy)
For more information on the Laser Tools Pre-93 Touring Car Championship – head to www.classictouringcars.com/pre-93-touring-cars
The Classic Touring Car Racing Club and the British Automobile Racing Club is home to touring cars – with a class and category for saloon cars from the fifties through to the present day machines. One of the classes to get its season underway on the opening BARC race weekend is the Burty Haulege Pre-03 Touring cars, adding to a packed event entry.
Home to some of the more modern machinery from the Classic Touring Car Racing Club – the Pre 03 category welcomes two-wheel-drive, four-seater saloon cars marketed to the public between 1st January 1993 and 31st December 2002 – an exciting period for the lover of tin-tops.
Expect to see the battle between front and rear-wheel-drive, as battlers from either side of the Millenium go head-to-head, with the likes of the BMW E46 Compact taking on the Honda Civic at close quarters. The series often also doubles up and amalgamates with the Laser Tools Pre-93 Touring Car Championship field to provide even bigger grids and tougher levels of competition.
Five classes for up to 1600cc, up to 2000cc, up to 2500cc, up to 3200cc and Invitational house the saloon car shoot-outs across the country with battle lines drawn at Donington Park, Brands Hatch (Indy and GP), Pembrey, Snetterton and Silvertone this year.
The 2025 season for the British Automobile Racing Club gets underway at Donington Park on the 22/23 March, with the Pre 2003 Touring Cars joining the opening event.
Family, friends and motorsport fans will be able to watch all the action from the BARC race weekends LIVE on our YouTube channel – with a comprehensive day of racing coverage planned: www.youtube.com/@britishautomobileracingclub
2025 Classic Touring Car Racing Burty Pre-03 Touring Cars Calendar
Rounds 1-2 – 22nd/23rd March – Donington (National)
Rounds 3-4 – 19th/20th April – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 5-7 – 17th/18th May – Pembrey
Rounds 8-9 – 28th June – Brands Hatch (GP)
Rounds 10-11 – 29th June – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 12-13 – 9th/10th August – Snetterton (300)
Rounds 14-15 – 4th/5th October – Silverstone (International)
Rounds 16-17 – 8th November – Brands Hatch (Indy)
For more information on the Burty Pre 2003 Touring Cars – head to www.classictouringcars.com/pre-2003-saloon-cars
The Burton Power Blue Oval Saloon Series from the Classic Touring Car Club is back to celebrate the iconic Ford brand with the British Automobile Racing Club, as the American company enters its 122nd year in 2025.
The legendary blue oval marque has produced some of the most recognisable and most revered cars ever to hit the road and racetrack – and the BARC supported Blue Oval Saloon Series has many of the heroic cars ready to roll down the pit lane. The series boasts seven classes for four seater saloon cars manufactured by the Ford Motor Company, based on standard production shells marketed to the public before the 1st January 2011.
Everyone from Class F up to 1400cc through to Class A for cars over 3,601cc are welcome on the grid. Anglias and Cortinas, through to Escorts, Sierras and Fiestas pack the entry list, along with the odd Mustang, Mondeo or Focus adding to the variety and spectacle.
The true blue series begins at Donington Park before taking in Brands Hatch and a trip across the border to Wales for three rounds at Pembrey. A double header at Brands Hatch sees both Indy and GP layouts sprung into action, before the mid season break in July. A trip to Norfolk for two intense duals at Snetterton is followed by Silverstone, with the curtain call taking place at Brands Hatch – the closest venue to the spiritual home of Ford UK, with Dagenham in Essex just under 20 miles from the Kent race venue.
The 2025 season for the British Automobile Racing Club gets underway at Donington Park on the 22/23 March, with the Burton Power Blue Oval Saloon Series joining the opening event.
Family, friends and motorsport fans will be able to watch all the action from the BARC race weekends LIVE on our YouTube channel – with a comprehensive day of racing coverage planned. www.youtube.com/@britishautomobileracingclub
2025 Burton Power Blue Oval Saloon Series Calendar
Rounds 1-2 – 22nd/23rd March – Donington (National)
Rounds 3-4 – 19th/20th April – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 5-7 – 17th/18th May – Pembrey
Rounds 8-9 – 28th June – Brands Hatch (GP)
Rounds 10-11 – 29th June – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 12-13 – 9th/10th August – Snetterton (300)
Rounds 14-15 – 4th/5th October – Silverstone (International)
Rounds 16-17 – 8th November – Brands Hatch (Indy)
For more information on the Burton Power Blue Oval Saloon Series – head to www.classictouringcars.com/blue-oval-saloon-championship
The Classic Touring Car Club returns to race tracks around the UK with its pack of machines ready and waiting to be unleashed into the British Automobile Racing Club events in 2025.
The PRG Trailers Classic Thunder series is houses ‘the monsters’, with the tin-top series delivering flame-snorting and no-hold-barred action a-plenty, with eight events on the agenda for the thunderous series.
