[BTCC] BTCC News & Rumours 2025

[porsche962fan]

with Chilton means Tingram has no wingman again

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by Evantra

Vertu Motors become Excerl8 title sponsor for next year (same group as BSM), and Ingram and Chilton are retained:

https://btcc.net/team-bristol-street...5-btcc-season/

Livery is… eye-catching!

Race livery is to be revealed

[Mike Harte]

Originally Posted by Evantra

Livery is… eye-catching!

It's possibly not the final version:

Further news on the driver line-up for the 2025 season will follow in due course, along with details on when the full Team VERTU race livery for next year will also be revealed.

[BTCC frog]

Originally Posted by porsche962fan

with Chilton means Tingram has no wingman again

There will be at least two other Excelr8 cars, and I wonder if Gordon Shedden will end up in one of them. He seems like the most fitting choice as wingman for Ingram in 2025.

[MarcusH26]

Livery is fine and Chilton was always going to be back as long as he wants to be. The third and fourth cars I wouldn't be overly surprised if it's Zelos and Halstead again. As much as I'd like to see someone else in the fourth car that could really help Tingram , I completely understand Halstead brings the big money and the off track stuff with socials and Crazy Carts.

[Evantra]

Originally Posted by Mike Harte

It's possibly not the final version:

Yeah had assumed it wasn’t final, looks like it was wrapped in a hurry too! Love the Vertu turquoise, not sure it works so well with the other colours at the moment.

Also, hooray for a shorter team name.

[coffinpilot]

Putting my sensible head on for once, it wasn't mentioned how long Rob Huff was contracted with Toyota was it?
If the Excelr8 price is a big one, he's a person who would likely be able to pull together a deal, and if he was to believe the car is a little faster than the Toyota, could he be sat in an i30 next year?

[coffinpilot]

On Huff, would NAPA also be an option if he isn't multi-year with Speedworks?

[Spanner monkey]

Originally Posted by coffinpilot

On Huff, would NAPA also be an option if he isn't multi-year with Speedworks?

Can't see them changing their driver line up and Cammish is already back in.

[coffinpilot]

My thought process was with Sutton/Cammish locked in, Osbourne getting back in - and to be fair, an impressive second half of 2024 should bode well for the Jack Sears, but if someone turns up with more wedge than Rowbo (I'm assuming he's on a year-by-year) could he be unseated by a Huff?

[SSmith]

Originally Posted by Evantra

Bit of a shame but better than nothing.

Originally Posted by S griffin

Sometimes it's what the support series can manage

Originally Posted by BtccLee

If Carrera Cup GB aren't at Brands Indy as rumoured, with F4 out, there should be another guest series too...

Yeah, I'd have liked to see them more often with the BTCC but costs probably prevented that. It looks like they've put together quite a good calendar to showcase themselves across USA-centric MSV events, Super Touring Power 3, British GT, GT Cup and BTCC.

At Brands Indy the Radicals would be hopeless, so I'm hoping that if there is a guest support from the BARC ranks, it is Mini Se7ens/Miglias or even Caterhams

[SSmith]

Originally Posted by MarcusH26

Livery is fine and Chilton was always going to be back as long as he wants to be. The third and fourth cars I wouldn't be overly surprised if it's Zelos and Halstead again. As much as I'd like to see someone else in the fourth car that could really help Tingram , I completely understand Halstead brings the big money and the off track stuff with socials and Crazy Carts.

I wouldn't be surprised if it is Halstead and maybe Zelos. With Vertu rather than Bristol Street Motors sponsoring the main two cars, and given Vertu were the MINI JCW title sponsor, supporting last year's JCW champion would be a good move IMO.

[Spanner monkey]

Originally Posted by coffinpilot

My thought process was with Sutton/Cammish locked in, Osbourne getting back in - and to be fair, an impressive second half of 2024 should bode well for the Jack Sears, but if someone turns up with more wedge than Rowbo (I'm assuming he's on a year-by-year) could he be unseated by a Huff?

I think Rowbo's Cataclean budget and with them now linked to NAPA for sales, Huff would have to come up with a big budget to unseat Rowbo.

And Dan has good pace but just doesn't seem to get all the sectors hooked up together in Qual. Plus he has proven to be a good wingman/Team player

[tee.1s]

Originally Posted by Spanner monkey

I think Rowbo's Cataclean budget and with them now linked to NAPA for sales, Huff would have to come up with a big budget to unseat Rowbo.

And Dan has good pace but just doesn't seem to get all the sectors hooked up together in Qual. Plus he has proven to be a good wingman/Team player

If Dan could somehow avoid getting every other lap chalked off for track limits, he would have far better weekends haha

[Ant25]

Originally Posted by coffinpilot

My thought process was with Sutton/Cammish locked in, Osbourne getting back in - and to be fair, an impressive second half of 2024 should bode well for the Jack Sears, but if someone turns up with more wedge than Rowbo (I'm assuming he's on a year-by-year) could he be unseated by a Huff?

Huff said in an article that he will be at Toyota next season and hopes the improve the car over the winter months

[porsche962fan]

ever since Tingram left Speedworks and the Toyotas were never the same again

[thetool]

It's almost like it's the driver/engineer combination that makes the difference and not the car. For example, everything Sutton sits in is suddenly quick and everything Hamilton/Edwards/Halstead/*insert scapegoat here* is slow.

[S griffin]

Sutton has always been a top driver. Others can't do what he's done

[kipper]

Originally Posted by SSmith

At Brands Indy the Radicals would be hopeless, so I'm hoping that if there is a guest support from the BARC ranks, it is Mini Se7ens/Miglias or even Caterhams

The Caterham 7 UK championship will support the BTCC at Brands Indy (as an aside the Radical UK championship will not appear at any BTCC meetings, next year).

[Paulshipsey]

Originally Posted by BTCC frog

There will be at least two other Excelr8 cars, and I wonder if Gordon Shedden will end up in one of them. He seems like the most fitting choice as wingman for Ingram in 2025.

I would love to see a revitalised Flash back for 2025. Not seen or heard anything of him in a couple of years now. I suppose not much left for him to achieve in the sport.

[Paulshipsey]

Originally Posted by coffinpilot

My thought process was with Sutton/Cammish locked in, Osbourne getting back in - and to be fair, an impressive second half of 2024 should bode well for the Jack Sears, but if someone turns up with more wedge than Rowbo (I'm assuming he's on a year-by-year) could he be unseated by a Huff?

The driver coaching Osborne had really made a dramatic difference. He was greatly improved in the second half of the year.

[tocatrucky]

Originally Posted by porsche962fan

ever since Tingram left Speedworks and the Toyotas were never the same again

Spencer was a huge part of that, not just Tom.

[MarcusH26]

Speaking of Speedworks, how changed do people expect their lineup to be? Just Huffy staying from this season or a chance they keep Cook too if Toyota contributed?

[Spanner monkey]

Originally Posted by Ant25

Huff said in an article that he will be at Toyota next season and hopes the improve the car over the winter months

To do that the Team need 3 things. Budget, A good engineer and a good development driver. And only 3 teams in BTCC have this Napa,Exceler8 and WSR.

[S griffin]

I think plenty of teams have the budget. Alliance have a good sponsorship deal. Excelr8 are one of the best teams in the business. And WSR/BMW are a match made in heaven