Living in South East London makes you close to some things and not so close to others but one thing that is quite close to my house is Brands Hatch racetrack, and by close I mean it is about 12 miles from my door to the circuit. Now since I do not drive here I have never had the pleasure of visiting this historic track as that 12 miles makes for a grueling journey by public transport, but that all changed this past weekend. A couple of friends also live in the area and they suggested visiting the track for the final weekend of the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season and of course I jumped at the chance as I am always up for a motor sport experience so Sunday morning we made the big trip (20 minutes with traffic) and arrived for a full afternoon of races.
These are some of the pictures I took through the day, just taken on my phone with no adjustments, I just thought I would share some of the excitement. There was three rounds of the BTCC and plenty of support races from MSA Formula, Ginetta Juniors, Ginetta GT Supercup, Clio Cup and Carrera Cup races meaning the track was not clear for much of the day. The early visit in the season uses the Indy circuit layout and this final round uses the full Grand Prix layout.
Thanks for looking!!
The main straight between races

Ginetta GTs taking the grid

Paddock Hill Bend

Looking back up Paddock Hill

BTCC Race 2 first corner action


Walking around the support race paddock


Classic Renault

This guy was just hanging out in the lot




A cool crew vehicle



MSA Formula action


Inside Druids hairpin

Top of Druids hairpin


Final race of the day and the BTCC season with the championship and some first lap carnage




And finally just a nice car on the way out!
These are some of the pictures I took through the day, just taken on my phone with no adjustments, I just thought I would share some of the excitement. There was three rounds of the BTCC and plenty of support races from MSA Formula, Ginetta Juniors, Ginetta GT Supercup, Clio Cup and Carrera Cup races meaning the track was not clear for much of the day. The early visit in the season uses the Indy circuit layout and this final round uses the full Grand Prix layout.
Thanks for looking!!
The main straight between races

Ginetta GTs taking the grid

Paddock Hill Bend

Looking back up Paddock Hill

BTCC Race 2 first corner action


Walking around the support race paddock


Classic Renault

This guy was just hanging out in the lot




A cool crew vehicle



MSA Formula action


Inside Druids hairpin

Top of Druids hairpin


Final race of the day and the BTCC season with the championship and some first lap carnage




And finally just a nice car on the way out!

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