The 2025 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship kicks into life at Donington Park (26/27 April) for the opening event of the year, here’s all the information you need to know to keep up with the action…
For the very first time the full field of BTCC cars will race with 100% fully sustainable fuel as the championship enters into a new era of competition. The removal of the hybrid system has made the current machines 55kg lighter than their predecessors which has already seen some of the fastest laps in BTCC history during pre-season testing.
Only one week ago, the 2025 grid headed to Donington Park for the final of the three official pre-season testing days. The expanded 24-car grid hit the track and gathered as much data as possible in preparation for the looming first event of the campaign.
This weekend’s race day action will feature on the home of the BTCC, ITV4, from 1100 on Sunday (27 April) while the ITV YouTube page will host qualifying on Saturday (26 April) from 1455.
TOCA – organisers of the BTCC – also announced that each race day of the 2025 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.
Furthermore, the BTCC will be aired LIVE in North America (US and Canada) for the first time ever thanks to a new 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 06:50 Eastern Time (ET) with Race 2 following at 08:25ET and Race 3 closing out the day’s racing at 11:15ET.
