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*For 1994, any first-lap crashes involving more than one car, the new 'Virtual Safety Car' would be introduced. It obliged drivers to reduce their speed by using their pit limiter.
 
*For 1994, any first-lap crashes involving more than one car, the new 'Virtual Safety Car' would be introduced. It obliged drivers to reduce their speed by using their pit limiter.
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*Also, new for 1994 would be 'Success Ballast'. Success ballast is as a handicap weight system to help level the performance of the cars. Adding weight to the highest performing cars at the end of race 1 and race 2. In the case of the STSR BTCC at the end of each race the top 5 finishing cars will be designated success ballast for the next race. The top five point scoring drivers of a race meeting will carry over half of (rounded up) success ballast gained to the next race meetings qualifying session but will be reset to 0kg for the start of race 1.
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|colspan=5| Success Ballast Format A Races (maximum of 90Kg)
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|colspan=5| '''Race 1 (carrying over to race 2):'''
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|1st – 50Kg
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|2nd – 40Kg
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|3rd – 30Kg
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|4th – 20Kg
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|5th - 10Kg
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|colspan=5| '''Race 2 (carrying over to race 3):'''
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|1st – 50Kg
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|2nd – 40Kg
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|3rd – 30Kg
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|4th – 20Kg
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|5th - 10Kg
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|colspan=5| Success Ballast Format B Races (maximum of 25Kg)
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|colspan=5| '''Race 1 (carrying over to race 2):'''
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|1st – 25Kg
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|2nd – 20Kg
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|3rd – 15Kg
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|4th – 10Kg
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===Team changes===
 
===Team changes===

Revision as of 20:09, 9 July 2020

1994 BTCC season
Previous: 1993 Next: 1995
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The 1994 British Touring Car Championship season was the fourth British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season which commenced on 17 April and ended on 18 September. The championship consisted of ten meetings, each held in the United Kingdom.

Changes for 1994

Rule changes

  • For 1994, any first-lap crashes involving more than one car, the new 'Virtual Safety Car' would be introduced. It obliged drivers to reduce their speed by using their pit limiter.
  • Also, new for 1994 would be 'Success Ballast'. Success ballast is as a handicap weight system to help level the performance of the cars. Adding weight to the highest performing cars at the end of race 1 and race 2. In the case of the STSR BTCC at the end of each race the top 5 finishing cars will be designated success ballast for the next race. The top five point scoring drivers of a race meeting will carry over half of (rounded up) success ballast gained to the next race meetings qualifying session but will be reset to 0kg for the start of race 1.
Success Ballast Format A Races (maximum of 90Kg)
Race 1 (carrying over to race 2):
1st – 50Kg 2nd – 40Kg 3rd – 30Kg 4th – 20Kg 5th - 10Kg
Race 2 (carrying over to race 3):
1st – 50Kg 2nd – 40Kg 3rd – 30Kg 4th – 20Kg 5th - 10Kg
Success Ballast Format B Races (maximum of 25Kg)
Race 1 (carrying over to race 2):
1st – 25Kg 2nd – 20Kg 3rd – 15Kg 4th – 10Kg 5th – 5Kg

Team changes

2 New works teams entered the series: Alfa Corse (Alfa Romeo 155 TS) and Volvo 850 Racing (Volvo 850 SE/GLT) meaning 10 different works teams would race in the series.

BMW returned to the series for the first time since 1992 under the name BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer.

Team Mazda also returned to the BTCC having last raced in the championship in 1992.

Park Lane Racing withdrew from the championship at the end of the 1993 season.

Team Dynamics, the current Independent Team's champions, also left the series.

Harlow Motorsport joined the series for the first time as an independent entry racing a Renault 19, previously used by Renault Dealer Racing.

Drivers changes

Defending champion, Lorenzo Turri, switched to the new Alfa Corse team for 1994. He was joined by former team mate, Kris Simton at the Italian marque.

Turri's former team, Ford, retained Halil Sahin and partnered him with two rookie Brits, Nathan Hammond and Chris English. Ford thought that they had only missed out on the Manufacturer Team's championship because of their numerical disadvantage to Nissan in 1993.

David Osborne took his Castrol sponsorship and left Nissan to fill Simton's vacated seat at Toyota and was joined by former Peugeot man, Tom Cinchy.

Also leaving Nissan was Mike Bell who joined the new Tom Walkinshaw Racing ran Volvo team which ran the bonkers 850 estate. Also driving for Volvo would be BTCC rookie Sam McCarthy.

Jaz Evered also left the Nissan team to join up with Matt Hull at Vauxhall Sport. Hull would spend a third season at Vauxhall.

Filling one of the vacant Nissan seats was rookie Brit, Josh Popplewell.

