
Cars powered by the new M-Sport-produced TOCA engine did not feature at the front in this week’s test at Thruxton, with only the BTC Racing Honda Civic Type R of Jason Plato sneaking into the top 10 combined times – in 10th position.
M-Sport won the contract to produce the TOCA engine from 2022, replacing Swindon Powertrain, which had built the powerplants since the beginning of the NGTC formula a decade ago.