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.

Honda Civic NGTC 2012 (Shedden) Front Side
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

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