The Classic class is home to four seater saloon cars based on the standard production shells of road cars marketed to the public before the 1st January 2011 with the Historic class open to machines before 1st January 1983.
This provides plenty of choice for competitors and plenty of variety for spectators to admire with crowds set to reminisce over their childhood pin-up poster cars. Nine classes cater for all engine sizes with historic cars up to 1700cc all the way through to the 4000cc behemoth classic class where cars such as the fire-breathing Aussie V8 inspired Holden’s and Ford Falcon’s go toe-to-toe with the likes of the ‘Godzilla’ themed Nissan Skyline.
With a nod to touring car racing of yesteryear, these classes and others on the BARC billing at some venues will run together providing a grid full of touring car heroes and icons of all different shapes and sizes. If the weather gets a little wet – expect to see some giant-killing, as the rain will provide a great leveller for the underpowered machines, with the drivers looking to make the most of their usable power.
The 2025 season for the British Automobile Racing Club gets underway at Donington Park on the 22/23 March, with the Classic and Historic Thunder Saloons joining the opening event.
Family, friends and motorsport fans will be able to watch all the action from the BARC race weekends LIVE on our YouTube channel – with a comprehensive day of racing coverage planned. www.youtube.com/@britishautomobileracingclub
2025 Classic Touring Car Racing Edmundson Electrical Classic Thunder Calendar
Rounds 1-2 – 22nd/23rd March – Donington (National)
Rounds 3-4 – 19th/20th April – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 5-7 – 17th/18th May – Pembrey
Rounds 8-9 – 28th June – Brands Hatch (GP)
Rounds 10-11 – 29th June – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 12-13 – 9th/10th August – Snetterton (300)
Rounds 14-15 – 4th/5th October – Silverstone (International)
Rounds 16-17 – 8th November – Brands Hatch (Indy)
For more information on the Classic and Hisoric Thunder Saloons – head to www.classictouringcars.com/thunder-saloon-championship
The Classic Touring Car Club returns to race tracks around the UK with its pack of machines ready and waiting to be unleashed into the British Automobile Racing Club events in 2025.
The Rikki Cann Motorsport – Aston Martin Specialist Historic Thunder series houses ‘the monsters’, with the tin-top series delivering flame-snorting and no-hold-barred action a-plenty, with eight events on the agenda for the thunderous series.
The Historic class is open to machines before 1st January 1983.
This provides plenty of choice for competitors and plenty of variety for spectators to admire with crowds set to reminisce over their childhood pin-up poster cars.
With a nod to touring car racing of yesteryear, these classes and others on the BARC billing at some venues will run together providing a grid full of touring car heroes and icons of all different shapes and sizes. If the weather gets a little wet – expect to see some giant-killing, as the rain will provide a great leveller for the underpowered machines, with the drivers looking to make the most of their usable power.
Family, friends and motorsport fans will be able to watch all the action from the BARC race weekends LIVE on our YouTube channel – with a comprehensive day of racing coverage planned. www.youtube.com/@britishautomobileracingclub
2025 Rikki Cann – Aston Martin Specialist Historic Thunder Calendar
Rounds 1-2 – 22nd/23rd March – Donington (National)
Rounds 3-4 – 19th/20th April – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 5-7 – 17th/18th May – Pembrey
Rounds 8-9 – 28th June – Brands Hatch (GP)
Rounds 10-11 – 29th June – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 12-13 – 9th/10th August – Snetterton (300)
Rounds 14-15 – 4th/5th October – Silverstone (International)
Rounds 16-17 – 8th November – Brands Hatch (Indy)
For more information on the Hisoric Thunder Saloons – head to www.classictouringcars.com/thunder-saloon-championship
The iconic touring cars of yesteryear are ready to wind back the clock for another scintillating season with the home of touring cars, the British Automobile Racing Club welcoming the nineties legends to the opening BARC weekend.
If there was ever a period for the British Touring Car Championship, the mid to late nineties was the time – with world class drivers, a whole list of automotive manufacturer teams and almost bottomless pit budgets – the series was a motorsporting spectacle that challenged Formula One for viewership.
Fast forward to 2025 – 25 years on since the end of the Super Touring formula, the Classic Touring Car Racing Club Super Tourer Series keep the memories alive, with the iconic cars still racing and racing hard by some of the best national racing drivers.
Cars such as the Vauxhall Vectra driven by the likes of John Cleland and Jason Plato in period will race bumper-to-bumper with BMWs, Fords, Hondas, Nissans and Peugeots from the same era.
Donington Park was always a spectacle for tin-top action back in the day, and it is set to be no different, with a new season ready to get underway at the Leicestershire circuit under the stewardship of the BARC before a country-trotting championship will follow.
Family, friends and motorsport fans will be able to watch all the action from the BARC race weekends LIVE on our YouTube channel – with a comprehensive day of racing coverage planned. www.youtube.com/@britishautomobileracingclub
The 2025 season for the British Automobile Racing Club gets underway at Donington Park on the 22/23 March, with the Super Tourers joining the opening billing.
