2021 British Touring Car Championship

The 2021 Kwik Fit^[1] British Touring Car Championship (commonly abbreviated as BTCC) was a 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. The 2021 season was the 64th British Touring Car Championship season and the eleventh season for cars conforming to the Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) technical specification. Ash Sutton successfully defended his title to become the youngest ever three time BTCC Champion.

2021 British Touring Car Championship

Previous

2020

Next

2022

Support series:
2021 Ginetta Junior Championship
2021 Ginetta GT4 Supercup
2021 F4 British Championship
2021 Porsche Carrera Cup GB
2021 Mini Challenge UK
Related Series:
2021 Touring Car Trophy

Ashley Sutton, 2021 BTCC Champion.

Teams and drivers

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Rounds Constructor Entries Team BMW[2] BMW 330i M Sport[2] BMW/Neil Brown 2 Colin Turkington[2] All 12 Stephen Jelley[3] All 15 Tom Oliphant[4] All Racing with Wera & Photon Group[5] Ford Focus ST[5] Ford/Mountune 4 Sam Osborne[6] All 20 Paul Rivett[7] 5–6 21 Jessica Hawkins[8] 2 44 Andy Neate[6] 1, 3–4, 7–10 MB Motorsport accelerated by Blue Square[5][9] 24 Jake Hill[9] All 48 Ollie Jackson[10] All Toyota Gazoo Racing UK[11] Toyota Corolla GR Sport[11] TOCA/Swindon 6 Rory Butcher[11] All 23 Sam Smelt[11] All Independent Entries Laser Tools Racing[12] Infiniti Q50[12] TOCA/Swindon 1 Ashley Sutton[12] All 16 Aiden Moffat[12] All 41 Carl Boardley[12] All Team HARD with Autobrite Direct[12][13][14] Cupra León[13] TOCA/Swindon 19 Jack Mitchell[15] 4–10 31 Jack Goff[16] All 88 Glynn Geddie[17] 1–3 ROKiT Racing with iQuoto Online Trading[12][13][18] 28 Nicolas Hamilton[18] All Team HARD with HUB Financial Solutions[12][13][14] 40 Árón Taylor-Smith[19] All Car Gods with Ciceley Motorsport[20][21] BMW 330i M Sport[20] BMW/Neil Brown 3 Tom Chilton[22] All 33 Adam Morgan[20] All Adrian Flux with Power Maxed Racing[23][24] Vauxhall Astra[23] TOCA/Swindon 11 Jason Plato[23] All 123 Dan Lloyd[25] All BTC Racing[26] Honda Civic Type R[26] TOCA/Swindon 18 Senna Proctor[27] 2–10 27 Dan Cammish[28] 1 66 Josh Cook[29] All PHSC with BTC Racing[30] 99 Jade Edwards[30] All Ginsters Excelr8 with TradePriceCars.com[31][32] Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance[31] TOCA/Swindon 22 Chris Smiley[33] All 80 Tom Ingram[34] All Excelr8 with TradePriceCars.com[31] 42 Nick Halstead[35] 7 55 Andy Wilmot[36] 10 62 Rick Parfitt Jr.[37] 1–6, 8–10 96 Jack Butel[38] 1–9 Halfords Racing with Cataclean[39][40] Honda Civic Type R[39] Honda/Neil Brown 32 Daniel Rowbottom[41] All 52 Gordon Shedden[42] All Hybrid Test Entries TOCA / Cosworth / M-Sport[43][N 1] Toyota Corolla GR Hybrid[43] TOCA/M-Sport 2022 Andrew Jordan[43] 8

Key Eligible for the Jack Sears Trophy for drivers yet to record an overall podium finish or Jack Sears Trophy championship at the start of the season. Hybrid Test entry ineligible for any championship points Entry List

