The 2014 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship was a multi-event 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. It is one of the most popular domestic motor racing series in the United Kingdom, with an extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece. It was the 57th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season.
It was the fourth season that cars conforming to the Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) specification competed in, and the first season that S2000 specification cars did not contest since their introduction to the BTCC in 2004. The Jack Sears Trophy, which was introduced in 2013 for the top S2000 finisher over the duration of the season, was awarded to the Independent driver who achieves the greatest improvement from their respective grid positions over the entire season. The start and finishing positions of all Independent drivers will be logged for all 30 races and the driver with the highest total number of positions gained over the season will become the Jack Sears Trophy champion.
Teams and drivers
Team Car Engine Drivers Rounds Constructor Entries Honda Yuasa Racing Honda Civic Tourer Honda/Neil Brown 4 Matt Neal All 52 Gordon Shedden All MG KX Clubcard Fuel Save MG6 GT TOCA/Swindon 88 Sam Tordoff All 99 Jason Plato All Independent Entries Pirtek Racing Honda Civic Honda/Neil Brown 1 Andrew Jordan All 30 Martin Depper All eBay Motors BMW 125i M Sport BMW/Neil Brown 5 Colin Turkington All 10 Rob Collard All 18 Nick Foster All Airwaves Racing Ford Focus ST Ford/Mountune 6 Mat Jackson All 7 Fabrizio Giovanardi All Crabbie's Racing 44 Jack Clarke All CHROME Edition Restart Racing Volkswagen CC TOCA/Swindon 9 Alain Menu All 31 Jack Goff 6–10 40 Árón Smith All 39 Warren Scott 6–10 Vauxhall Insignia TOCA/Swindon 1–5 RCIB Insurance Racing 31 Jack Goff 1–5 Handy Motorsport Toyota Avensis TOCA/Swindon 11 Simon Belcher All Speedworks Motorsport 80 Tom Ingram All STP Racing with Sopp & Sopp Proton Persona Proton/Welch 12 Daniel Welch 2–10 48 Ollie Jackson All Laser Tools Racing Chevrolet Cruze 4dr Chevrolet/RML 16 Aiden Moffat 1–5 TOCA/Swindon 6–10 AmD Tuning.com Ford Focus ST Ford/Mountune 17 Dave Newsham All United Autosports Toyota Avensis Toyota/XCtechR 20 James Cole All 21 Glynn Geddie 1–8 23 Luke Hines 9–10 Power Maxed Racing Chevrolet Cruze 5dr Chevrolet/RML 28 Chris Stockton 1–3 Chevrolet/Neil Brown 4–6 TOCA/Swindon 7–10 WIX Racing Mercedes-Benz A-Class TOCA/Swindon Adam Morgan All Houseman Racing Toyota Avensis TOCA/Swindon 43 Lea Wood All AlcoSense Breathalysers Racing Audi A4 TOCA/Swindon 54 Hunter Abbott All Exocet Racing 101 Rob Austin All Rotek Racing Audi S3 Saloon TOCA/Swindon 67 Robb Holland 1–2, 4–9 Quantel BiFold Racing MG6 GT TOCA/Swindon 888 Marc Hynes All
Driver changes Changed teams James Cole drove United Autosports having left Team HARD. midway through the 2013 season. Following on from sporadic appearances in the championship in 2012 and 2013 racing for Team HARD, Robb Holland entered the championship full-time in 2014 for Rotek Racing in an Audi S3 Saloon. Ollie Jackson left Speedworks Motorsport to race a second Proton Persona prepared by Welch Motorsport. Aiden Moffat contested a full season with a Chevrolet Cruze purchased from Andy Neate having contested a handful of rounds in 2013 for Team HARD. Dave Newsham switched from Speedworks Motorsport to AmD Tuning.com. Árón Smith switched from Airwaves Racing to Team BMR.
Entering/re-entering BTCC Double Renault UK Clio Cup ‘Masters Cup’ Champion Simon Belcher graduated to the BTCC in a Handy Motorsport run Toyota Avensis with assistance from Speedworks Motorsport. Having last entered the championship in 2010 driving for Forster Motorsport, Martin Depper drove the second Pirtek Racing Honda Civic in 2014. 2013 European Supercar Challenge Championship champion Glynn Geddie entered the series for United Autosports. 1999 British Formula 3 Champion and Head of Driver Development at Marussia F1 Marc Hynes entered the BTCC in a works prepared MG6 GT run by Triple Eight Race Engineering but separate from their 'main' MG KX Clubcard Fuel Save factory team. 1997 and 2000 BTCC champion Alain Menu returned to the series with Team BMR. 2007 and 2008 BTCC champion Fabrizio Giovanardi returned to the series with Airwaves Racing.
Leaving BTCC Jeff Smith left the BTCC after four seasons in order to focus on other commitments. Frank Wrathall left the series after being sent to prison for 21 months due to pleading guilty to causing death by careless driving on 7 February 2014. Dynojet's assets had already been sold to United Autosports. Andy Neate decided not to return to the BTCC in 2014 having sold his Cruze to Aiden Moffat at the end of the 2013 season. Neate is focused on a return in 2015. Tom Onslow-Cole left the series to go and do other things, eventually driving in British GT, but stated intent to return after claiming he had 'unfinished business' in the series.
