BTCC: 2016 Calendar Announced

The Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship has announced their schedule for the 2016 season, and it appears to be much of the same. The series will hit the same ten events next year, continuing it’s successful formula of three rounds per race weekend as it makes its way across Britain. Broadcasting rights also look to be unchanged from 2015, with ITV4 broadcasting within Great Britain, and CBS Sports broadcasting in North America.

Read the full Press Release below.

Britain’s premier motor sport series confirms unchanged line-up of events
Series organiser TOCA has today (27 July) confirmed its calendar of events for the 2016 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship.

The highly successful consistency of its current format and order of ten events will continue for a fifth successive season, with Brands Hatch again bookending next year’s schedule.

The Indy Circuit layout will kick off proceedings in early April before Britain’s biggest series goes on to visit Donington Park, Thruxton, Oulton Park and Croft. Action will recommence at Snetterton following the traditional summer break, which will be followed by the series’ annual pilgrimage to Knockhill in Scotland. A Northamptonshire double bill at Rockingham and Silverstone are next on the agenda, ahead of the season finale on the legendary Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit in early October.

The calendar will continue to comprise of 30 races across ten events, with three races of equal distance taking place on each scheduled weekend. The location and date for the annual Season Launch will be confirmed in the coming months.

The BTCC and its support series appears at all of the country’s major motor sport venues, providing a geographical spread which ensures that literally hundreds of thousands of fans can catch Britain’s biggest motor-racing package throughout the season.

Trackside and TV audiences for the BTCC have continued to grow year-on-year over the last decade with 2015 having already enjoyed huge attendances during the first half of the season. Each venue permits free admission for children – some for up to 16-year-olds – to its BTCC event, further broadening the championship’s appeal among family audiences and the next generation of fans.

ITV4 will continue to broadcast every race weekend live, free-to-air and in high definition in 2016, as well as live streaming via the ITV website. Regular highlights programmes will also be screened on both ITV and ITV4 following each event.
2016 BTCC Calendar:
Rounds,          Date,                                       Circuit, County
1,2,3,               Sat 2/Sun 3 April,                    Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent
4,5,6,               Sat 16/Sun 17 April,                Donington Park, Leicestershire
7,8,9,               Sat 7/Sun 8 May,                   Thruxton, Hampshire
10,11,12,         Sat 4/Sun 5 June,                   Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire
13,14,15,         Sat 18/Sun 19 June,               Croft, North Yorkshire
16,17,18,         Sat 30/Sun 31 July,                Snetterton, Norfolk
19,20,21,         Sat 13/Sun 14 August,           Knockhill, Fife
22,23,24,         Sat 27/Sun 28 August,           Rockingham, Northamptonshire
25,26,27,         Sat 17/Sun 18 September,     Silverstone, Northamptonshire
28,29,30,         Sat 1/Sun 2 October,             Brands Hatch (Grand Prix), Kent

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