Driver changes

Entering/re-entering BTCC

• Irish driver Árón Taylor-Smith returned to the series after having last raced in 2017 for MG Racing RCIB Insurance, driving a third car for Team HARD.^[19]
• Jason Plato returned to the series and Power Maxed Racing after taking a sabbatical last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[23]
• Sam Smelt returned to the series after having last raced in 2018 for AmD with Cobra Exhausts, driving a new second car for Toyota Gazoo Racing UK.^[11]
• Musician and 2017 British GT Championship winner Rick Parfitt Jr. debuted with Excelr8 Trade Price Cars.^[37]
• Triple BTCC champion Gordon Shedden returned to the series and Team Dynamics, after having last raced in 2017, replacing Dan Cammish.^[42]
• 2018 TCR UK winner Dan Lloyd returned to the series after having last raced in 2018 for BTC Norlin Racing, driving a Second car for Power Maxed Racing.^[25]
• Daniel Rowbottom returned to the series after having last raced in 2019 for Cataclean Racing with Ciceley Motorsport, driving a second car for Team Dynamics to replace Matt Neal.^[41]
• 2018 British GT Championship GT4 winner Jack Mitchell debuted with Team HARD with Autobrite Direct at Oulton Park replacing Glynn Geddie.^[15]
• 2013 winner Andrew Jordan returned to the series after having last raced in 2019 for BMW Pirtek Racing, driving an all new hybrid car as a test entry for Toyota Gazoo Racing UK.^[43]
• 2018 Ginetta GT5 Challenge Group AM winner Nick Halstead debuted with Excelr8 with TradePriceCars.com at Croft replacing Rick Parfitt Jr.^[35]
• Andy Wilmot returned to the series after having last raced in 2015 for Welch Motorsport, driving for Excelr8 with TradePriceCars.com at Brands Hatch GP to replace Jack Butel.^[36]

Changed teams

• Jack Butel will move from Carlube TripleR Racing with Mac Tools to Excelr8 Trade Price Cars.^[38]
• Carl Boardley will move from HUB Financial Solutions with Team HARD to Laser Tools Racing.^[12]
• Tom Chilton will move from BTC Racing to Ciceley Motorsport.^[22]
• Jade Edwards will move from Power Maxed Car Care Racing to BTC Racing.^[30]
• Tom Ingram will move from Toyota Gazoo Racing UK to Excelr8 Trade Price Cars.^[44][34]
• Rory Butcher will move from Motorbase Performance to Toyota Gazoo Racing UK.^[11]
• Sam Osborne and Ollie Jackson will swap their seats between MB Motorsport and Motorbase Performance.^[6][10]
• Stephen Jelley will move from Team Parker Racing to Team BMW.^[3]
• Dan Cammish will move from Team Dynamics to BTC Racing after the withdrawal of Michael Crees at Thruxton.^[28]
• Senna Proctor will move from Excelr8 Motorsport to BTC Racing to replace Dan Cammish at Snetterton.^[27]
• Jessica Hawkins will move from Power Maxed Car Care Racing to Racing with Wera & Photon Group to replace Andy Neate at Snetterton.^[8]
• Paul Rivett will move from GKR TradePriceCars.com to Racing with Wera & Photon Group to replace Andy Neate at Knockhill and Thruxton.^[7]

Leaving BTCC

• Bobby Thompson will leave due to budget reasons.^[45]
• Matt Neal will take a year sabbatical from the series, being replaced by Daniel Rowbottom.^[41]
• Michael Crees will leave the series after parting company with BTC Racing.^[46]

Team changes

• Team HARD. will switch from running the Volkswagen CC to the new Cupra León.^[13]
• TradePriceCars.com will merge with Excelr8 Motorsport and will switch from running the Audi S3 Saloon to Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance.^[31]
• Ciceley Motorsport will switch from running the Mercedes-Benz A-Class to WSR-prepared BMW 330i M Sport cars.^[20]
• Motorbase Performance will switch from running the Honda Civic Type R (FK2) to four Ford Focus ST cars, two of which will be entered under the Motorbase banner.^[5]
• Team Dynamics will return to the Independents Championship for the first time since 2006, following the withdrawal of works backing from Honda.^[39]
• Team Parker Racing sold their TBL to Carl Boardley and will leave the championship.^[47]

Race calendar

The championship calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 20 July 2020,^[48] before it was rescheduled on 14 January 2021 in order to maximise the opportunity for spectators and guests to attend, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[49]

Round		Circuit	Date
1	R1	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	8–9 May
	R2
	R3
2	R4	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	12–13 June
	R5
	R6
3	R7	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	26–27 June
	R8
	R9
4	R10	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	31 July – 1 August
	R11
	R12
5	R13	Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife)	14–15 August
	R14
	R15
6	R16	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	28–29 August
	R17
	R18
7	R19	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	18–19 September
	R20
	R21
8	R22	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	25–26 September
	R23
	R24
9	R25	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	9–10 October
	R26
	R27
10	R28	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	23–24 October
	R29
	R30

Season report

The first two races of the season were won by Josh Cook.^[50][51] Defending champion Ash Sutton won the third race after a battle with Jake Hill in mixed weather conditions.^[52]

Results

All drivers raced under British licences.

