2014_British_Touring_Car_Championship

2014 British Touring Car Championship

2014 British Touring Car Championship

MSA British Touring Car Championship


The 2014 Dunlop[1] 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.

Colin Turkington, the 2014 Drivers' Champion

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,[2] 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.[3]

Teams and drivers

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Driver changes

Changed teams
Entering/re-entering BTCC
Leaving BTCC
  • Jeff Smith left the BTCC after four seasons in order to focus on other commitments.[9]
  • 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.[30]
  • 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.[31]
  • 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

Race calendar

The provisional calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 14 September 2013.[34] The Oulton Park round will switch from the Island layout to the International circuit, which was last used during the 1996 season.[35] All races were held in the United Kingdom.

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Results

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Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

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Manufacturers'/Constructors' Championship

MG Triple Eight BTCC 2014 Manufacturers Champions Collecting Trophy Brands Hatch.

MG won the Manufacturer's Championship in 2014, just three years after returning to the British Touring Car Championship. The MG/Triple Eight team ended Honda's four year dominance of the sport after securing 7 wins and 20 podiums throughout the season.

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Teams' Championship

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Independents' Trophy

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Independent Teams' Trophy

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Jack Sears Trophy

After its introduction in 2013, the Jack Sears Trophy will now be awarded to the independent driver who makes up the most places over the course of the 2014 season. Any drivers who are penalised at a meeting will not accrue points towards the Trophy.[36]

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Footnotes

  1. Jason Plato finished the race as winner, but after the race he was awarded a 20 second penalty for causing a collision involving Colin Turkington. Adam Morgan was declared the winner of the race.

References

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  11. Gallagher, Ian (27 January 2014). "Alain Menu returns to the BTCC with Team BMR". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
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  21. Hudson, Neil (4 December 2013). "Marc Hynes confirmed for third MG". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  22. "Frank Wrathall sentenced to 21 months prison for careless driving". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  23. Ashby, Chris (15 February 2014). "No Andy Neate for 2014". BTCC Crazy. James Mappin. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  24. O'Leary, Jamie (25 September 2013). "Mercedes to be represented in BTCC 2014 by Ciceley Racing". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
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  27. "Oulton switch for 2014". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.

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