BMW returned to the series along with 2 drivers making their debut in the series, British driver Kyle Benton and Rolands Svetins from Latvia.

The returning Team Mazda also hired a series debutant, Emile Talyor.

Independent champion, Pekka Ylitalo, left the series to concentrate on sportscar racing.

Gunning for the Independent title in 1994 was Harlow Motorsport's Jameson Evans from the United States, making his first appearance in the series.

David Todaro returned to the series driving the Woodkirk Peugeot entry having previously drove for the Peugeot works team in 1992 and the early part of 1993 and the Independent Tech-Speed Motorsport team in 1991.

Season summary

Teams and drivers

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Manufacturer
Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 155 TS 1 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png Lorenzo Turri
55 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Kris Simton
Renault Dealer Team Renault Laguna 4 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Michael Sneath
69 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png Johannes Meles
Volvo 850 Racing Volve 850 SE/GLT 5 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Mike Bell
28 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Sam McCarthy
Vauxhall Sport Vauxhall Cavalier 16v 9 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Jaz Evered
32 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png Matt Hull
Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Carina E 11 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png Tom Cinchy
33 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png David Osborne
Old Spice Nissan Racing Nissan Primera eGT 19 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Josh Popplewell
TBA
BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer BMW 318i 22 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Kyle Benton
29 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png Rolands Svetins
Team Mondeo Ford Mondeo Si 37 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/22px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png Halil Sahin
43 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Nathan Hammond
88 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Chris English
Team Mazda Mazda Xedos 96 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Emile Taylor
TBA
Peugeot Sport Peugeot 405 Mi16 TBA
TBA
Independent
Woodkirk Peugeot Peugeot 405 Mi16 46 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png David Todaro
Harlow Motorsport Renault 19 16v 99 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png Jameson Evans
Maxted Motorsport Vauxhall Cavalier 16v TBA
Toyota Carina E TBA
Geoff Steel Racing BMW 318is TBA
Team HMSO Cavalier Vauxhall Cavalier 16v TBA
Hamish Irvine BMW 318is TBA
Roy Kennedy Racing Vauxhall Cavalier 16v TBA

Race calendar

Round Circuit Date
1 R1 Thruxton
(Hampshire)
17 April
R2
R3
2 R4 Brands Hatch
(Indy Circuit, Kent)
2 May
R5
R6
3 R7 Castle Combe
(Wiltshire)
15 May
R8
R9
4 R10 Silverstone
(National Circuit, Northamptonshire)
30 May
R11
5 R12 Snetterton
(Norfolk)
12 June
R13
R14
6 R15 Oulton Park
(International Circuit, Cheshire)
26 June
R16
R17
7 R18 Donington Park
(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)
10 July
R19
R20
8 R21 Knockhill Racing Circuit
(Fife)
14 August
R22
9 R23 Oulton Park
(Island Circuit, Cheshire)
29 August
R24
R25
10 R26 Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)
18 September
R27
R28

Calendar changes

  • After only one year on the calendar in 1993, Pembrey would be dropped from the 1994 calendar and replaced by Castle Combe.
  • Silverstone would only host 1 round in 1994 (Silverstone held 2 rounds per year 1991-1993) and would be replaced by a 2nd round at Oulton Park, one of which would be the 100th race in STSR British Touring Car history.

Results

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning independent Report
1 R1 Thruxton Report
R2
R3
2 R4 Brands Hatch Report
R5
R6
3 R7 Castle Combe Report
R8
R9
4 R10 Silverstone Report
R11
5 R12 Snetterton Report
R13
R14
6 R15 Oulton Park Report
R16
R17
7 R18 Donington Park Report
R19
R20
8 R21 Knockhill Report
R22
9 R23 Oulton Park Report
R24
R25
10 R26 Brands Hatch Report
R27
R28

Championship standings

Points system

Points system
 1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th  Pole Position
18 16 14 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1

Independent points are awarded to the top three drivers in each race as follows:

Points system
 1st   2nd   3rd 
30 20 10

Driver's Championship

Pos Driver THR BRH CAS SIL SNE OUL DON KNO OUL BRH Pts
1

Manufacturer Driver's Championship

Pos Driver THR BRH CAS SIL SNE OUL DON KNO OUL BRH Pts
1

Manufacturer Team's Championship

Pos Manufacturer/Team Driver THR BRH CAS SIL SNE OUL DON KNO OUL BRH Pts
1

Independent Driver's Championship

Pos Driver THR BRH CAS SIL SNE OUL DON KNO OUL BRH Pts
1

Independent Team's Championship

Pos Team Driver THR BRH CAS SIL SNE OUL DON KNO OUL BRH Pts
1