2009 Grid

Here is the official 2009 grid as it is shaping up so far.
Note: These are only the confirmed entrants, expect some more before the season begins.


VXR RACING - Vauxhall Vectra

Fabrizio Giovanardi
Matt Neal
Andrew Jordan

RML - Chevrolet Lacetti

Jason Plato

TEAM RAC - BMW 320si

Colin Turkington
Stephen Jelley

Motorbase - BMW 320si

Rob Collard
Jonathan Adam

JACKSON MOTORSPORT - BMW 320i

Mat Jackson


TEAM AON (ARENA) - Ford Focus ST

Tom Chilton

CARTRIDGE WORLD CARBON ZERO RACING - Seat Leon

Dan Eaves
Adam Jones

KARTWORLD - MG ZS

Jason Hughes
??? (2nd MG planned)

TEMPUS Sport - Chevrolet Lacetti

Harry Vaulkhard

TEAM SUNSHINE.CO.UK - Honda Integra

Martyn Bell
Paul 'o'Neill

TH MOTORSPORT - Honda Integra

John George

MAXTREME - Seat Toledo

Liam Macmillan

Airwaves BMW - BMW 320si E90

Jonathan Adam
Rob Collard

Team AFM Racing - BMW 120D

Nick Leason

KWR Sport - MG ZS

Jason Hughes

TH Motorsport - Honda Integra

John George

Boulevard Team Racing - Vauxhall Astra Coupe

Martin Johnson

Team Dynamics - Honda Civic

Gordon Shedden
David Pinkney

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Any updates before Friday I'll let you know!

Update

The following additions have been made to the 2009 grid:

CARTRIDGE WORLD CARBON ZERO RACING - Seat Leon

Dan Eaves
Adam Jones

I was worried it was just gonna be Vauxhall for a while there.
It seems though like they are the only 'production' team so to speak.

Yeah, the only, and this is very small, but the only single complaint I would have about how the BTCC is run is that all the news we get from it are things to do with teams, etc.

There are no places run by the BTCC that we can find where things are there for us, without having to do research and put the pieces together ourselves, if that makes sense.

The only place I could find the confirmed entry list for 2009 is on the BTCC forums, and we are always left in the dark about things like championship changes etc, such as whether they plan on changing the points systems for the independant's championship, or whether we will still have a manufacturers' championship...

Update: The following have been added to the grid:

TH Motorsport - Honda Integra

John George

MOTORBASE - BMW 320si

Rob Collard
Jonathan Adam

Now that's interesting, because the BMW's are RWD, compared with the rest being FWD, they have a natural advantage, but I'm not sure if they still have to run the 5-speed H-box, instead of the 6-speed sequentials in the rest of the field.

Three or four updated.

There we go then, it's looking like a full grid of 26 cars, the most in years.

There could be more before Friday and the season opener!