The 2025 Kwik Fit 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 featured 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 2025 season was the 68th British Touring Car Championship season, the 15th season for cars conforming to the Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) technical specification.
This was the first season using 100% renewable fuels, with the hybrid boost being removed and being replaced with turbo boost. While the amount of power boost stayed the same the weight will be reduced by . In another change to the 2024 season all uses of boost were removed from the timing screens, however was still be visible to viewers at home and at the track.
Teams and drivers Team Car Engine Drivers Rounds Constructor Entries Laser Tools Racing with MB MotorsportBMW 330i M Sport LCIBMW/Neil Brown 1 Jake Hill All West Surrey Racing 2 Daryl De Leon All LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR 16 Aiden Moffat All 99 Charles Rainford All Team VERTU Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance Hyundai/Swindon 3 Tom Chilton All 18 Senna Proctor 4–10 33 Adam Morgan All 54 Ryan Bensley 3 80 Tom Ingram All 777 Michael Crees 1–2Toyota Gazoo Racing UK with IAAToyota Corolla GR Sport 14 Ronan Pearson 1–419 Max Buxton 6–10 26 Finn Leslie 5 40 Árón Taylor-Smith 1–7 52 Gordon Shedden 1–7 66 Josh Cook 8–10 132 James Dorlin 1–7TOCA/M-Sport40 Árón Taylor-Smith8–1052 Gordon Shedden8–10 NAPA Racing UK Ford Focus ST Ford/Mountune 27 Dan Cammish All 32 Daniel Rowbottom All 77 Sam Osborne All Ashley Sutton All Independent Entries One Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TOCA/M-Sport 66 Josh Cook 1–5 12 Stephen Jelley 1–5 ROKiT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport Cupra León TOCA/M-Sport 6 17 Dexter Patterson All 93 Max Hall 1–5 Powder Monkey Brewing Co with Esidock 28 Nicolas Hamilton All Restart Racing Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance Hyundai/Swindon 22 Chris Smiley All 123 Daniel Lloyd All Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra TOCA/M-Sport 50 Nick Halstead 2–6 88 Mikey Doble 1–6 Cupra León TOCA/M-Sport 50 Nick Halstead 7–10 88 Mikey Doble 7–10 Key Eligible for the Jack Sears Trophy for drivers yet to record more than one outright podium finish or Jack Sears Trophy championship at the start of the season.https://btcc.net/btcc-confirms-further-rule-tweaks/
Entering/re-entering BTCC 2024 Mini Challenge Rookie Cup winner and overall runner-up Max Hall made his BTCC debut with Un-Limited Motorsport in the Cupra León. Dexter Patterson returned to the series after having last raced in 2023 for Re.Beverages and Bartercard with Team HARD., driving a second car for Un-Limited Motorsport. Ronan Pearson returned to the series after he split with Team Bristol Street Motors after the Knockhill round of last season, joining Toyota Gazoo Racing UK with IAA. 2018 TCR UK champion Daniel Lloyd returned to the series again after having last raced in 2023 for Autobrite Direct with Millers Oils, joining Restart Racing. 2024 Porsche Carrera Cup GB runner-up Charles Rainford made his BTCC debut with LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR in the BMW 330i M Sport. Triple champion Gordon Shedden returned to the series again after having last raced in 2022 for Halfords Racing with Cataclean, competing for Toyota Gazoo Racing UK with IAA. Stephen Jelley returned to the series after having last race in 2023 for Team BMW, racing for One Motorsport. James Dorlin made his BTCC debut, after 2 full years out of racing, with Toyota Gazoo Racing UK with IAA in the Toyota Corolla GR Sport. Nicolas Hamilton returned to the series after having last raced in 2023 for Go-Fix with Autoaid Breakdown, driving for Un-Limited Motorsport. 2020 Jack Sears Trophy winner Michael Crees returned to the series after having last raced in 2023 for Go-Fix with Autoaid Breakdown during the second half of the season, driving the Miller Oils car for Team VERTU.
Changed teams Daryl De Leon moved from Duckhams Racing with Bartercard to West Surrey Racing. Adam Morgan moved from Team BMW to Team VERTU. Árón Taylor-Smith moved from Evans Halshaw Power Maxed Racing to Toyota Gazoo Racing UK with IAA. Josh Cook left LKQ Euro Car Parts with SYNETIQ and returned to One Motorsport.
Leaving BTCC Both four-time champion Colin Turkington and Restart Racing driver Scott Sumpton took a sabbatical from the series with the aim to focus on the 2026 season.
Team changes Restart Racing switched from running Cupra León cars to Excelr8-prepared Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance cars. LKQ Euro Car Parts moved from Toyota Gazoo Racing UK to West Surrey Racing. One Motorsport returned to the series after missing the 2024 season. Mid-Season Changes Nick Halstead returned to the BTCC after missing the Donington round, joining Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing for the Brands Hatch Indy round onwards. At Snetterton, Michael Crees let his friend Ryan Bensley take his seat at Team VERTU for the round. Senna Proctor returned to the series at Thruxton, 2 races earlier than expected, to drive for Team VERTU after the team had misunderstood the regulations on the maximum driver changes after Bensley replaced Michael Crees for Snetterton. Ronan Pearson Missed the round at Oulton Park due to "Commercial Challenges", series debutant Finn Leslie was later named as his replacement. Max Buxton took over the vacant seat at Toyota Gazoo Racing UK with IAA from Croft onwards Stephen Jelley moved from One Motorsport to ROKiT Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport replacing Max Hall at Croft. One Motorsport would miss rounds at Croft and Knockhill, before pulling out of the remainder of the season, shifting focus to 2026. On 9 August, a fire destroyed Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing's facility and cars. The team was able to borrow two Cupra Leóns for the round at Knockhill and for the rest of the season; one privately owned example which was previously raced by Scott Sumpton, and one from fellow competitors Un-Limited Motorsport which had been raced at the previous meeting by Stephen Jelley. Due to the exceptional circumstances, TOCA allowed the loans without them affecting the team's licences to compete. Josh Cook replaced James Dorlin at Toyota Gazoo Racing UK with IAA for the Donington Park GP round onwards. Toyota Gazoo Racing UK with IAA replaced their engine units with M-Sport TOCA engines in the cars of Árón Taylor-Smith and Gordon Shedden at the Donington GP round. The sister cars of Josh Cook and Max Buxton continues to run the Neil Brown-tuned Toyota engines.
