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The 2012 Dunlop^[1] MSA British Touring Car Championship is a multi-event motor racing championship for sedan based touring car racing cars held across England and Scotland. The championship features a mix professional motor racing teams and privately funded amateur drivers competing in highly modified versions of small cars which are can be sold to the general public that 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 will be the 55th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season.

This will be the second season that cars conforming to the Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) specification will be allowed to compete, in the phased transition from Super 2000 specification. The season will also be the first season without cars built to the BTC Touring specification.^[2] A revised championship points system will also be introduced for the 2012 season, in which the top 15 cars will score championship points instead of the top 10 previously.^[3]

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	Specification		No.	Drivers	Class
Team	Car	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Class
AmD Tuning.com^[4]	Volkswagen Golf	S2000	NGTC	99	Ollie Jackson^[4]	I
Dynojet^[5]	Toyota Avensis	NGTC			Frank Wrathall^[5]	I
Honda Racing Team^[6]	Honda Civic	NGTC			Matt Neal^[7]	C
Honda Racing Team^[6]	Honda Civic	NGTC			Gordon Shedden^[7]	C
MG KX Momentum Racing^[8]	MG 6	NGTC			Jason Plato^[9]	C
MG KX Momentum Racing^[8]	MG 6	NGTC			Andy Neate^[9]	C
Motorbase Performance^[10]	TBA	TBA	NGTC		TBA	I
					TBA	I
					TBA	I
Pirtek Racing^[11]	Honda Civic	NGTC			Andrew Jordan^[12]	I
Pirtek Racing^[11]	Honda Civic	NGTC			Jeff Smith^[12]	I
Rob Austin Racing^[13]	Audi A4	NGTC			Rob Austin^[13]	I
Rob Austin Racing^[13]	Audi A4	NGTC			TBA	I
Special Tuning Racing^[14]	SEAT León	S2000	NGTC		TBA	I
Special Tuning Racing^[14]	SEAT León	S2000	NGTC		TBA	I
Speedworks Motorsport	Toyota Avensis	NGTC			Tony Hughes^[15]	I
Speedworks Motorsport	Toyota Avensis	NGTC			Adam Morgan^[16]	I
Team ES Racing^[17]	Vauxhall Vectra	S2000	NGTC		Chris James^[18]	I
Team ES Racing^[17]	Vauxhall Vectra	S2000	NGTC		Dave Newsham^[18]	I
TH Motorsport^[19]	Škoda Octavia vRS	NGTC			Matt Hamilton^[19]	I
Thorney Motorsport^[20]	Vauxhall Insignia	NGTC			TBA	I
Thorney Motorsport^[20]	Vauxhall Insignia	NGTC			TBA	I
Welch Automotive^[21]	Proton Gen-2	NGTC			Daniel Welch^[21]	I
Welch Automotive^[21]	Proton Gen-2	NGTC			TBA	I

Icon	Class
C	Constructor
I	Independent

Icon	Specification
NGTC	Next Generation Touring Car
S2000	Super 2000

Driver changes

Dave Newsham will move from Special Tuning Racing to Team ES Racing
After debuting for Triple 8 Race Engineering in the final 2 rounds for 2011, Ollie Jackson will contest in a full season with AmD Tuning.com

Entering/Re-Entering BTCC

Matt Hamilton will return to the BTCC driving TH Motorsport's NGTC Škoda Octavia vRS.^[19]
Adam Morgan will enter the series after winning a fully paid drive as a result of winning the Ginetta GT Supercup.^[16] He later joined Speedworks Motorsport in a second Toyota Avensis.

Team changes

TH Motorsport will re-enter the BTCC running a NGTC Škoda Octavia vRS.^[19]
The Honda Racing Team will swap to the brand new ninth generation Honda Civic built to full NGTC spec. They are the first Manufacturer backed team to run fully to the Next Generation Touring Car specification.^[6]
On 20 September 2011, Triple 8 Race Engineering announced that they are going to swap to a new car built to full Next Generation Touring Car spececification for 2012. However, they did not say what make or model car they are going to use.^[8]
On 21 September 2011, Pirtek Racing announced that they are going to swap to a new car built to full NGTC spec. On 6 October 2011, the team announced they would run Honda Civics as a satellite team of Team Dynamics.^[11]
On 18 October 2011, Welch Automotive announced they are expanding their team to 2 cars for the 2012 season.
On 5 November 2011, Team ES Racing announced that they will switch to NGTC cars. However, on 21 January 2012 it was announced that they will use ex-888 Vauxhall Vectra with NGTC engines for their drivers - Chris James and Dave Newsham with possibility for third car later in the season.

