2020 British Touring Car Championship

Teams and drivers

Driver changes

• 2019 Mini Challenge UK winner James Gornall will debut with TradePriceCars.com.
• Andy Neate returned to the series after having last raced in 2016 for Halfords Yuasa Racing, driving a third car for Motorbase Performance.
• Ollie Brown will debut with Team HARD.
• Jack Butel will debut for Ciceley Motorsport.

• Ashley Sutton will move from Team BMR to Laser Tools Racing.
• Jake Hill will move from TradePriceCars.com to MB Motorsport.
• Bobby Thompson will move from Team HARD to TradePriceCars.com.
• Sam Osborne will move from Excelr8 Motorsport to MB Motorsport.
• Tom Chilton will move from Motorbase Performance to BTC Racing.
• Senna Proctor will move from Team BMR to Excelr8 Motorsport.
• Michael Crees will move from Team HARD to BTC Racing.
• Rory Butcher will move from AmDTuning.com to Motorbase Performance.
• Chris Smiley will move from BTC Racing to Excelr8 Motorsport.
• Nicolas Hamilton will move from Motorbase Performance to Team HARD.

• Mark Blundell left the series to become sporting director of MB Motorsport.
• Rob Collard left the series to drive in the British GT Championship.
• Rob Smith left the series after losing his drive at Excelr8 Motorsport to Chris Smiley.
• Matt Simpson left the series to support his son's karting career.
• Andrew Jordan withdrew from the series as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Jason Plato withdrew from the series as a result of Power Maxed Racing taking a sabbatical from the series due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but intends to return in 2021.
• Mike Bushell withdrew from the series as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Daniel Rowbottom left the series after losing his drive at Ciceley Motorsport to Jack Butel.

  Team changes

• Subaru will not enter a manufacturer team in the series after their four-year agreement with Team BMR ended at the end of the 2019 season. Team BMR are rebranding as BMR Engineering to design cars for other teams.
• Excelr8 Motorsport will switch from running the MG6 GT to the Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance.
• Laser Tools Racing will expand to a two-car entry for 2020, forming a technical partnership with BMR Engineering.
• BTC Racing will expand from a two-car entry to a three-car entry for 2020.
• Team HARD. will switch from running one of their Volkswagen CCs to an ex-West Surrey Racing BMW 125i M Sport.
• AmDTuning.com will become Mark Blundell Motorsport with Mark Blundell as sporting director.
• Motorbase Performance will switch from running the third generation Ford Focus RS to the newer fourth generation Ford Focus ST.
• Power Maxed Racing will take a sabbatical from the series as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but intend to return in 2021 with Jason Plato as a driver.
• Team BMW will slim down from three cars to two, due to Andrew Jordan withdrawing from the series as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Race calendar

Rule changes

Technical changes

• Goodyear is set to become the series' tyre supplier, replacing Dunlop. It will be the first time since the 2002 season that Dunlop does not supply the series with tyres.

  Qualifying changes

• A new qualifying format of one twenty-five-minute session and a second, ten-minute, qualifying session, in which the top ten in Q1 will set lap times, determining the first ten spaces on the grid. This will be trialled at Snetterton

  Support series changes

• The Renault UK Clio Cup, which has been part of the TOCA support package since 2000, will leave the BTCC support package and will instead support the British GT Championship. It will be replaced by the Mini Challenge.
• The new Porsche Sprint Challenge GB, made up of Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport cars, will support the Silverstone National and Croft rounds.

  Results