2026 British Touring Car Championship

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Rounds Constructor Entries Team VERTU Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance Hyundai/Swindon 3 Tom Chilton[3][4] 1 11 Ricky Collard[5] 1 28 Nicolas Hamilton[6] 1 80 Tom Ingram[4] 1 NAPA Racing UK[7] Ford Focus Titanium Saloon Ford/Mountune 15 Lewis Selby[8] 1 27 Dan Cammish[8] 1 77 Sam Osborne[8] 1 116 Ashley Sutton[8] 1 Speedworks Corolla Racing[9] Toyota Corolla GR Sport TOCA/M-Sport 19 Max Buxton[9] 1 66 Josh Cook[9] 1 Cataclean Plato Racing[10][11][12][13] Mercedes-AMG A35 Saloon TOCA/M-Sport 32 Daniel Rowbottom[14] 1 33 Adam Morgan[15] 1 Independent Entries WSR[16] BMW 330i M Sport LCI BMW/Neil Brown 2 Daryl De Leon[17] 1 99 Charles Rainford[18] 1 LKQ Euro Car Parts with Power Maxed Racing[19][20] Audi S3 Saloon TOCA/M-Sport 16 Aiden Moffat[21] 1 88 Mikey Doble[22] 1 Steel Seal with Power Maxed Racing[20] 17 Dexter Patterson[23] 1 Restart Racing[16] Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance Hyundai/Swindon 22 Chris Smiley[24] 1 132 James Dorlin[24] 1 Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport[25] Toyota Corolla GR Sport TOCA/M-Sport 50 Árón Taylor-Smith[26] 1 52 Gordon Shedden[27] 1

Key Eligible for the Jack Sears Trophy[a] Entry List

Entering/re-entering BTCC

Lewis Selby made his debut with NAPA Racing UK, after competing with the team in Mini Challenge UK, to replace Daniel Rowbottom.^[29]

James Dorlin returned to the BTCC with Restart Racing, after missing the last 3 rounds of 2025, replacing Daniel Lloyd.^[24]

Ricky Collard returned to the series with Team VERTU replacing Senna Proctor, having last raced in 2023 with Toyota Gazoo Racing UK.^[5]

Changed teams

Árón Taylor-Smith and Gordon Shedden both moved from Toyota Gazoo Racing to Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport^[26][27]

Aiden Moffat moved from LKQ Euro Car Parts with WSR to LKQ Euro Car Parts with Power Maxed Racing, following the LKQ Euro Car Parts brand.^[21]

Daniel Rowbottom and Adam Morgan left NAPA Racing UK and Team VERTU respectively to join the new Cataclean Plato Racing^[14][15]

Dexter Patterson left Un-Limited Motorsport after a year and joined Steel Seal with Power Maxed Racing in the Audi.^[23]

Nicolas Hamilton moved from Un-Limited Motorsport to Team VERTU in the Draper Tools livery, replacing Adam Morgan.^[6]

Senna Proctor moved from Team VERTU and joined NAPA Racing UK as a reserve driver and driver coach for Sam Osborne.^[30][31]

Leaving BTCC

Jake Hill announced prior to Brands Hatch that he would leave Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport and the BTCC entirely.^[32]

Senna Proctor left Team VERTU after competing with them in the last 7 rounds of 2025, instead taking up a reserve driver and driver coach role at NAPA Racing UK.^[31]

Michael Crees confirmed he would not return after racing the first 2 rounds of 2025 with Team VERTU in the Autobrite Direct with Miller Oils livery.^[33]

Nick Halstead left the BTCC after competing with Power Maxed Racing in 2025.^[34]

Daniel Lloyd announced he will be taking a sabbatical from the BTCC after a 2025 campaign with Restart Racing.^[35]

Team changes

NAPA Racing UK switched from the Ford Focus ST to the Ford Focus Titanium Saloon, their first car change since being under the NAPA name.^[7]

West Surrey Racing reduced their team from a 4-car line-up to 2 cars, despite acquiring 3 TBLs. This was a consequence of their new British GT plan. The team also entered the season as an independent after they lost their BMW manufacturer backing.^[36]

Jason Plato entered 2 Mercedes-AMG A35 Saloon cars for his team, with the support of RMLand the sponsor of Cataclean, creating Cataclean Plato Racing, utilising the TOCA/M-Sport engine.^[10][37][13]

One Motorsport did not return to the series after missing the last half of 2025 as the team had no official statement and did not appear on the entry list.^[38]

Power Maxed Racing dropped the Cupra Leon, which they ran for the last 4 rounds of 2025, for the Audi S3 Saloon along with returning to a 3-car line-up for the first time since 2023.^[16][19]

Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport expanded their field to 2 cars and switched from the WSR BMW 330i to the Speedworks Toyota Corolla GR Sport, as well as becoming an Independent team.^[25]

LKQ Euro Car Parts moved from West Surrey Racing to Power Maxed Racing, forming LKQ Euro Car Parts with Power Maxed Racing. Dexter Patterson ran under the Steel Seal Power Maxed Racing brand.^[39][20]

Un-Limited Motorsport decided to step back in 2026, after 2 years in the BTCC.^[40]

The 2026 calendar was announced on 2 May 2025.^[41]

Thruxton

Brands Hatch

Silverstone

Donington Park

Snetterton

Croft

Knockhill

Oulton Park

2026 BTCC Race Locations

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning independent	Winning JST
1	QR	Donington Park National	Tom Ingram	Tom Ingram	Daniel Rowbottom	Cataclean Plato Racing	Points not awarded
	R1			Ashley Sutton	Mikey Doble	LKQ Euro Car Parts with Power Maxed Racing	Mikey Doble	Dexter Patterson
	R2			Ashley Sutton	Ashley Sutton	NAPA Racing UK	Gordon Shedden	Dexter Patterson
	R3			Tom Ingram	Ashley Sutton	NAPA Racing UK	Aiden Moffat	Dexter Patterson
2	QR	Brands Hatch Indy					Points not awarded
	R1
	R2
	R3
3	QR	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit					Points not awarded
	R1
	R2
	R3
4	QR	Thruxton Circuit					Points not awarded
	R1
	R2
	R3
5	QR	Oulton Park					Points not awarded
	R1
	R2
	R3
6	QR	Croft Circuit					Points not awarded
	R1
	R2
	R3
7	QR	Knockhill Racing Circuit					Points not awarded
	R1
	R2
	R3
8	QR	Donington Park GP					Points not awarded
	R1
	R2
	R3
9	QR	Silverstone National					Points not awarded
	R1
	R2
	R3
10	QR	Brands Hatch GP					Points not awarded
	R1
	R2
	R3

Notes

• The point for leading laps in race is one point, regardless of how many laps led.^[43]

Pos. Driver DPN BHI SNE THR OUL CRO KNO DPGP SIL BHGP Pts 1 Ashley Sutton 2 1* 1* 61 2 Charles Rainford 35 6 5* 43 3 Aiden Moffat 68 4 4 40 4 Dan Cammish 413 2 10 38 5 Gordon Shedden 59 3 14 32 6 Dexter Patterson 710 7 6 31 7 Mikey Doble 14 14 19 29 8 Tom Ingram DSQP2 Ret 2 27 9 Ricky Collard Ret12 8 3* 26 10 Adam Morgan 107 9 8 26 11 Daniel Rowbottom 111 Ret 11 20 12 Árón Taylor-Smith 811 11 12 20 13 Daryl DeLeon 12 5 13 18 14 Tom Chilton 96 13 Ret 15 15 Chris Smiley 1614 12 7 14 16 Josh Cook Ret3 10 Ret 14 17 Sam Osborne 14 16 9 9 18 James Dorlin 1315 17 15 5 19 Lewis Selby 15 15 17 2 20 Max Buxton 18 Ret 16 0 21 Nicolas Hamilton 17 Ret 18 0 Pos. Driver DPN BHI SNE THR OUL CRO KNO DPGP SIL BHGP Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap * – Led Lap Superscript - Qualifying Race Result

Pos.	Driver	DPN			BHI			SNE			THR			OUL			CRO			KNO			DPGP			SIL			BHGP			Pts
1	Aiden Moffat	6	4	4																												50
2	Charles Rainford	3	6	5																												47
3	Gordon Shedden	5	3	14																												44
4	Dexter Patterson	7	7	6																												37
5	Mikey Doble	1	14	19																												35
6	Daryl DeLeon	12	5	13																												34
7	Árón Taylor-Smith	8	11	12																												31
8	Chris Smiley	16	12	7																												29
9	James Dorlin	13	17	15																												23
Pos.	Driver	DPN			BHI			SNE			THR			OUL			CRO			KNO			DPGP			SIL			BHGP			Pts

Pos.	Driver	DPN			BHI			SNE			THR			OUL			CRO			KNO			DPGP			SIL			BHGP			Pts
1	Dexter Patterson	7	7	6																												60
2	Sam Osborne	14	16	9																												47
3	James Dorlin	13	17	15																												45
4	Lewis Selby	15	15	17																												41
5	Max Buxton	18	Ret	16																												23
6	Nicolas Hamilton	17	Ret	18																												21
Pos.	Driver	DPN			BHI			SNE			THR			OUL			CRO			KNO			DPGP			SIL			BHGP			Pts