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Brands Hatch, Sunday November 15: Laser Tools Racing’s driver Ashley Sutton was crowned the 2020 BTCC Champion, lifting the most coveted title in British motorsport, and the team also came away with the Independent’s Team Championship trophy. Mid-November is very late for the BTCC season to finish, but due to this year’s restrictions, the season only started at the beginning of August, instead of the more usual end of March. For Laser Tools Racing it has been an incredibly exciting year as we have run two brand new cars for the first time and what an outstanding season it has...

On the weekend the penultimate round of the 2020 BTCC championship was held at Snetterton in Norfolk. On the Saturday the BTCC tried a new format with only one practice session of 50 minutes followed by a two-part qualifying session which comprised a 25 minute first part followed by a “Top Ten Showdown” which saw the top ten cars shoot it out for pole in a brief 10 minute session.The first 10 minutes of the 25 minute (first part) qualifying session was taken up with settings and with 12 minutes to go Aiden and Ash were out with a vengeance....

A round up of the BTCC news from Snetterton at the weekend.

A report from our sponsored driver Jacob Ashcroft! Last weekend saw me take part in a totally new race class for me, Rotax Micro Max, this is a class for 8-11 year olds and you must hold a MSUK National race licence so I’ve had to work hard this year to complete the required 6 MSUK events to have my Interkart race licence upgraded to a National. This race was to take part on the weekend of the Rotax British Championships so a huge high profile event. The engines were all supplied by JAG Rotax and were all the same,...

Father and son duo Andy and Michael Sheraton made a triumphant return to multiple driver racing last weekend as the Pre 1993 Touring Cars headed to the Silverstone International Circuit.  Both drivers took part in the damp Saturday qualifying session behind the wheel of the Laser Tools backed-BMW E30, with limited time available to get to grips with the circuit and set a competitive time.  Having marginally set the faster time, Michael took to the grid for Race One as the track began to dry from the earlier rain. However, the conditions would soon change, setting the perfect backdrop for...