The Latest Breaking News from Team Hard

Hamilton makes surprise return to BTCC grid

Nicolas Hamilton has broken a season-and-a-half sabbatical to return to the British Touring Car Championship for 2025.

Autosport · Mar 27, 2025

Lloyd completes deal for BTCC return with Restart

Four-time British Touring Car Championship race winner Dan Lloyd has finally cemented his series return in 2025 at the wheel of a Restart Racing Hyundai.

Autosport · Feb 20, 2025

Patterson completes Un-Limited Cupra BTCC line-up

Up-and-coming tin-top racer Dexter Patterson has secured his return to the British Touring Car Championship at the wheel of an Un-Limited Motorsport Cupra Leon.The 21-year-old Scot will be the oldest half of the expanded two-car Un-Limited line-up, in which he partners teenaged 2024 Mini Challenge runner-up Max Hall.Patterson, an ex-karting…

Autosport · Jan 10, 2025

How a former BTCC pedaller recaptured his joy of racing in TCR

“It’s relit my fire for motorsport again,” reflects Carl Boardley after winning the TCR UK title at his first attempt last season in a self-entered Cupra Leon Competicion.

Autosport · Jan 30, 2024

New team joins BTCC with Cupras as Hard folds

Restart Racing has acquired two of Team Hard’s Cupra Leons – the new-for-2023 chassis used this year by Bobby Thompson and Dan Lloyd – and will step up from the TCR UK championship with 2022 title winner Chris Smiley.

Autosport · Dec 15, 2023

Ranking the top 10 BTCC drivers of 2023

The British Touring Car Championship season threatened to become a one-horse race at times in 2023, such was the searing speed of Ash Sutton and his Motorbase Performance-run Ford Focus ST.

Autosport · Nov 10, 2023

The potential BTCC race winner trying to make it to the front

"I think there’s probably six really elite standout drivers in the championship at the moment, and I’d put Bobby in that six, definitely. He’s very fast, he’s deceptively quick, and he’s got a very calm head on his shoulders. He doesn’t get flustered, he looks inwardly at himself before blaming…

Autosport · Oct 5, 2023

Huff in shock BTCC return with Cupra

And although the 43-year-old’s agreement with Team Hard to replace Nicolas Hamilton at the wheel of one of the Kent squad’s Cupra Leons is for this weekend only, Huff has indicated that he is open to contesting further rounds. 

Autosport · Aug 9, 2023

BTCC Croft: Ingram fastest in free practice

Ingram moved his Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 N to the top of the pile deep into the final 10 minutes of FP2, and finally headed the way by 0.135 seconds from the Motorbase Performance-run Ford Focus ST of Dan Cammish.

Autosport · Jul 29, 2023

Thompson forced to stand down for Crees at Team Hard in BTCC

The reigning Jack Sears Trophy champion has relinquished his seat at the Team Hard Cupra squad to Michael Crees, who returns to the squad with which he contested his rookie BTCC season in 2019 at the wheel of a Volkswagen CC.

Autosport · Jul 19, 2023