BTCC Circuits/

2010 Race Date/

Timetable/

7-8 August

Details/

Snetterton Circuit
Thetford, Norfolk NR16 2JU
Location: off the A11, nr Attleborough
Tel: 01474 872331
Ticket hotline: 0870 950 9000
Website: www.snetterton.co.uk
Advance race day prices: Snetterton to confirm

TV Timetable: Awaiting details

Length/1.95 miles
Number of laps/
Distance/

Lap Records/

Qualifying: Jason Plato (GBR), SEAT Leon TDI, 1m11.145s (98.77mph), set on 12 July 2008
Race: Darren Turner (GBR), SEAT Leon TDI, 1m11.711s (97.99mph), set on 13 July 2008

2009 Winners/

Race 1: Fabrizio Giovanardi
Race 2: Fabrizio Giovanardi
Race 3: Colin Turkington

Past Winners (since Super Touring era - 1991)/

6: Jason Plato (1997, 2000, 2005, 2006 x2, 2008 x2)
5: James Thompson (1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004)
3: Fabrizio Giovanardi (2007, 2009 x2)
2: Will Hoy (1992, 1995), Alain Menu (1997, 2000), Yvan Muller (2001, 2002), Tom Chilton (2005 x2), Matt Neal (2003, 2006)
1: Colin Turkington (2009), Gordon Shedden (2007), Tom Onslow-Cole (2007), Steve Soper (1993), Gabriele Tarquini (1994), Kelvin Burt (1995), Joachim Winkelhock (1996), Anthony Reid (1998), David Leslie (1999), Peter Kox (1999), Paul O’Neill (2003), Luke Hines (2004), Rob Huff (2004)

Number of wins per manufacturer (since Super Touring era - 1991)/

12: Vauxhall
7: Honda
6: SEAT
4: BMW
3: Renault
2: Ford, Nissan
1: Toyota, Alfa Romeo

Memories (since Super Touring era - 1991)/

2008: Jason Plato’s exploits his SEAT TDI’s extra torque to take pole and two race wins.
2007: Colin Turkington (BMW) wins race 1 but is excluded for running an under-weight car. Gordon Shedden (Honda) is declared the winner. Race 3 sees title rivals Fabrizio Giovanardi (Vauxhall) and Jason Plato (SEAT) run each other off the track briefly. Tom Onslow-Cole (BMW) achieves his maiden BTCC race win.
2006: Title rivals – and bitter enemies – Jason Plato (SEAT) and Matt Neal (Honda) twice clash on the last lap of race 2. Plato survives to win while Neal spins down to eighth.
2005: Tom Chilton (Honda) takes back-to-back wins.
2004: James Thompson ends Vauxhall's agonising 12-race win drought. Local hero Robert Huff (SEAT) scythes through from eighth on the grid to lead at the start of lap two for a memorable win in race 3.
2003: Vauxhall celebrates a 1-2-3 with Paul O’Neill, James Thompson and Yvan Muller. But race 2 is a disaster for it as Muller and Thompson both retire, the latter at Russell chicane on the last lap, just 300 yards from the line.
2002: Matt Neal’s (Vauxhall) title hopes are dashed when his Astra stops twice while he’s out in front.
1999: The BTCC’s first ever night race meeting. David Leslie (Nissan) and Peter Kox (Honda) take the wins.
1997: Alain Menu (Renault) becomes champion, team-mate Jason Plato takes his first BTCC race win and Paul Radisich (Ford) celebrates his 100th BTCC race start.
1996: James Thompson biffs team-mate John Cleland out of the way to give Vauxhall’s Vectra its first victory in a chaotic race 2.
1995: On a damp but drying track, Kelvin Burt (Ford) takes his first BTCC race win by a record winning margin of over 22 seconds.
1994: Jan Lammers qualifies Volvo’s 850 Estate on the front row of the grid but it fails to start on the warm-up lap.
1991: Now Snetterton owner Jonathan Palmer is on the receiving end of a tongue-lashing – caught by BBC Grandstand’s on-board cameras – from fellow BMW racer Nettan Lindgren after he takes them both off at Russell.
1988: Frank Sytner, full of expletives, rages on BBC Grandstand after discovering team-mate Mike Smith nicked a vital point from him for setting fastest lap in class…