2025 Classic Touring Car Racing Club Super Tourer Series Calendar
Rounds 1-2 – 22nd/23rd March – Donington (National)
Rounds 3-4 – 19th/20th April – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 5-7 – 17th/18th May – Pembrey
Rounds 8-9 – 28th June – Brands Hatch (GP)
Rounds 10-11 – 29th June – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Rounds 12-13 – 9th/10th August – Snetterton (300)
Rounds 14-15 – 4th/5th October – Silverstone (International)
Rounds 16-17 – 8th November – Brands Hatch (Indy)
For more information on the Classic Touring Car Racing Club Super Tourer Series – head to www.classictouringcars.com/ctcrc-super-tourers-championship
One-make tin-top saloon championships always provide a spectacle for spectators and action packed racing inside bumper grids for drivers. The VERTU MINI CHALLENGE JCW is no different and ever since its inclusion into the British Automobile Racing Club TOCA package in 2020, the MINI Challenge JCW class has fast become one of the county’s leading single-make categories and it continues to provide close competitive racing as well as a ladder of progression for rising talent who look to step into the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship.
Aligning itself with the BARC as well as the BTCC, the series provides a combination of class structure, cost effectiveness, professionalism and unrivalled exposure. Attracting capacity grids and producing ultra-competitive racing, the CHALLENGE JCW Championship caters for the latest version of MINI’s two-litre hot hatchback and it runs on Goodyear slick racing tyres.
The championship shares the billing with the BTCC on seven weekends up and down the country with races at Croft, Knockhill, Oulton Park, Donington and Silverstone featuring 20 rounds – all serving up intense racing action – with the eagerly anticipated finale on the Brands Hatch GP circuit.
The top of the tree is the 265bhp JCW class, which is supported by the halfway house 225bhp JCW Sport Class and at some meetings – the entry level 130bhp 1.6-litre Cooper class using the older generation supermini.
Billed as a unique stepping stone into the UK’s premier motorsport series; previous winners of the MINI Challenge JCW include reigning champion Dan Zelos, Sam Weller, Ant Whorton-Eales and Brett Smith.
Motorsport fans will be able to watch all the action from the Vertu Mini Challenge JCW race weekends LIVE on ITV4 and ITVX – with a comprehensive day of racing coverage on Sundays alongside the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship
2025 Vertu Mini Challenge JCW Calendar
Event 1 – 26th/27th April – Donington (National)
Event 2 – 24th/25th May – Snetterton (300)
Event 3 – 21st/22nd June – Oulton Park (Island)
Event 4 – 2nd/3rd August – Croft
Event 5 – 16th/17th August – Knockhill
Event 6 – 20th/21st September – Silverstone (National)
Event 7 – 4th/5th October – Brands Hatch (GP)
For more information on the Vertu Mini Challenge JCW – head to www.minichallenge.co.uk
Providing the perfect stepping stone up the tin-top ladder, the Vertu MINI CHALLENGE Trophy Championship in association with the British Automobile Racing Club is the perfect place to graduate from the Junior Saloon Car Championship or even kick start your motorsport career.
Boasting capacity grids and producing ultra-competitive racing, the Trophy Championship uses an older generation MINI Cooper that produces 130bhp and runs on Goodyear racing tyres.
The car suits a variety of racers, from drivers new to motorsport, or those stepping up from junior tin-tops, have some karting experience, or those who just want ultra-close, fair racing on a high-profile stage with modest budgets.
Coming off the back of aligning itself with the BARC in 2022, the one-make series can be found making appearances on the support bill of the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship as well as several prestigious national race meetings.
The championship shares the billing with the BTCC on three race weekends at Brands Hatch, Thruxton and Donington while events at Snetterton, Croft and Silverstone will make up an action-packed schedule for the teams and drivers. It will all come down to the firework finale at Brands Hatch where the superminis will share the billing with TCR UK and the British Truck Racing Championship.
Supporting the entry level Trophy series is the top of the tree category in the form of the 265bhp JCW class as well as the halfway house 225bhp JCW Sport Class.
Motorsport fans will be able to watch all the action from the Vertu Mini Challenge Trophy race weekends LIVE on ITV4 and ITVX when the rounds share the billing with the British Touring Car Championship or through the BARC YouTube channel – with comprehensive racing coverage planned on both platforms.
2025 Vertu Mini Challenge Trophy Calendar
Event 1 – 12th/13th April – Snetterton (300)
Event 2 – 10th/11th May – Brands Hatch (Indy)
Event 3 – 7th/8th June – Thruxton
Event 4 – 28th/29th June – Croft
Event 5 – 30th/31st August – Donington (GP)
Event 6 – 27th/28th September – Silverstone (National)
Event 7 – 1st/2nd November – Brands Hatch (Indy)
For more information on the Vertu Mini Challenge Trophy – head to www.minichallenge.co.uk