2012 BTCC calendar

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The provisional dates for the 2012 British Touring Car Championship have been announced.

As per this season, there will be ten events, each comprising three races. Brands Hatch will get to host both the opening and closing meetings.

2012 British Touring Car Championship - Provisional Calendar
Date Circuit Location
1 April Brands Hatch (Indy circuit) Nr. Dartford, Kent
29 April Thruxton Nr. Andover, Hampshire
10 June Oulton Park (Island circuit) Nr. Tarporley, Cheshire
24 June Croft Nr. Darlington, North Yorkshire
12 August Snetterton (300 circuit) Nr. Attleborough, Norfolk
26 August Knockhill Nr. Dunfermline, Fife
23 September Rockingham Nr. Corby, Northamptonshire
7 October Silverstone Nr. Towcester, Northamptonshire
21 October Brands Hatch (GP circuit) Nr. Dartford, Kent
Dates shown are the Sunday of each race weekend.
Donington Park will also be staging an event, but the date is still to be confirmed.

Several teams are also busy preparing their plans for 2012, with Triple Eight Race Engineering and Pirtek Racing already revealing that they are going to field full-NGTC specification cars next year.

Both outfits currently run Vauxhall Vectras in the BTCC, but neither has said yet which make or model will form the basis of their NGTC entries.

Related posts:
Škoda entry in 2012 BTCC
Avensis NGTC racers debut
2011 BTCC entries

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