Jade Edwards became the first female to contest a BTCC race since 2007 when she took part in the Silverstone Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship race weekend.

Having described the endeavour as ‘the opportunity to live out a life-long goal’, Edwards got behind the wheel of Power Maxed Car Care Racing’s Vauxhall Astra at the Northants circuit, and was in the thick of the action in each of the three rounds contested.

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The latest Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship campaign saw Team BMW driver Tom Oliphant enjoy his most successful year in the series to date, finishing sixth in the Drivers’ Standings.

A highlight for the 30-year-old during the 2020 season is undoubtedly his maiden BTCC victory, which he took on Brands Hatch’s legendary GP circuit.

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Having announced a one-car approach to the 2020 campaign, with multiple drivers getting the opportunity to get behind the wheel, the final driver to join the BTCC grid under the Power Maxed Car Care Racing banner was Brad Philpot.

After qualifying 25th, series rookie Philpot drove the PMR Vauxhall Astra to 21st in race one with 45kg of new driver ballast on board, followed by a pair of 22nd-place finishes, during the season finale race weekend on Brands Hatch’s Indy configuration.

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BTCC returnee Glynn Geddie joined Team Hard Racing for the final two events of the 2020 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship, partnering Jack Goff in the #88 Volkswagen CC.

Geddie’s best result of the six rounds he contested saw him secure 15th in race three at Snetterton, a circuit where he bagged a pair of points-finishes during his maiden campaign in the series.

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Snetterton marked the first race weekend in which Paul Rivett took to the BTCC grid, as the 42-year-old replaced GKR TradePriceCars.com driver James Gornall, who stepped down for the final three events of the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship campaign.

Rivett, who moved into Britain’s elite motorsport series as the most successful driver in the history of the Renault Clio Cup UK, secured a best qualifying position of ninth on Brands Hatch’s Indy layout and took a top 15 finish in the opening race at the Kent circuit, bagging his first-ever BTCC point.

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The latest Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship campaign saw Michael Crees take the Jack Sears Trophy honours, having dominated the battle throughout the first half of the year. Despite main rival Bobby Thompson consistently challenging the 37-year-old, Crees fought back to take the title during the Brands Hatch season finale.

Although he was faced with a number of retirements throughout 2020, Crees regularly finished in the overall points, securing several top ten positions.

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RCIB Insurance with Fox Transport’s Jack Goff battled through a challenging 2020 campaign in the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship, as the 29-year-old completes his eighth year in the series.

Five-time BTCC race winner Goff struggled to find the pace in his Team Hard Racing-run Volkswagen CC in 2020, the car’s final year, as the squad moves to the all-new Cupra Leon for 2021.

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Next in the spotlight is BTCC 2020 rookie, James Gornall.

While Gornall took the difficult decision to stand down from his seat with GKR TradePriceCars.com ahead of the final three race weekends of the campaign, the 36-year-old ended the season in the top 20 overall.

Despite unfortunately retiring from numerous races, Gornall was the most successful rookie of the year, having scored a hat-trick of points finishes at Brands Hatch during the second event of the campaign, including the highest placed finish of the novice BTCC drivers, with seventh in race three.

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Today, the Official BTCC website starts a new Driver Spotlight feature where, up until 23 December, key stats alongside some of our favourite images from the 2020 season for each driver will be published for fans to peruse and re-live the latest campaign.

Up first, it’s Motorbase Performance driver Rory Butcher.

Having driven his new-for-2020 Ford Focus ST to a trio of wins and pair of pole positions, Butcher proved himself to be a contender for the crown in his latest Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship campaign, scoring points in every round completed and even during Round four, for leading a lap, in a race which he eventually retired from.

Following his high-speed off at Silverstone, the squad did an impressive job to get the car back out for the next event, at Croft, as the #6 machine even went on to take the final victory of the season at Brands Hatch.

See our driver fact file below... one final point of note is that the opening race of 2021 will be his 100th in the BTCC!

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Having heard from each of our 2020 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship title-winners this week, it seemed only fit for Chief Executive Alan Gow to have the final word on the challenges faced and, most importantly, the tenacity and determination shown by everyone involved in the series to bring something exciting and entertaining to fans during an unprecedented year.

"The whole year has been difficult for everyone, but I'm really proud of how all our teams, commercial partners, sponsors, circuits, ITV, everyone put their shoulder to the wheel and got on with it.

"We've all missed the fans; you can't replace that atmosphere. The racing on-track has been as good as always, and ITV's coverage picks that up well, but there's just nothing like the fans on the spectator banks. We've really missed them."

Catch the full interview below...