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning Driver	Winning team	Winning independent	Winning JST
1	R1	Thruxton Circuit	Ashley Sutton	Josh Cook	Josh Cook	BTC Racing	Josh Cook	Daniel Rowbottom
	R2			Josh Cook	Josh Cook	BTC Racing	Josh Cook	Daniel Rowbottom
	R3			Josh Cook	Ashley Sutton	Laser Tools Racing	Ashley Sutton	Sam Osborne
2	R4	Snetterton Circuit	Colin Turkington	Colin Turkington	Colin Turkington	Team BMW	Tom Ingram	Daniel Rowbottom
	R5			Ashley Sutton	Ashley Sutton	Laser Tools Racing	Ashley Sutton	Daniel Rowbottom
	R6			Gordon Shedden	Tom Ingram	Ginsters Excelr8 with TradePriceCars.com	Tom Ingram	Daniel Rowbottom
3	R7	Brands Hatch Indy	Daniel Rowbottom	Gordon Shedden	Tom Oliphant	Team BMW	Gordon Shedden	Daniel Rowbottom
	R8			Josh Cook	Tom Ingram	Ginsters Excelr8 with TradePriceCars.com	Tom Ingram	Daniel Rowbottom
	R9			Rory Butcher	Adam Morgan	Car Gods with Ciceley Motorsport	Adam Morgan	Daniel Rowbottom
4	R10	Oulton Park	Senna Proctor	Gordon Shedden	Daniel Rowbottom	Halfords Racing with Cataclean	Daniel Rowbottom	Daniel Rowbottom
	R11			Tom Ingram	Rory Butcher	Toyota Gazoo Racing UK	Daniel Rowbottom	Daniel Rowbottom
	R12			Tom Ingram	Senna Proctor	BTC Racing	Senna Proctor	Daniel Rowbottom
5	R13	Knockhill Racing Circuit	Colin Turkington	Colin Turkington	Colin Turkington	Team BMW	Senna Proctor	Daniel Rowbottom
	R14			Ashley Sutton	Ashley Sutton	Laser Tools Racing	Ashley Sutton	Carl Boardley
	R15			Rory Butcher	Tom Ingram	Ginsters Excelr8 with TradePriceCars.com	Tom Ingram	Daniel Rowbottom
6	R16	Thruxton Circuit	Daniel Rowbottom	Josh Cook	Josh Cook	BTC Racing	Josh Cook	Daniel Rowbottom
	R17			Josh Cook	Ashley Sutton	Laser Tools Racing	Ashley Sutton	Jack Butel
	R18			Tom Ingram	Adam Morgan	Car Gods with Ciceley Motorsport	Adam Morgan	Daniel Rowbottom
7	R19	Croft Circuit	Aiden Moffat	Josh Cook	Aiden Moffat	Laser Tools Racing	Aiden Moffat	Carl Boardley
	R20			Tom Chilton	Jake Hill	MB Motorsport accelerated by Blue Square	Aiden Moffat	Sam Osborne
	R21			Ashley Sutton	Colin Turkington	Team BMW	Gordon Shedden	Daniel Rowbottom
8	R22	Silverstone Circuit	Rory Butcher	Ashley Sutton	Rory Butcher	Toyota Gazoo Racing UK	Tom Ingram	Daniel Rowbottom
	R23			Senna Proctor	Rory Butcher	Toyota Gazoo Racing UK	Tom Ingram	Daniel Rowbottom
	R24			Jake Hill	Jake Hill	MB Motorsport accelerated by Blue Square	Daniel Lloyd	Daniel Rowbottom
9	R25	Donington Park	Gordon Shedden	Ashley Sutton	Gordon Shedden	Halfords Racing with Cataclean	Gordon Shedden	Sam Osborne
	R26			Colin Turkington	Gordon Shedden	Halfords Racing with Cataclean	Gordon Shedden	Daniel Rowbottom
	R27			Colin Turkington	Colin Turkington	Team BMW	Aiden Moffat	Daniel Rowbottom
10	R28	Brands Hatch GP	Senna Proctor	Gordon Shedden	Josh Cook	BTC Racing	Josh Cook	Daniel Rowbottom
	R29			Daniel Rowbottom	Josh Cook	BTC Racing	Josh Cook	Daniel Rowbottom
	R30			Jake Hill	Ashley Sutton	Laser Tools Racing	Ashley Sutton	Daniel Rowbottom

Championship standings

Points system
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	R1 PP	Fastest lap	Lead a lap
20	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	1	1	1

Notes

• No driver may collect more than one point for leading a lap per race regardless of how many laps they lead.

