<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The 2026 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship returns from its mid-season break at Thruxton this weekend (25/26 July) for the fifth event of the year to bookend the first half of the campaign.</p>

<p class="wp-block-paragraph">After three different victors at Oulton Park, the BTCC heads to the UK's fastest circuit as Ash Sutton (NAPA Racing UK) leads the way for a helter-skelter weekend of action around the 2.36-mile circuit.</p>

<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The weekend gets underway with Free Practice, then 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 eight-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.<br><br>Last time out, the 2026 grid headed to Cheshire for the fourth race weekend of the championship. After another sensational Saturday, culminating in the all-new ‘Race to Pole’, Dan Cammish (NAPA Racing UK) would take his maiden Qualifying Race victory, setting Sunday up for the perfect start as the Ford Focus Titanium driver then took his first victory of the season. Championship leader Sutton would stand triumphant in Race 2, with a performance that saw the four-time champ win by the biggest margin seen in 27 years. The final race of the weekend saw Charles Rainford (WSR) take his third career victory, becoming only the second multiple winner in 2026.</p>

<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This weekend’s race day action will feature on the home of the BTCC, ITV4, from 1100 on Sunday (26 July), while the ITV YouTube page will host the Qualifying Race and Qualifying on Saturday (25 July) from 1355.</p>

<p class="wp-block-paragraph">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.</p>

<p class="wp-block-paragraph">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.</p>

<p class="wp-block-paragraph">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 06:45 Eastern Time (ET) with Race 2 following at 09:40 ET and Race 3 closing out the day’s racing at 12:30 ET.</p>

<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://btcc.net/tv-2026/"><strong>Click here for the full TV guide for Thruxton</strong></a></p>