Interview: Rory Butcher talks BTCC 2022, his Silverstone success, hybrids, Toyota & much more

The 2022 British Touring Car Championship season concludes this weekend at Brands Hatch, with three races set to be held this Sunday on the Grand Prix configuration.

It’s been another exciting year in the series, and one that has seen a big change in the form of hybrid technology used for the first time, whilst the title is still yet to be decided ahead of the final three rounds.

For Toyota Gazoo Racing UK driver Rory Butcher, meanwhile, it’s been a good year, with him currently sat fifth in the standings and heading to Brands on the back of a brilliant performance at Silverstone, which saw him on pole and achieve a triple podium, including a win in race one.

Ahead of the season finale, then, we caught up with Rory to talk all things BTCC and we started by looking at his year as a whole:

“It’s been potentially my strongest campaign yet, just in terms of overall performance across the whole year. I feel there was a lot of things outside of our control in the first half of the season but we still managed to kind of rack up the points.

“I’ve been in this championship for five years and every year I’ve learned something new. This year my goal was consistency and we’ve got the longest streak of any driver of points-scoring finishes at the moment. I think it’s 26 in a row, which is cool. We’ve had some nice podiums and then the pole position and the triple podium, including my race win, at Silverstone.