Drivers' Championship

Pos. Driver THR1 SNE BHI OUL KNO THR2 CRO SIL DON BHGP Pts 1 Ashley Sutton 9P 9 1L 11 1FL 2 5 2 8 14 8 Ret 4 1FL 5 5 1L 10 6 5 3F 7F 4 3 7F 4 8 6 6 1L 357 2 Colin Turkington 10 7 6 1PFL 2L 7 20 17 14 18 12 8 1PFL 2L 8 12 6 2 4 7 1L 6 3 8 5 11F 1FL 7 4 Ret 306 3 Josh Cook 1FL 1FL 20F 16 14 4 9 5F 5 15 Ret 12 3 4 Ret 1FL 2FL 7 5F 3 5 5 DSQ 18 8 7 5 1L 1L 5 303 4 Tom Ingram 2 6 22 2 4 1L 6 1L 12 19 10F 21F 10 6 1L 10 12 5F 12 4 4 2L 2 12 11 2L 10 13 12 3 300 5 Jake Hill 3 3 3L 9 24 12 4 27 13 8 4 7 6 3 Ret 2 4 4 2 1L 7 21 9 1FL 17 9 2 12 10 4F 295 6 Gordon Shedden Ret 18 4 15 11 3F 2F 21 16 2FL 6 3 8 5 4 13 Ret Ret 10 6 2 Ret 19 21 1PL 1L 13 3F 3 7 251 7 Rory Butcher 5 Ret Ret 3 5 6 15 14 7F 4 1L Ret 9 Ret 20F 4 5 6 19 Ret 11 1PL 1L 13 3 3L 4 16 7 9 247 8 Aiden Moffat 11 8 Ret 14 10 17 8 9 3 6 5 4 7 11 7 18 13 13 1PL 2 6 4 5 7 13 8 3 8 22 18 230 9 Daniel Rowbottom 7 4 21 13 15 10 3P 4 11 1L 2 6 15 18 10 6P NC 16 Ret 16 9 8 6 9 14 10 6 5 5F 2 222 10 Senna Proctor 18 16 26 12 10 6 9P 9 1L 2 7 2 8 7 3 3 8 8 14 RetF 17 4 6 27 2P Ret 19 206 11 Daniel Lloyd 16 14 5 7 12 13 11 6 9 13 21 11 Ret 26 18 11 10 11 9 18 Ret 3 11 2L 2 5 7 4 2 13 190 12 Stephen Jelley Ret 11 10L 4 7 5L 14 Ret 22 5 7 2 11 9 3L 15 14 14 13 10 14 9 8 5 15 13 9 23 9 24L 174 13 Adam Morgan 8 21 18 6 8 8 17 12 1L 3 3 5 13 16 13 7 8 1L 8 9 17 Ret 17 16 Ret DNS 25 14 Ret 16 161 14 Jason Plato 6 5 2 17 20 18 13 8 4 7 18 13 14 8 9 9 9 8 17 12 23 10 10 6 6 18 15 19 18 10 156 15 Chris Smiley Ret Ret 15 10 13 11 7 7 10 Ret 14 10 5 13 6 16 11 9 7 11 Ret 13 7 4 9 12 16 15 Ret 12 138 16 Tom Oliphant 15 10 7 8 6 16 1L 3L 15 Ret DNS 14 Ret 17 14 3 3 12 20 Ret 13 11 21 11 16 24 20 11 Ret 15 129 17 Jack Goff 13 12 8 12 9 9 10 11 2 10 NC 16 16 12 26 20 16 18 18 15 Ret 19 15 15 20 15 14 17 11 8 90 18 Ollie Jackson 19 13 9 5 3 Ret 23 16 Ret 12 Ret 17 Ret 22 15 17 18 Ret Ret 14 Ret 12 18 10 10 14 11 10 Ret 11 77 19 Tom Chilton 14 Ret 13 21 Ret 19 19 13 18 17 13 9 12 25 23 14 17 17 11 17F 10 20 13 28 19 20 18 9 8 6 64 20 Árón Taylor-Smith 18 15 11 22 18 14 18 15 17 16 16 15 25 15 12 27 Ret 23 14 22 12 17 12 14 18 17 12 27 20 14 33 21 Dan Cammish 4 2 23 30 22 Carl Boardley 12 17 Ret 20 17 Ret 16 20 19 11 11 Ret 18 10 11 24 21 Ret 15 23 15 15 Ret 19 27 23 17 22 15 Ret 29 23 Sam Osborne 17 16 12 19 19 20 21 19 20 NC 15 Ret 19 20 17 22 19 19 16 13 22 16 14 25 12 16 19 18 14 17 16 24 Sam Smelt 23 20 14 29 26 Ret 24 18 23 23 19 18 17 24 24 26 22 Ret 21 19 16 Ret Ret 20 21 22 Ret 20 13 21 5 25 Jack Butel 21 19 19 26 22 21 25 25 21 20 17 Ret 20 14 16 19 15 15 23 26 19 18 16 23 23 25 Ret 4 26 Jade Edwards 20 Ret Ret 25 23 15 22 22 27 21 20 20 26 23 19 21 24 Ret 27 21 Ret 22 Ret 24 25 21 26 26 16 20 1 27 Rick Parfitt Jr. 25 Ret 16 24 27 24 Ret 23 26 Ret 23 19 21 27 25 25 20 20 23 24 22 22 27 22 24 21 Ret 0 28 Jack Mitchell 22 22 Ret 22 21 22 23 Ret 21 22 20 Ret Ret 22 Ret 24 19 21 21 17 Ret 0 29 Nicolas Hamilton 26 22 17 28 25 25 28 26 28 DNS 24 Ret 24 Ret NC 28 25 22 25 Ret 20 24 25 27 28 28 24 Ret Ret 23 0 30 Andy Neate 24 Ret DNS 26 24 25 WD WD WD 24 24 18 Ret 23 26 26 26 23 Ret Ret 22 0 31 Paul Rivett 23 19 21 29 23 Ret 0 32 Andy Wilmot 25 19 25 0 33 Jessica Hawkins 23 21 23 0 34 Nick Halstead 26 25 21 0 35 Glynn Geddie 22 Ret DNS 27 Ret 22 27 Ret 24 0 Hybrid test entries ineligible for points - Andrew Jordan 25 20 Ret -