Team changes Ciceley Racing changed from their ex-Dynojet NGTC Toyota Avensis to a brand new, self built, NGTC Mercedes-Benz A-Class for Adam Morgan. This will be the first time for the Mercedes-Benz marque in the BTCC since 1986. Honda Yuasa Racing Team built Honda Civic Tourers in 2014. This marks the first time that an estate car has been run in the BTCC since 1994. Rotek Racing with help from Tony Gilham Racing entered the series with an Audi A3 for Robb Holland. Welch Motorsport built a second Proton with a more competent engine for the 2014 season. United Autosports entered the series with two Toyota Avensis's purchased from the Dynojet team. AmD Tuning.com contested the 2014 season with a Ford Focus ST Mk.III purchased from Motorbase Performance despite initial intentions to build a NGTC specification Vauxhall Astra for the 2013 season.
Race calendar The provisional calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 14 September 2013. The Oulton Park round will switch from the Island layout to the International circuit, which was last used during the 1996 season. All races were held in the United Kingdom.
Round Circuit Date 1 R1 Brands Hatch(Indy Circuit, Kent) 30 March R2 R3 2 R4 Donington Park(National Circuit, Leicestershire) 20 April R5 R6 3 R7 Thruxton Circuit(Hampshire) 4 May R8 R9 4 R10 Oulton Park(International Circuit, Cheshire) 8 June R11 R12 5 R13 Croft Circuit(North Yorkshire) 29 June R14 R15 6 R16 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit(300 Circuit, Norfolk) 3 August R17 R18 7 R19 Knockhill Racing Circuit(Fife) 24 August R20 R21 8 R22 Rockingham Motor Speedway(International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire) 7 September R23 R24 9 R25 Silverstone Circuit(National Circuit, Northamptonshire) 28 September R26 R27 10 R28 Brands Hatch(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent) 12 October R29 R30
Results Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning independent 1 R1 Brands Hatch Andrew Jordan Andrew Jordan Andrew Jordan Pirtek Racing Andrew Jordan R2 Sam Tordoff Andrew Jordan Pirtek Racing Andrew Jordan R3 Jason Plato Colin Turkington eBay Motors Colin Turkington 2 R4 Donington Park Jason Plato Rob Austin Jason Plato MG KX Clubcard Fuel Save Andrew Jordan R5 Andrew Jordan Sam Tordoff MG KX Clubcard Fuel Save Andrew Jordan R6 Colin Turkington Gordon Shedden Honda Yuasa Racing Colin Turkington 3 R7 Thruxton Circuit Andrew Jordan Andrew Jordan Andrew Jordan Pirtek Racing Andrew Jordan R8 Gordon Shedden Gordon Shedden Honda Yuasa Racing Andrew Jordan R9 Matt Neal Colin Turkington eBay Motors Colin Turkington 4 R10 Oulton Park Colin Turkington Colin Turkington Colin Turkington eBay Motors Colin Turkington R11 Colin Turkington Colin Turkington eBay Motors Colin Turkington R12 James Cole Árón Smith CHROME Edition Restart Racing Árón Smith 5 R13 Croft Circuit Colin Turkington Colin Turkington Colin Turkington eBay Motors Colin Turkington R14 Colin Turkington Colin Turkington eBay Motors Colin Turkington R15 Árón Smith Andrew Jordan Pirtek Racing Andrew Jordan 6 R16 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit Jason Plato Jason Plato Jason Plato MG KX Clubcard Fuel Save Colin Turkington R17 Colin Turkington Jason Plato MG KX Clubcard Fuel Save Colin Turkington R18 Matt Neal Árón Smith CHROME Edition Restart Racing Árón Smith 7 R19 Knockhill Racing Circuit Sam Tordoff Colin Turkington Matt Neal Honda Yuasa Racing Rob Austin R20 Colin Turkington Mat Jackson Airwaves Racing Mat Jackson R21 Gordon Shedden Rob Collard eBay Motors Rob Collard 8 R22 Rockingham Motor Speedway Sam Tordoff Colin Turkington Colin Turkington eBay Motors Colin Turkington R23 Colin Turkington Colin Turkington eBay Motors Colin Turkington R24 Árón Smith Rob Austin Exocet Racing Rob Austin 9 R25 Silverstone Circuit Jason Plato Matt Neal Jason Plato MG KX Clubcard Fuel Save Colin Turkington R26 Jack Goff Jason Plato MG KX Clubcard Fuel Save Colin Turkington R27 Adam Morgan Mat Jackson Airwaves Racing Mat Jackson 10 R28 Brands Hatch Jason Plato Colin Turkington Jason Plato MG KX Clubcard Fuel Save Colin Turkington R29 Andrew Jordan Adam Morgan WIX Racing Adam Morgan R30 Gordon Shedden Gordon Shedden Honda Yuasa Racing Jack Clarke
Championship standings Points system 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 201715131110987654321111 Notes No driver may collect more than one point for leading a lap per race regardless of how many laps they lead.
Drivers' Championship (key)