BTCC 2025 will be keen to Turkington to return after news of departure

This is, it seems, a Marcus Rashford Moment. The most famous members of the most historical of the teams find themselves out of the squad. From a peak of UK Sport, it is the same in the other.

And, with Rashford, Colin TurkingtonThe departure from West Surrey Racing and the British Touring Car Championship is strongly linked to money – or its lack. In one case, it was bottom to the cost-solching of Manchester United to American ownership and a player’s inability, which was essentially followed; In the second, it is a rapidly strangled commercial support of West Surrey racing.

These are worrying times in most areas of modern life. If you are reading it, then you are almost someone who loves himself by immersing it in motorsports. But this is an expensive discovery, which is susceptible to the crisis of reality.

Rashford, of course, was capable of finding a new berth in the Premier League in the January Transfer Window, with a debt step in the Aston Villa. BTCC has one or two ‘Aston Villas’ teams – you know, the way the building is knocking at the door of success after a process of building, but not yet to withdraw the awards – and naturally Turkington’s Turkington’s There will be a talent of height. But in reality, it is too late in the off-season to do so for 2025.

This is not very good news for BTCC. Well, Turkington played the second Fidel for WSR BMW Team-Mate and final champion Jake Hill In the last season, as well as Tom Ingram And Ash Sutton, but it doesn’t just seem wrong for this talisman – four titles, 72 race win – around the series, over the series, over the winning and pole posts (don’t forget, he claimed that last year’s Goodyer Wingfoot Awards The award was given for the qualifying points.

Put it in the series boss Alan Gau, and he responds: “Colin is in the list of great people of BTCC, but only one thing that I will counter is that it’s not the first time that it is not the first time that it is not the first time when it goes away from BTCC Lack of

“This has happened before, and he has come back first, and I have a doubt that the same thing will happen again. I’m not goodbye to Colin I am saying.

“The reality is that BMW has pulled back at a lot of motorcyts, not only BTCC. He has done the same with DTMs (where the squad is expected to reduce to two cars). This is one of its results. ,

Turkington’s previous departure came in 2010, just after the success of its first title, when RAC pulled its support from WSR. But after this, the team was able to draw something together for a limited program at the World Touring Car Championship, from where Turkington then spent a year, which was battling it in a highly competitive Scandinavian series.

The beauty then was that BTCC was part of a composite touring car pyramid based on the rules of Super 2000 at that time – or interpretation about it – and it was more realistic to hop from one chain to another for the driver or team to hop from one chain to another. . Now, BTCC has been plowing its own fur with its NGTC rules for more than a decade, and no such luxury exists.

Departure – Even if it is only temporary – Turkington is not only unhappy because it is a class function in the cockpit, but also outside it. He is just a terrible, down-to-end bloc; Cool, baseless, humble, to deal with a dream.

Every person working in the series will miss him a lot.

And this is not the only bad news this week: Power Max Racing is struggling after breaking its five-C sponsorship contract with Evans Halshava original company Pendrgan, two years after their acquisition by new American owners,

If the West Surrey Racing is equal to a very better-from-Manchester United of BTCC, then Power Max Racing is certainly Brentford. The teams are not the most glamorous, but are well operated with good recruitment, punches over its weight and capable of administering a bloody nose to the elite. This is anything for the child for the NGTC rules-it entered BTCC in 2015, when he captured the Chevrolet Machinery of BTC racing, before starting his own build Vaxhall Astrass, which has given the team from 2017 Served so well.

In BTCC’s successor, the manufacturer support was important.

Apparently it was proceeding in the 21st century, but teams, including PMR, are well served by the general motor vehicle sector – only one will have to look at the extremely successful NAPA branding on the Ford Focus of Alliance Racing.

But is the time going on for such ‘traditional’ sources of commercial income for teams?

“The teams have to look beyond their traditional areas, with all forms of motorsports, from where you get funding,” the village argues. “It used to be a manufacturer, it used to be a car dealer, oil companies. Now there is a wide range of companies and regions that teams need to look and are watching.

“You have only got to see a few names that have been on cars for the last two or three years – these are not traditional motorcysters brands, and it will grow.”

If BTCC loses grid power maximum, this number is limited to 22. And it is on the proviso that a motorsport, which has been very calm in winter, appears with its Honda machinery.

(And to continue our analogy, this team can be the lecester city of BTCC – in a year, next year, after coming back, but with everyone able to a Dalit title, as all expect, as expected, Josh Cook Playing the role of Jamie Verdie in leading the attack).

Some people argue that BTCC is very expensive, tied around with a budget of £ 600,000. But all forms of motorsport are not the same truth? After you pay overheads, staff, suppliers, travel and housing …

“How many categories do you know where the teams are not saying it is very expensive?” Scoffs Gau. “It just bothers me when people say that BTCC is very expensive. What is very expensive than what? Take a look at the BTCC profile – we have 30 races a year (they do not need to mention the crowd and mention terrestrial TV coverage). Which series is going to give better returns to any sponsor on investment? ,

However, for the West Surrey Racing Team of Turkington and Dick Bennettes, which has not proved to be sufficient for 2025. If you do not know that the northern Irishman is a deep respectable and cute chap, just take a look at these last few paragraphs. statement.

Thanks to BTCC, thank you BMW and thank WSR. Thank you all my mechanics and engineers for always giving me 100% and believing in me. Thanks to all my loyal supporters, incredible sponsors and partners who shared the journey with me and finally, thanks to my family who have been on this emotional rollercaster with me.

“Driving in Parc Ferme and my mother and father, Lewis (wife of Turkington), Lewis and Adam (their two sons) are the memories that I cherish the most and will take me forever.

“BTCC will leave an impression on me forever, and I now include many of you once again as an enthusiastic fan of the series.

“So much for now. I would like to wish the dick and the entire WSR family in this new season.

“I often say to my boys,” Don’t be unhappy. It is over, thank you that it happened. “

Like this writer for an old soft, which can be a little well, but is there a chance to return 2026 or beyond?

What, Perchance, if a team – and it can also be WSR – then start planning further with the approach to bring Turkington on board? This will definitely be on the minds of others in Padock …

“He would always be a great ambassador to BTCC,” Gau said. “He has been, and Desire Happen. He is not going to disappear in sunset. This has happened before for Colin and is stronger than ever.

“I don’t think this is goodbye.”

Let’s really hopes that this is not a permanent exile for Turkington for Motorsport, equivalent to the Saudi Pro League; This is more AU Revoyer instead Farewell,