SLIGHT CUT IN TRACK TIME FOR TOCA SUPPORTS

The British Touring Car Championship and its support series will each receive a slight reduction in track time across the final three events of the year in order to shorten timetables amid reduced daylight hours.

The coronavirus pandemic has led to a revised BTCC calendar for 2020 that extends into November for the first time in the category’s history. Given that the amount of daylight hours is significantly reduced by the time of the Snetterton (24-25 October) and Brands Hatch (14-15 November) events, each series will have a slight decrease in the time on track at these or the preceding Croft (10-11 October) weekends to limit track activity in the dark.

For example, British Formula 4 (above) will only have two races at Croft instead of its usual three, while Ginetta Junior (below) faces a similar reduction at both the Croft and Brands Hatch events. The BTCC is also set to have one instead of two practice sessions at two of the final events.

British F4 promoter Sam Roach explained: “It’s been done very fairly that all of us supports and the BTCC are losing an equal amount of time at some point in the last few rounds.

“It means at Croft we will have one race less – it’s very disappointing but completely understandable. It’s just one of those things and everyone is having to make compromises this year.”