Its hard to look at tom kristensen and not see one of the greatest drivers to ever have lived. Profiles are available for the drivers linked below. In the second of the two races of the event, mcrae collided with matt neal. Grand prix drivers began commanding serious salaries in the late 1970s. The title of btcc champion is awarded to the driver who scores the most points overall in a british touring car championship season. He would later go on to win the porsche carrera cup great britain in 2008 and 2010. During his career he has won ten touring car titles, including european and british crowns making him the most successful touring car driver worldwide. Warren hughes is a racing driver from newcastle, england. Timothy jason plato born 14 october 1967 is a british racing driver currently competing in the british touring car championship btcc for power maxed racing. He have position among the list of 956 famous race car driver. Lets go in reverse, since race drivers go too fast when were going forward. In the formula feeder series f23 and lower, drivers have to pay to drive, they.
If theres one form of motorsport where the perevent scale exceeds what a lebron james earns on straight salary, its f1. Continue to next page below to see how much is warren hughes really worth, including net worth, estimated earnings, and salary. Thomas james chilton born 15 march 1985 in reigate is a british racing driver. Matt neal was born in england on december 20, 1966. British race car driver who won the british touring car championship in. Continue to next page below to see how much is karl jones really worth, including net worth, estimated earnings, and salary for 2019 and 2020. British race car driver who won the british touring car championship in 2005, 2006, and 2011.
This list is a comprehensive guide to those drivers. English race car driver who, in 1992, won the british touring car championship and was named autosport national racing driver of the year. Tom chilton born march 15, 1985 is famous for being race car driver. Andrew jordan born may 24, 1989 is famous for being race car driver. Drivers who are competing in the 2020 season are highlighted in bold. Fancy yourself as the next lewis hamilton or jenson button. For those with talent, its a natural, stepbystep process. How much do britsh touring car drivers earn page 1. Michael johnson, professional race car driver production cars to prototypes.
What are the annual salaries for the following car series v8 ozzie. Rob huff says he would need to be offered a paid drive in the british touring car championship drive to consider a fulltime return to the series. Additionally, nascars highestpaid driver of 2011, dale earnhardt jr. It was established in 1958 as the british saloon car championship and was renamed as the british touring car championship for the 1987 season.
His graduation from porsche specialist to the british touring car championship in 2018 in a plum seat with. The british touring car championships midseason break is usually a time of driver movement and theres often more to the swaps than is. The highestpaid drivers in the world of auto racing business insider. Grand prix drivers began commanding serious salaries. He is the reigning btcc champion, having won it for the fourth time in 2019. He has spent most of his career competing in touring car racing. I reckon a lot of current f1 drivers could walk down many british high streets and not be. Matt neal is 1 of the famous people in our database with the age of 52 years old. He has also competed in renault clio cup the united kingdom, european touring car cup, and british touring car championship.
Karl jones is a race car driver from wales, united kingdom. I am a 23 year old professional race car driver racing in the uks highest profile race series the british touring car championship. If theyre driving in imsas continental tire series in the street touring st class. Some make millions, but theyre usually whats known as a gentleman driver. Tim harvey is a race car driver from england, united kingdom. Colin henry turkington born 21 march 1982 is a northern irish auto racing driver, who is currently competing in the british touring car championship for team bmw wsr in a bmw 330i m sport.
Even with salaries on the decline throughout nascar, the sports top drivers. Matt neal net worth, biography, age, height, dating, wiki. Karl jones was born in wales, united kingdom on saturday, april 4, 1959 baby boomers generation. This is a list of racing drivers who have competed in the british touring car championship, sorted alphabetically by surname. Click on a drivers name to get more information career history, touring cars driven etc. Thats a guy who pays for his ride himself, and has an extremely successful business, or i. Tim harvey is an english racing driver, best known for being the 1992 british touring car champion, and the 2008 and 2010 porsche carrera cup great britain champion.
The entrants permits for next seasons british touring car championship have been revealed, with 30 issued for the 30race contest. Like many other greats, the dane climbed his way through the ranks, taking victories in the japanese and german formula 3 series, as well as in formula 3000, the british touring car championship, and the deutsche tourenwagen masters. From 1992present a separate championship was awarded to the winning independent not officially manufacturer backed driver, and from 20002003 the production class had its own championship for the best class b driver. Warren hughes is a race car driver from england, united kingdom. Many professionals also make money through additional sponsorship, endorsements and prize money. How the btcc is tackling drivers who dont pay their bills autosport. He has cerebral palsy so that he drives modified cars. Im very much a fully fledged touring car driver now. Nicolas hamilton is a wellknown race car driver who competes in the british touring car championship. British touring car championship news, analysis and stats. Tom chilton switches to btc squad in latest honda in btcc. Bobby thompson british touring car driver btmotorsport. He has raced in a variety of different series, most notably the british touring car championship btcc, the fia gt1 world championship, the le mans series, the fia world endurance championship and the 24 hours of le mans. Race officials found mcrae to have caused an avoidable collision and subsequently disqualified him.
There was even a brief return for audi in the 1980 british touring car championship, but most of all he was in the business of being stirling moss, happy to talk about his career, share his. While internationallycompetitive auto racers can bring in annual salaries of over a. I think the paid factory drivers get in the region of 100,000. He is well known for racing in the british touring car championship, which he joined in 1988. The kwik fit british touring car championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the united kingdom, currently organised and administered by toca.
A household name in the 1990s, harvey won sixteen races in the british touring car championship between 1987 and 1995, but competed in the series until 2002. How porsche rejection inspired a btcc leading light btcc. Continue to next page below to see how much is warren hughes really worth, including net worth, estimated earnings, and salary for 2019 and 2020. Best known for racing in the british touring car championship series, he made his professional debut in 2002. Nicolas hamilton biosalary, net worth, married, affair. Az btcc driversover the years, there have been many drivers in the british touring car championship. One make significantly more than their stock cardriving counterparts.
Fabrizio giovanardi born 14 december 1966 in sassuolo is an italian racing driver. Tom chilton is a race car driver from england, united kingdom. Heres how to work your way into a career as a racing driver. Continue to next page below to see how much is matt neal really worth, including net worth, estimated earnings, and salary for 2019 and 2020. Britains most successful touring car driver jason plato on how he. Rob huff would need paid drive to make fulltime btcc. As the british touring car championship is the ultimate tin top racing series in the uk, you will have to have come up through the ranks as it were. Scroll below and check more details information about current net worth as well as monthlyyear salary, expense, income reports. The only significant change from the 2020 lineup is the. What do racing drivers earn in lower classes like f3, dtm. Making a living from motor racing is very difficult.