Where to Watch: Brands Hatch Indy
The 2026 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship carries forward the season-opening momentum into Brands Hatch this weekend (9/10 May) for the second event of the year. Here’s all the information you need to know to keep up with all of the action…
For the very first time, the BTCC field will feel the effects of the TOCA Turbo Boost (TTB) in the all-new for 2026 Saturday format, after the sensational debut showing of the Qualifying Race last time out at Donington Park culminated Saturday’s full-throttle theatre.
The weekend gets underway with Free Practice, cut down to only one 40-minute session this year. Instead of FP2, we go straight into qualifying. Two groups of 15-minute sessions, split according to the finishing order from Free Practice between odd and even finishing positions. The group with the fastest time will take the odd-numbered grid spots for the Qualifying Race. 15 minutes after qualifying, the pit lane opens ahead of the ‘Race for Pole’. An 18-lap race will then take place with half points awarded, as the result forms the grid for the first of the traditional trio of races on Sunday.
Three weeks ago, the 2026 grid headed to Donington Park for the first race weekend of the championship. After a stellar opening lap in the ‘Race to Pole’ that saw Ash Sutton retire, and therefore start last come Sunday, the NAPA Racing UK driver then miraculously turned his weekend around on race day, now arriving at Brands Hatch with an 18-point advantage at the head of the standings.
This weekend’s race day action will feature on the home of the BTCC, ITV4, from 1045 on Sunday (10 May), while the ITV YouTube page will host the Qualifying Race and Qualifying on Saturday (9 May) from 1355.
As in 2025, each race day of the season – including all support series’ races – will be streamed LIVE around the globe on the BTCC YouTube channel, with the exception of the UK and North America, which have existing broadcast arrangements.
The BTCC will be aired LIVE in North America (US and Canada), continuing the multi-year agreement with the RACER Network, streaming live and on demand as part of a long-term agreement with the championship.
All 30 races are scheduled to air on the main RACER channel, whilst support series’ and extended BTCC highlights will be available to watch via the RACER+ App, the network’s premium motorsports streaming platform. Race 1 will begin at 06:30 Eastern Time (ET) with Race 2 following at 09:45ET and Race 3 closing out the day’s racing at 12:30ET.