Race calendar

The provisonal calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 20 September 2011, with no major changes from 2011.^[22]

Round		Circuit	Date
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	1 April
	R2
	R3
2	R4	Donington Park (National), Leicestershire	15 April
	R5
	R6
3	R7	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	29 April
	R8
	R9
4	R10	Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire	10 June
	R11
	R12
5	R13	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	24 June
	R14
	R15
6	R16	Snetterton (300) Circuit, Norfolk	12 August
	R17
	R18
7	R19	Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife	26 August
	R20
	R21
8	R22	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	23 September
	R23
	R24
9	R25	Silverstone (National), Northamptonshire	7 October
	R26
	R27
10	R28	Brands Hatch (GP), Kent	21 October
	R29
	R30

References

^ "Dunlop returns as title sponsor in 2010". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 27 November 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
^ Hudson, Neil (26 February 2011). "BTC-spec cars get another year". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
^ "New points format announced". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
^ ^a ^b O'Leary, Jamie (12 January 2012). "Ollie Jackson joins AmD for 2012 BTCC campaign". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Wrathall fired up for 2012". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
^ ^a ^b "All new Civic for 2012". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 1 September 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Honda confirms Neal, Shedden". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 16 September 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Triple Eight joins NGTC ranks". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Triple Eight to run MGs for Plato & Neate". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
^ "Oly Collins Interview January 2012". MotorbasePerformance.co.uk. Motorbase Performance. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Pirtek also going NGTC". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
^ ^a ^b "NGTC Civics for Pirtek". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Austin's 'pain & pleasure'". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
^ Hudson, Neil (8 September 2011). "Special Tuning Racing confirm commitment to the BTCC". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
^ Simpson, Andy (11 January 2012). "Morgan to make BTCC bow with Speedworks Motorsport". speedworksmotorsport.com. Speedworks Motorsport. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Speedworks to run Morgan". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
^ "ES's bold NGTC plans". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Newsham signs for ES Racing". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 6 January 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012. However, Newsham is impressed with James's future plans and, although details of the cars they will race together as team-mates in 2012 have not yet been made public, he is also clearly confident of featuring towards the front of Britain's toughest motor racing grid.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Hamilton, TH to bring Skoda to BTCC". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 27 July 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
^ "Thorney plans Clio expansion". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
^ ^a ^b Hudson, Neil (18 October 2011). "Welch Automotive to expand to two cars for 2012". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
^ "BTCC issues 2012 dates". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 20 September 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2010.

External links

[1] "Dunlop returns as title sponsor in 2010". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 27 November 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2010.

[2] Hudson, Neil (26 February 2011). "BTC-spec cars get another year". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 19 June 2011.

[3] "New points format announced". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.

[AmD-4] O'Leary, Jamie (12 January 2012). "Ollie Jackson joins AmD for 2012 BTCC campaign". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 12 January 2012.

[Dynojet-5] "Wrathall fired up for 2012". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.

[Honda-6] "All new Civic for 2012". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 1 September 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.

[HondaDrivers-7] "Honda confirms Neal, Shedden". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 16 September 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.

[888NGTC-8] "Triple Eight joins NGTC ranks". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.

[888PlatoNeate-9] "Triple Eight to run MGs for Plato & Neate". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2012.

[10] "Oly Collins Interview January 2012". MotorbasePerformance.co.uk. Motorbase Performance. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2012.

[PirtekNGTC-11] "Pirtek also going NGTC". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.

[Pirtek-12] "NGTC Civics for Pirtek". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.

[Austin-13] "Austin's 'pain & pleasure'". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.

[14] Hudson, Neil (8 September 2011). "Special Tuning Racing confirm commitment to the BTCC". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 9 September 2011.

[15] Simpson, Andy (11 January 2012). "Morgan to make BTCC bow with Speedworks Motorsport". speedworksmotorsport.com. Speedworks Motorsport. Retrieved 12 January 2012.

[Morgan-16] "Speedworks to run Morgan". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.

[17] "ES's bold NGTC plans". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.

[ES-18] "Newsham signs for ES Racing". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 6 January 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012. However, Newsham is impressed with James's future plans and, although details of the cars they will race together as team-mates in 2012 have not yet been made public, he is also clearly confident of featuring towards the front of Britain's toughest motor racing grid.

[THM-19] "Hamilton, TH to bring Skoda to BTCC". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 27 July 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.

[20] "Thorney plans Clio expansion". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.

[Welch-21] Hudson, Neil (18 October 2011). "Welch Automotive to expand to two cars for 2012". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 18 October 2011.

[22] "BTCC issues 2012 dates". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 20 September 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2010.

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