Gordon Shedden makes his return to the BTCC as the most winning driver on the grid with, fittingly, 52 victories to his name, ten more than Ash Sutton.

After three years away, Gordon Shedden returns to the series that he is a three time champion of, 19 years after his full-time debut in the championship.

Taking four wins in his only season driving the Honda Integra Type R in his opening season with Team Halfords, ‘Flash’ was immediately on everybody’s radar. In the end coming home in fourth in his debut season with a dominating weekend at Donington Park after winning both of the opening two bouts.

Making the switch to the infamous Honda Civic in 2007, Shedden would have an outstanding sophomore season improving his championship position to third. Again taking four victories this would be the #52s best finish of the opening four years of his BTCC career.

2010 would see the full-time return to a single team for a season in which that team was Honda Team Racing. Despite not taking a victory until the 13th race of the season, Shedden would quickly make it two wins in Round 14 en route to equalling his best season finish of third.

The very next season would see the Scot go one better adding six victories to his tally before finally getting to hold the trophy in 2012. A season that would see Shedden match his win total of the season previous by Round 14.

It would be three years before the #52 would be holding the trophy once more in a different style to the first combining to half of the triumphs of his first championship success along the way. Even more impressively the feat was repeated one year on to take his third title, scoring 40 less points than his second crown and 100 less than his first.

The third championship to his name would see Shedden bookend a seven year run in 2016 of finishing in the top three of every season. Despite this run coming to an end, the then Honda Civic Type R driver would come home in fourth in 2017 scoring one more point than his previous crown.

Shedden would continue to have winning year upon winning year with his most recent victory coming in Croft of 2022. This would be the last year we would see ‘Flash’ before his return to the BTCC paddock this upcoming season.

Making the switch to the Speedworks Motorsport-run TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK with IAA, the sixth most winning driver the series has ever seen returns to the fold as the addition sees nine titles sit on the current grid.