The two-hour 2020 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship season review is set to hit ITV4 this weekend!

With a plethora of action from a remarkable campaign, this year's show is both an early Christmas treat and something to watch while the turkey is cooking, as it will be shown on Saturday 19 December and Christmas Day.

Following the delayed start to the action, there can be no doubt that everyone involved delivered a season which will live long in the memory as an incredible display of strength in the face of adversity during an unprecedented year.

ITV's Season Review will give fans the chance to re-live every edge-of-the-seat moment from the latest BTCC title race, which saw no less than 36 drivers hit the tarmac and the second Drivers' title for Laser Tools Racing's Ash Sutton.

Season Review: Saturday 19 December 
ITV4 & ITV4 HD 1130 – 1330
ITV 4 +1 1230 – 1430
ITV Hub Available anytime for the next 30 days

Season Review: Friday 25 December
ITV4 & ITV4 HD 0830 – 1035
ITV4 +1 0930 – 1135 

Despite a difficult start to the latest Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship, EXCELR8 Motorsport driver Senna Proctor went on to consistently score points throughout 2020.

In the Hyundai i30N’s maiden BTCC campaign, Proctor bagged his first podium since Croft in 2018 during race three at Knockhill, and his combined effort with team-mate Chris Smiley secured the squad a top five finish in the Independent Teams’ standings.

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The 2020 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship saw Team Parker Racing’s Stephen Jelley consistently in the top 20 in every race finished, as the Leicester-racer completed his sixth year in the championship.

With 12 finishes inside the points, including his podium in race three at Brands Hatch, the 38-year-old secured 16th in the overall standings, his best result since 2009.

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First up in today’s Driver Spotlight feature is MB Motorsport accelerated by Blue Square driver Sam Osborne.

Osborne kicked off his sophomore Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship campaign with a best-ever finishing position of seventh in the opening round at Donington Park, before securing a further seven points-scoring places throughout the 2020 season and taking fourth spot in the Jack Sears Trophy standings.

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The 2020 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship marked a pair of milestones for Halfords Yuasa Driver Matt Neal, as the 53-year-old celebrated his 30th BTCC campaign and also surpassed his 700th race in the championship.

Having sustained a collarbone injury prior to the initial season launch date, Neal was able to utilise the delay as an extended opportunity to recover, before getting back on track at Donington Park and going on to secure a trio of podiums during the truncated season.

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Kicking off this week’s Driver Spotlight feature is Power Maxed Car Care Racing driver Rob Austin.

Austin drove the Vauxhall Astra in the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship at Thruxton following Mike Bushell's race three incident at Knockhill and was the only PMR driver to score in every round contested in 2020, securing 13 points in the trio of races.

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Team HARD. Racing has today (14 December) announced that multiple race-winner and fan favourite Jack Goff will be remaining with the squad until at least the conclusion of the 2022 season.
 
Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship driver Goff, who made his debut with the team in 2013 and took the Kent-based outfit’s maiden win in 2019, will be spearheading the development of the new Cupra Leons, which were confirmed to be replacing the Volkswagen CCs back in September. 
 
“I’m delighted to be remaining with Team HARD. Racing for another two seasons,” said Goff. “The previous seasons have been tricky on track but an absolute delight off it. I can’t fault the team’s commitment to winning and family ethics; for me, that is something really important. There is always a great vibe around the place which lifts your confidence as a driver. 
 
“Now, we’re well underway with the build of the brand new Cupra Leons and I'm super excited to be playing a major part in the car’s development. If they go as well as they look then we will be contenders for sure. 
 
“After the nail-biting scenario I found myself in on the eve of the 2019 campaign, with it looking likely I’d miss the season, I can’t thank Tony [Gilham], the team and of course my sponsors enough for this opportunity to finalise a two-year deal as we race into the hybrid era. Securing a drive always takes a lot of time and planning, so to have this sorted means I can focus on getting myself and the team back to winning ways over the next two seasons.”
 
The team announced in September that they would be bringing the Cupra brand to the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship for the first time in 2021, with the all-new Cupra Leon, which is due to be released into the UK market in early 2021 as the marque operates as a standalone brand for the first time.
 
