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The British Touring Car Championship season review

Three different sets of rules made the 2011 BTCC season difficult to predict. As it was, old stagers Matt Neal and Jason Plato came to the fore and it was Honda ace Neal who took the title. Kevin Turner looks back

Kevin Turner Dec 1, 2011, 11:43 AM

Turbos versus normally-aspirated cars versus NGTC. Neal versus Plato versus Shedden. Honda versus Chevrolet versus Ford. There were many different battles fought out during the 2011 British Touring Car season, and in the end Matt Neal scooped his third crown.

Chevrolet driver and 2010 champion Jason Plato started the year as favourite, but arch-rival Neal's Honda squad switched to a new turbo engine for its S2000 Civic and stole a march on the field.

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Author Kevin Turner

Kevin Turner is Autosport’s Chief Editor. While studying History at the University of York, Kevin began covering UK club events as a freelance reporter for Autosport and Motorsport News. He joined the Autosport staff as Editorial Assistant on the magazine in 2006, winning what is now known as the Motorsport UK Young Journalist of the Year Award. He became National Editor in 2008 and over the next few seasons covered a range of international events, including the Le Mans 24 Hours, as well as the British Touring Car Championship and British GT. Kevin became Features Editor before switching to edit Motorsport News in 2014.

He returned to Autosport in 2016 to become editor of the magazine, a dream job that is still part of his role.

He became Chief Editor in 2020, helping to plan content for autosport.com and Autosport’s podcast as well as seeing the magazine through the coronavirus pandemic. Kevin also led work on the special publication celebrating 70 years of Autosport and has been a judge on the Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver Award, formerly known as the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award, since 2008. He lives in Warboys with his wife and two children.