2023 BTCC standings and calendar
The 2023 British Touring Car Championship is underway with Ash Sutton looking to reclaim his crown from reigning champion Tom Ingram.
With one round of the 2023 BTCC season to go, Sutton holds a 45-point lead over Ingram in the drivers' standings. There's a maximum of 60 points still left on the table, but Ingram will need to hope for Sutton to have major issues if he's to retain the crown he won 12 months ago.
This year sees the BTCC return to the full Donington Park GP layout for the first time since 2002. The season began at Donington on the shorter National Circuit in April, and will end on the Brands Hatch GP circuit in October.
2023 BTCC drivers' championship standings
|
Position |
Driver |
Team |
Points |
|
1 |
Ash Sutton |
NAPA Racing UK |
398 |
|
2 |
Tom Ingram |
Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8 |
353 |
|
3 |
Jake Hill |
Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport |
330 |
|
4 |
Colin Turkington |
Team BMW |
293 |
|
5 |
Josh Cook |
One Motorsport with Starline Racing |
237 |
|
6 |
Dan Cammish |
NAPA Racing UK |
220 |
|
7 |
Daniel Rowbottom |
NAPA Racing UK |
198 |
|
8 |
Ricky Collard |
Toyota GAZOO Racing UK |
187 |
|
9 |
Adam Morgan |
Team BMW |
182 |
|
10 |
Rory Butcher |
Toyota GAZOO Racing UK |
172 |
|
11 |
Árón Taylor-Smith |
CarStore Power Maxed Racing |
160 |
|
12 |
Stephen Jelley |
Team BMW |
110 |
|
13 |
Daniel Lloyd |
Autobrite Direct with Millers Oils |
95 |
|
14 |
Andrew Watson |
CarStore Power Maxed Racing |
91 |
|
15 |
Tom Chilton |
Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8 |
90* |
|
16 |
Aiden Moffat |
One Motorsport with Starline Racing |
82 |
|
17 |
Ronan Pearson |
Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8 |
69 |
|
18 |
Sam Osborne |
NAPA Racing UK |
65 |
|
19 |
Mikey Doble |
CarStore Power Maxed Racing |
60 |
|
20 |
George Gamble |
Toyota GAZOO Racing UK |
60* |
|
21 |
Bobby Thompson |
Autobrite Direct with Millers Oils |
48* |
|
22 |
Dexter Patterson |
Re. Beverages and Bartercard with Team HARD |
34 |
|
23 |
Michael Crees |
Autobrite Direct with Millers Oils |
13 |
|
24 |
Nicolas Hamilton |
Go-Fix with Autoaid Breakdown |
10 |
|
25 |
Rob Huff |
Go-Fix with Autoaid Breakdown |
5 |
|
26 |
Daryl DeLeon |
Re.Beverages and Bartercard with Team HARD |
2 |
|
27 |
Will Powell |
One Motorsport with Starline Racing |
0 |
|
28 |
Jack Butel |
Go-Fix with Autoaid Breakdown |
0 |
|
29 |
Nick Halstead |
Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8 |
-5* |
|
30 |
Jade Edwards |
Re. Beverages and Bartercard with Team HARD |
-5* |
*denotes penalties
2023 BTCC drivers' championship standings
|
Race |
Venue |
Date |
|
1, 2 & 3 |
22nd-23rd Apr. |
|
|
4, 5 & 6 |
6th-7th May |
|
|
7, 8 & 9 |
20th-21st May |
|
|
10, 11 & 12 |
3rd-4th Jun. |
|
|
13, 14 & 15 |
17th-18th Jun. |
|
|
16, 17 & 18 |
29th-30th Jul. |
|
|
19, 20 & 21 |
12th-13th Aug. |
|
|
22, 23 & 24 |
26th-27th Aug. |
|
|
25, 26 & 27 |
23rd-24th Sep. |
|
|
28, 29 & 30 |
Brands Hatch GP |
7th-8th Oct. |
Next season’s BTCC calendar features ten rounds, the same number as 2022, as the second round at Thruxton has been dropped in favour of the return to Donington. Much of the rest of the calendar remains as usual, except for a shift in the date for Snetterton’s round.
For 2023, the BTCC season will begin with a round on the shorter, national circuit at Donington at the end of April, as has become a recent tradition, before moving on to Brands Hatch in May and its Indy Circuit. Brands had been the traditional starting point for the BTCC, but swapped with Donington a few years ago.
Teams will then move on to Snetterton, which moves to a May slot that had been taken up by Thruxton this year. The teams will then reconvene at Thruxton to start the summer with a round on 3rd/4th June. A swing north takes in Oulton Park (17th/18th June) before a gap of over a month before the teams move to Croft on 29th/30th July.
The calendar then takes in Knockhill in early August before the trip back to Donington Park for the bank holiday weekend as the cars return to the Melbourne loop to tackle the Grand Prix layout.
Another month-long gap splits Donington from the traditional end to the season, a visit to Silverstone’s quickfire National layout on 23rd/24th September and the full GP layout at Brands Hatch on 8th/9th October to bring the 2023 British Touring Car Championship to a close.
Images courtesy of Motorsport Images.
BTCC
BTCC 2023
Calendar
2023
Standings
Modern
BTCC season finale 2023 | 6 talking points
Modern
BTCC shakes up qualifying format for 2024
Modern
BTCC at Snetterton 2023 | 8 Talking Points