From frozen out to champions

Matt James speaks to team principal Mark Blundell about his refreshed BTCC campaign this season

Tom Ingram frequently employs the words ‘enjoy’ and ‘enjoyment’. As well he might. After all, in early October 2025 he became the king of the British Touring Car Championship for the second time. This

Tom Ingram’s rivalry with Jake Hill will be no more in 2026. That’s because Hill, the 2024 BTCC champion, is heading into the world of international endurance racing. Their proximity to each other on

Two points: that’s how close Max Verstappen came to equalling Michael Schumacher’s feat of winning five consecutive Formula 1 world championships, despite having fallen more than 100 points behind in

Photos:Clive Green, Getty Images, JEP A new season ...

The crowd-pleasing series has new management, a new model, potentially bigger grids, and more besides, as Graham Keilloh finds out