BTCC CALENDAR
SUTTON: WINNERS COULD COME FROM OUTSIDE TOP 10
Along with the changes to the push-button boost regulations and qualifying format, new tyre rules for BTCC 2024 have fallen somewhat under the radar. But they are significant enough for reigning champion Ash Sutton to believe that there’s a very real chance of the winner of race two on a Sunday coming from outside the top 10 on the grid.
For this season, anyone finishing in the top 10 in race one must use the hardest available tyre compound from their allocation for race two. That won’t impact Donington this weekend, where only the medium Goodyear is in use. But it will come into play for round two at Brands Hatch, where it’s the medium with the soft as the option tyre. And it will hugely impact round three at Snetterton, where all three compounds must be used in the three races. Anyone using the medium or soft to finish in the top 10 in race one will therefore be forced onto the hard for race two.
Furthermore, while the construction of the Goodyears remains the same as in 2023, the compound has been revised to comply with new EU regulations on chemicals, and this has had
