The 2026 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship heads to Brands Hatch this weekend (10/11 October) for the final event of the year, with championship battles still to be decided.
Following a record-breaking weekend at Silverstone, the BTCC heads to Kent with Ash Sutton holding an unassailable lead as the 2026 campaign enters its final event.
The weekend gets underway with Free Practice, then we go straight into qualifying. Two groups of 15-minute sessions, split according to the finishing order from Free Practice between odd and even finishing positions. The group with the fastest time will take the odd-numbered grid spots for the Qualifying Race. 15 minutes after qualifying, the pit lane opens ahead of the ‘Race for Pole’. A 10-lap race will then take place with half points awarded, as the result forms the grid for the first of the traditional trio of races on Sunday.
Last time out, the 2026 grid headed to Northamptonshire for the ninth race weekend of the championship. After another action-packed Saturday, culminating in the all-new ‘Race to Pole’, Mikey Doble would start Sunday from the front before teammate Aiden Moffat took victory in Race 1. Ash Sutton then secured a record-breaking fifth Drivers’ title with victory in Race 2, before Tom Ingram came through to win the rain-affected final contest. Sutton’s triumph also helped NAPA Racing UK secure the Teams’ Championship, while Alliance Racing/Ford wrapped up the Manufacturers’/Constructors’ crown and Dexter Patterson secured the Jack Sears Trophy.
This weekend’s race day action will feature on the home of the BTCC, ITV4, from 1030 on Sunday (11 October), while the ITV YouTube page will host the Qualifying Race and Qualifying on Saturday (10 October) from 1350.
As in 2025, each race day of the season – including all support series’ races – will be streamed LIVE around the globe on the BTCC YouTube channel, with the exception of the UK and North America, which have existing broadcast arrangements.
The BTCC will be aired LIVE in North America (US and Canada), continuing the multi-year agreement with the RACER Network, streaming live and on demand as part of a long-term agreement with the championship.
All 30 races are scheduled to air on the main RACER channel, whilst support series’ and extended BTCC highlights will be available to watch via the RACER+ App, the network’s premium motorsports streaming platform. Race 1 will begin at 06:25 Eastern Time (ET), with Race 2 following at 09:35 ET and Race 3 closing out the day’s racing at 12:15 ET.
