The BTCC Season In Numbers

The BTCC Season In Numbers

The 2024 British Touring Car Championship season provided plenty of reason to cheer for Vertu as the EXCELR8 team – running under the Team BRISTOL STREET MOTORS name for the final time – was a front-runner throughout the campaign.

For the new season, the team will run under the Team VERTU banner with hopes high of once again pushing for a championship title but before then, here’s a look at 2024 in numbers...

0.293: Tom Ingram’s winning margin over Ash Sutton in R27 at Silverstone, the smallest winning margin of the season

1: The number of races it took for the team to secure a win in the 2024 season

4: The number of pole positions scored over the season - at Donington Park National, Thruxton, Oulton Park and Silverstone

5: Tom Ingram’s qualifying average for the season, the best of the five drivers within the team

5: The number of circuit where the team won in 2024 – Donington Park, Brands Hatch, Oulton Park, Croft and Silverstone

8: The number of wins scored by the team in 2024 – six for Tom Ingram and one apiece for Tom Chilton and Ronan Pearson

9: The number of times the team was first car home in the Jack Sears Trophy – seven for Ronan Pearson and two for Dan Zelos

11: The number of fastest laps set by the team during the season – ten for Tom Ingram and one for Ronan Pearson

12: The number of races led by the team during the season

17: The number of places gained by Tom Ingram in race three at Donington Park GP, the most gained by a driver in a single race across the season

19: The number of podium finishes scored by the team – 15 for Tom Ingram, three for Tom Chilton and one for Ronan Pearson

23: The number of wins scored by EXCELR8 in partnership with Vertu since the start of 2021

36: The number of races it took Ronan Pearson to score a maiden win

61: The number of podiums now scored in partnership with EXCELR8

73: The number of points finishes scored by the five drivers combined

110.7: The team’s fastest race lap in miles per hour by Tom Ingram at Thruxton

120: The number race starts for Vertu in partnership with EXCELR8

161: The number of laps led by the team in 2024 – 122 for Tom Ingram, 24 for Ronan Pearson and 15 for Tom Chilton

229: The number of places gained by the five drivers across the season

300: The landmark race celebrated by Tom Ingram at Donington Park National

500: The landmark race celebrated by Tom Chilton at Brands Hatch GP

1507: The number of points scored by Tom Ingram’s race car – chassis WPMS-NGTC-079 – which is now the fourth highest-scoring chassis of the current era

2083: The number of laps raced by the five EXCELR8 drivers - 94.17% of those available