Race calendar The 2025 calendar was announced on 30 April 2024.
Round Circuit Date 1 R1 Donington Park(National Circuit, Leicestershire) 26–27 April R2 R3 2 R4 Brands Hatch(Indy Circuit, Kent) 10–11 May R5 R6 3 R7 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit(300 Circuit, Norfolk) 24–25 May R8 R9 4 R10 Thruxton Circuit(Hampshire) 7–8 June R11 R12 5 R13 Oulton Park(Island Circuit, Cheshire) 21–22 June R14 R15 6 R16 Croft Circuit(North Yorkshire) 2–3 August R17 R18 7 R19 Knockhill Racing Circuit(Fife) 16–17 August R20 R21 8 R22 Donington Park(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire) 30–31 August R23 R24 9 R25 Silverstone Circuit(National Circuit, Northamptonshire) 20–21 September R26 R27 10 R28 Brands Hatch(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent) 4–5 October R29 R30
Results and standings Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning independent 1 R1 Donington Park National Dan Cammish Ashley Sutton Ashley Sutton NAPA Racing UK Mikey Doble Dexter Patterson R2 Tom Chilton Ashley Sutton NAPA Racing UK Chris Smiley Dexter Patterson R3 Tom Chilton Tom Chilton Team Vertu Mikey Doble Ronan Pearson 2 R1 Brands Hatch Indy Jake Hill Charles Rainford Jake Hill Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport Mikey Doble Charles Rainford R2 Adam Morgan Daryl De Leon West Surrey Racing Chris Smiley Daryl De Leon R3 Tom Ingram Charles Rainford LKQ Euro Car Parts Racing with WSR Chris Smiley Charles Rainford 3 R1 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit Dan Cammish Dan Cammish Dan Cammish NAPA Racing UK Daniel Lloyd Daryl De Leon R2 Chris Smiley Daniel Rowbottom NAPA Racing UK Daniel Lloyd Sam Osborne R3 Ashley Sutton Mikey Doble Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing Mikey Doble Sam Osborne 4 R1 Thruxton Circuit Ashley Sutton Josh Cook Tom Ingram Team Vertu Josh Cook James Dorlin R2 Ashley Sutton Ashley Sutton NAPA Racing UK Josh Cook James Dorlin R3 Ashley Sutton Daniel Rowbottom NAPA Racing UK Josh Cook Sam Osborne 5 R1 Oulton Park Tom Ingram Tom Ingram Tom Ingram Team Vertu Chris Smiley James Dorlin R2 Ashley Sutton Ashley Sutton NAPA Racing UK Josh Cook Sam Osborne R3 Tom Ingram Gordon Shedden Toyota Gazoo Racing UK with IAA Daniel Lloyd James Dorlin 6 R1 Croft Circuit Tom Ingram Tom Ingram Tom Ingram Team Vertu Daniel Lloyd Daryl De Leon R2 Daniel Rowbottom Daniel Rowbottom NAPA Racing UK Dexter Patterson Daryl De Leon R3 Tom Ingram Ashley Sutton NAPA Racing UK Mikey Doble Sam Osborne 7 R1 Knockhill Racing Circuit Charles Rainford Charles Rainford Jake Hill Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport Chris Smiley Charles Rainford R2 Tom Ingram Tom Ingram Team Vertu Chris Smiley Daryl De Leon R3 Dan Cammish Jake Hill Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport Chris Smiley Charles Rainford 8 R1 Donington Park GP Tom Chilton Tom Chilton Tom Chilton Team Vertu Chris Smiley Daryl De Leon R2 Árón Taylor-Smith Dan Cammish NAPA Racing UK Daniel Lloyd Daryl De Leon R3 Tom Ingram Tom Ingram Team Vertu Daniel Lloyd Daryl De Leon 9 R1 Silverstone National Daryl De Leon Daniel Lloyd Daniel Lloyd Restart Racing Daniel Lloyd Daryl De Leon R2 Tom Ingram Tom Ingram Team Vertu Daniel Lloyd Charles Rainford R3 Ashley Sutton Sam Osborne NAPA Racing UK Mikey Doble Sam Osborne 10 R1 Brands Hatch GP Daryl De Leon Charles Rainford Dan Cammish NAPA Racing UK Daniel Lloyd Charles Rainford R2 Tom Ingram Tom Ingram Team Vertu Chris Smiley Sam Osborne R3 Ashley Sutton Josh Cook Toyota Gazoo Racing UK with IAA Dexter Patterson Sam Osborne
Drivers' Championship Points system 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 201715131110987654321111Source: Notes The point for leading laps in race is one point, regardless of how many laps led.