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) P – Pole position F – Fastest lap L – Lead race lap

Manufacturers'/Constructors' Championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	Constructor	Points
1	BMW	West Surrey Racing	869
2	Ford	Motorbase Performance	782
3	Toyota	Speedworks Motorsport	695

Teams' Championship

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Laser Tools Racing	588
2	BTC Racing	531
3	Halfords Racing with Cataclean	472
4	Team BMW	460
5	Ginsters Excelr8 with TradePriceCars.com	445
6	MB Motorsport accelerated by Blue Square	384
7	Adrian Flux with Power Maxed Racing	362
8	Toyota Gazoo Racing UK	252
9	Car Gods with Ciceley Motorsport	242
10	Team HARD with Autobrite Direct	94*
11	Team HARD with HUB Financial Solutions	47
12	Racing with Wera & Photon Group	28
13	Excelr8 with TradePriceCars.com	12
14	PHSC with BTC Racing	3
15	ROKiT Racing with iQuoto Online Trading	0

Independent Drivers' Championship

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Ashley Sutton	404
2	Tom Ingram	360
3	Josh Cook	350
4	Aiden Moffat	304
5	Gordon Shedden	302
6	Daniel Rowbottom	293
7	Daniel Lloyd	263
8	Senna Proctor	257
9	Adam Morgan	238
10	Jason Plato	238
11	Chris Smiley	220
12	Jack Goff	185
13	Tom Chilton	133
14	Árón Taylor-Smith	120
15	Carl Boardley	94
16	Jack Butel	55
17	Dan Cammish	32
18	Jade Edwards	25
19	Rick Parfitt Jr.	23
20	Jack Mitchell	19
21	Nicolas Hamilton	10
22	Andy Wilmot	3
23	Nick Halstead	2
24	Glynn Geddie	0

Independent Teams' Championship

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Laser Tools Racing	483
2	Halfords Racing with Cataclean	435
3	BTC Racing	430
4	Ginsters Excelr8 with TradePriceCars.com	428
5	Adrian Flux with Power Maxed Racing	377
6	Car Gods with Ciceley Motorsport	350
7	Team HARD with Autobrite Direct	268*
8	Team HARD with HUB Financial Solutions	247
9	Excelr8 with TradePriceCars.com	224
10	PHSC with BTC Racing	163
11	ROKiT Racing with iQuoto Online Trading	132

Jack Sears Trophy

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Daniel Rowbottom	536
2	Sam Osborne	428
3	Carl Boardley	359
4	Jack Butel	315
5	Sam Smelt	311
6	Jade Edwards	270
7	Rick Parfitt Jr.	241
8	Nicolas Hamilton	187
9	Jack Mitchell	168
10	Andy Neate	123
11	Paul Rivett	47
12	Glynn Geddie	47
13	Jessica Hawkins	36
14	Andy Wilmot	27
15	Nick Halstead	25

Notes

1. Car run by Speedworks Motorsport.^[43]