Tony Gilham, Managing Director at Team HARD. Racing, believes that continuity with his drivers will only benefit the team’s progression up the field. 
 
“Jack is back for years four and five with the team, having made his debut with us back in 2013. With new machinery for 2021 it was vital that we secured a driver who can extract the maximum from our new Cupra, and what better than to remain with one of the highest-rated drivers on the grid. 
 
“A new car for next year, with an extensive test programme, will help move us forward on outright pace. Jack's qualifying record is unquestionable, and he’s the right man to ensure that we get our new car as far up the grid as possible to get to the front of the pack.
 
“During this current global situation, working with partners away from the track is more important than ever and Jack is a great ambassador for all concerned. This news has delighted our current partners as we start to gear up for the 2021 BTCC season.
 
“It’s already the busiest winter in the team’s history with new cars amongst a host of other shake-ups behind the scenes; it’s lining up to be the year that we can really earn our BTCC stripes.” 
 
Goff will be kept busy over the winter working alongside the team’s engineering department to design and develop the brand new Cupra Leon for the 2021 season. Furthermore, the 29-year-old will be present at the team’s RCiB Insurance scholarship programme to offer media tuition and training to its entrants.

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Next up in the Driver Spotlight feature is the first race-winner from the 2020 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship – Dan Cammish.

Halfords Yuasa Racing driver Cammish enjoyed his most successful BTCC campaign to date in 2020, securing more points in 27 races than in either of the 30-round seasons previously contested.

Alongside a quartet of wins and a pair of pole positions, the 31-year-old impressively finished inside the top ten in all but three races, bagging third in the overall standings.

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BTCC race-winner replaces veteran Jeff Allam in key event role

Experienced racer James Cole has been named as the new Driving Standards Advisor ahead of the 2021 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship. 

Series organiser, TOCA, has been carefully assessing candidates following Jeff Allam’s decision to stand down from the role, and has appointed Cole as part of the three-strong panel that assesses on-track incidents in the BTCC.

Cole has contested nearly 150 races in Britain’s elite motorsport series – in both top-level front and rear wheel-drive machinery in the current NGTC era – scoring a pole position and race victory during his time behind the wheel.

The 32-year-old’s rapid racing ascent began in the Formula Ford GB Championship, making his debut in 2008 before going on to take the title in 2009 – ahead of future two-time IndyCar champion Joseph Newgarden. 

The line-up in that particular Formula Ford season also included a certain Dan Cammish, who won the scholarship class that year, whilst Rory Butcher made a guest appearance in the renowned single-seater series.

After graduating first to British Formula 3 and then to the FIA Formula 2 Championship, Liverpudlian Cole made the switch to tin-tops in 2013. His 144 BTCC races were contested in Vauxhall, Toyota, Ford and Subaru machinery, with his victory coming in the latter during the 2017 campaign.

Cole’s new position will commence at the opening round of the 2021 BTCC season at Brands Hatch on 3/4 April and he will be in attendance at every race weekend thereafter.

Alan Gow, BTCC Chief Executive, said: “James has the ideal background for this important role. He has raced in our championship over the course of six years in both front and rear wheel-drive current generation BTCC cars, is a race-winner and has been in the thick of the modern BTCC environment… so I’ve no doubt James will bring great equanimity to the role.”

James Cole, BTCC Driving Standards Advisor, said: “I am delighted to accept this wonderful opportunity and proud to be back in the BTCC paddock. I always loved my time in Britain’s best motorsport series and feel that I can bring a well-rounded experience to the role, particularly having driven modern-day machinery, as well as understanding the dynamics of a BTCC race weekend. I will have been on both sides of the fence, having had many of my incidents assessed in the past, so I am as much there to understand the drivers’ point of view, as I am to ensure that the rules and regulations of the series are upheld.” 

Tom Onslow-Cole made his BTCC return in the latest Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship, as the 33-year-old stepped in for RCIB Insurance with Fox Transport’s Ollie Brown.

Having undertaken a seven-year sabbatical from the series, and with 45kg of success ballast on board his Volkswagen CC, Onslow-Cole initially struggled to find the pace to match his BTCC rivals, before breaking into the top 20 from his third race onward.

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