2012 BTCC mid-point

After five rounds, each consisting of three races, the 2012 British Touring Car Championship has already reached its season mid-point.

With four wins, Honda Racing’s Matt Neal leads the drivers’ standings with 221 points. And it seems that the NGTC Civic is an extremely competitive package, because Neal’s team-mate Gordon Shedden is close behind in second spot, having secured six race victories so far.

Gordon Shedden: currently second in the BTCC Drivers' Championship.

However, the Hondas aren’t dominating the series yet, as third-placed Jason Plato is only 28 points adrift of Shedden. Plato’s all-new NGTC MG6 surprised many by winning at Brands Hatch in April, and that feat was repeated again yesterday at Croft. Were it not for some reliability issues with the MG, the situation at the top of the drivers’ table could have been even closer.

Andrew Jordan, also competing in an NGTC Civic, currently leads the Independent Drivers’ championship, ahead of Rob Collard in his S2000 chassis / NGTC engine specification BMW 320si.

The BTCC now takes a long seven-week break, with the next round due to take place at Snetterton on the 12th of August.

2012 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship
Drivers’ Championship After Five Rounds / Fifteen Races
Pos.	Driver	Team	Car	Points
1	Matt Neal	Honda Yuasa Racing Team	Honda Civic	221
2	Gordon Shedden	Honda Yuasa Racing Team	Honda Civic	220
3	Jason Plato	MG KX Momentum Racing	MG6	192
4	Robert Collard	eBay Motors	BMW 320si E90	171
5	Andrew Jordan	Pirtek Racing	Honda Civic	171
6	Mat Jackson	Redstone Racing	Ford Focus	139
7	Tom Onslow-Cole	eBay Motors	BMW 320si E90	125
8	David Newsham	Team ES Racing.com	Vauxhall Vectra	84
9	Frank Wrathall	Dynojet	Toyota Avensis	80
10	Jeff Smith	Pirtek Racing	Honda Civic	79
11	Nick Foster	eBay Motors	BMW 320si E90	70
12	Rob Austin	Rob Austin Racing	Audi A4	68
13	Tony Gilham	RCIB Insurance and HARD	Honda Civic	68
14	Lea Wood	BINZ Racing	Vauxhall Vectra	68
15	Aron Smith	Redstone Racing	Ford Focus	53
16	Daniel Welch	Welch Motorsport	Proton Persona	46
17	Andy Neate	MG KX Momentum Racing	MG6	46
18	Oliver Jackson	AmD Tuning.com	Volkswagen Golf	30
19	Liam Griffin	Redstone Racing	Ford Focus	29
20	Will Bratt	Rob Austin Racing	Audi A4	20
21	Chris James	Team ES Racing.com	Vauxhall Vectra	15
22	Tony Hughes	Speedworks Motorsport	Toyota Avensis	11
23	Adam Morgan	Speedworks Motorsport	Toyota Avensis	7
24	Paul O’Neill	Speedworks Motorsport	Toyota Avensis	3
25	John Thorne	Thorney Motorsport	Vauxhall Insignia VXR-R	0

Related posts:
2012 BTCC entries
2012 Civic NGTC livery
MG returns to the BTCC