The TCR UK Touring Car Championship is approaching its 2025 season climax with the penultimate rounds taking place at Snetterton in Norfolk this weekend (13-14 September).
After a long summer break, the championship returns to action for the first time in over two months with a crucial double-header at the varied three-mile circuit.
It’s tight at the top of the standings with just six points separating championship leader Callum Newsham from rival Adam Shepherd. With 88 points on offer each weekend, that is a negligible margin, so it’s all to play for.
JH Racing driver Newsham arrives with a new car at his disposal. Having carried his Hyundai i30 N TCR to three race wins so far this year, the Scottish-born racer has upgraded to the newer Elantra model.
If Newsham can quickly gel with the larger car, it could be just the boost he needs in the title fight – although it does mean he’ll have to start from the back of the grid in this weekend’s opening race. While we haven’t seen an Elantra compete in the UK for the past couple of seasons, the model has previous form at Snetterton: Josh Files scored pole position and took a second-place finish with one there in 2023.
Shepherd, whose entry is fielded by Capture Motorsport, has experienced something of a rollercoaster ride this season. He has won six times, but disqualification from victory on the road at Croft proved particularly costly as regulations state he cannot drop the non-score.
That was the only race in the past five that the Essex racer hasn’t won, though, so Shepherd will be full of confidence heading to Snetterton – a circuit where he won twice last year. Shepherd upgraded his machinery to the latest CUPRA Leon VZ TCR from the third weekend of the season, so he will also be confident of having a well-sorted car underneath him.
Two more CUPRA drivers who remain mathematically in contention for the title – albeit with much longer odds – are father-and-son duo Steve and Sam Laidlaw. The Dubai-based duo, run by Area Motorsport, have impressed in their first full-season campaigns, but a lack of consistency – and a particularly difficult weekend for Steve at Croft in June – has harmed their title chances.
Brad Hutchison is the other driver to have won a race this season, aboard his older CUPRA Leon Competicion TCR run by family squad MPH Racing with Bond It. The Yorkshireman was a winner at Snetterton last year and will be gunning to repeat that success this weekend.
An exciting new addition to the field this weekend is former British Touring Car racer Max Hall. He takes advantage of the budget-friendly TCR regulations to join the series in a Lynk & Co 03 run by Ben Sharpe Racing. The car won on its championship debut last year, and with the 2024 Mini Challenge runner-up’s pedigree, Hall will be looking to challenge at the sharp end of the field from the off.
Since the last TCR UK race weekend, West Midlands-based Power Maxed Racing suffered a devastating fire at its workshops, losing all its cars and equipment. Junior driver Harry Bloor has pulled out the stops to continue in the series, and will pilot a Vannin Motorsport-run CUPRA Leon Competiticion TCR alongside regular Vannin drivers George Jaxon (who switches to a Leon VZ) and the returning Luke Sargeant (Audi RS3 LMS Gen2), who last raced at Silverstone back in May.
Capture Motorsport’s Will Beech currently lies seventh in the overall points and second to Mark Smith (BSR with Richmond Fire) in the Goodyear Diamond Award for drivers aged 40 and over. Both drive CUPRA Leon Competiticion TCRs, as does the third Capture entry of Greg Saunders in his debut season in the championship.
Alex Jones returns in his DW Racing-run Volkswagen Golf, having missed the previous round at Oulton Park as he continues his quest for the Gen 1 Cup. Kent racer Jones will be looking to close the points gap to Jeff Alden, who makes his championship return.
With his Audi RS3 LMS TCR being one of the cars lost in the fire at PMR, Jeff will be back in his Matrix Motorsport-run Opel Astra TCR for this event, as he looks to defend his Gen 1 Cup points lead.
On-track action at Snetterton begins with Qualifying at 1245hrs on Saturday (13 September). Both races take place the following day, beginning with Round 14 of the championship at 1245hrs on Sunday (14 September). The reversed-grid race, Round 15 of the championship, is then scheduled to start at 1535hrs.
There will be plenty more to watch on track too, with TCR UK’s official feeder series, the Milltek Civic Cup, and the ever-popular British Truck Racing Championship also in action.
There’s no better place to watch the action than trackside. However, for those unable to attend in person, a full live stream with expert commentary and analysis is available on TCR UK’s YouTube channel.
To learn more about the TCR UK Touring Car Championship, visit https://www.tcr-uk.co.uk/ for more information and how to get involved.
To learn more about the 2025 TCR UK Touring Car Championship Calendar events, visit https://www.tcr-uk.co.uk/2025-calendar/ for more information.
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