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Team BMW target BTCC record book as series starts at Thruxton
Team BMW are aiming for a record-breaking season in the British Touring Car Championship, which kicks off at the high-speed Thruxton circuit this weekend (May 8-9) with action guaranteed. The WSR-run team has claimed the BTCC Manufacturers’ crown for BMW for the past...
Team BMW launch BTCC title assault with striking new livery
WSR are excited to today (Wednesday) reveal the livery that the three Team BMW 330i M Sports will carry in the 2021 British Touring Car Championship. Sporting a revised colour scheme, the three black BMWs will be raced by four-time series champion Colin Turkington,...
The WSR story – Moving mountains
Having established the team we now know as West Surrey Racing via fax in January 1981, New Zealander Dick Bennetts - already owner of a sizeable reputation for racing car preparation - was on a mission. With a crack team of, erm, three-and-a-half, Dick and the boys...
Stephen Jelley returns to WSR to complete Team BMW BTCC line-up
Stephen Jelley has completed Team BMW’s line-up for the 2021 British Touring Car Championship, marking a return to the WSR-run team for the first time in 12 years. The signing of the 38-year-old Leicester racer reunites him with four-time BTCC champion Colin...
Tom Oliphant returns to WSR & Team BMW for the 2021 BTCC season
Tom Oliphant will return with Team BMW for the 2021 British Touring Car Championship as the WSR-run team today reveals the second member of its three-car line-up. The Leamington Spa-based 30-year-old enjoyed his best BTCC season to date last year as he scored his...
Colin Turkington to spearhead Team BMW and WSR BTCC title challenge
Four-time British Touring Car Champion Colin Turkington will spearhead Team BMW’s assault on the series for a fifth successive year in 2021. The 38-year-old Northern Irishman finished as runner-up in the Drivers’ title race last year and aims to go one better in the...
The WSR Story – Bennetts beginnings
WSR celebrates its 40th birthday this year by heading into what’s sure to be another hard-fought British Touring Car Championship battle as BMW’s manufacturer representative. Those forty years have featured enormous success on a national and international scale with...
The year in numbers
Team BMW season review The 2020 British Touring Car Championship was another excellent one for Team BMW as the WSR-run team secured the Teams’ title while also earning a record-equalling fifth consecutive Manufacturers’ crown for BMW. On top of this, Colin Turkington...
In his own words… Dick Bennetts
In his own words… Dick Bennetts Team BMW Team Prinicipal and WSR founder Dick Bennetts reflects on the highs and lows of the 2020 British Touring Car Championship. Despite an unprecedented year in which world events took centre-stage, WSR-run Team BMW claimed a fifth...
Double BTCC title success for Team BMW at Brands Hatch
Team BMW and WSR had cause to celebrate at the end of a wet raceday at Brands Hatch by claiming the British Touring Car Championship’s Manufacturers’ and Teams’ titles. To cap off a sensational season of racing, Colin Turkington finished a fine second in the Drivers’...