We are proud to once again be chasing success in Britain's premier racing series alongside EXCELR8, now running under the Team VERTU banner with 2022 champion Tom Ingram, proven racer winners Tom Chilton and Adam Morgan, and former Jack Sears Trophy winner Michael Crees.
You can watch every race involving Team VERTU on ITV4/ITVX with qualifying streamed on YouTube. Race action outside the UK can also be viewed on YouTube.
EXCELR8 Motorsport was founded by Justina Williams in 2010 and secured a championship title in its first season of competition in the MINI CHALLENGE.
Since then, the team has taken more than 100 race wins and over 40 titles which includes the British Touring Car Championship crown with Tom Ingram in 2022.
That came in just its fourth season competing in the series with a car fully built and developed in-house, further enhancing the team's ever-growing reputation.
Founded back in 1958, the British Touring Car Championship is one of the oldest championships in global motorsport and is universally known and loved around the world.
From the very start, fans have been drawn in by the opportunity to witness models that they can relate to doing battle on track, with wheel-to-wheel, all-action racing resulting pulling in large audiences across the ten round season.
The popularity of the BTCC is also reflected by a broadcast deal that is the envy of every other series in the UK with every race shown on free-to-air TV rather than requiring a subscription.
From 2024, fans have also been able to tune in to races from across the globe thanks to a unique move that sees races streamed on TikTok.
*Source: Nielsen Fan Insights (January 2023): T2B Interest: United Kingdom
Tom Ingram made his BTCC debut in 2014 with the Speedworks team and ended the year as top rookie, before scoring a first podium for both himself and the team the following season.
Scoring his maiden victory in 2016, Tom would twice be crowned as Independents’ Champion during his time with the Toyota team before taking on a new challenge with a switch to EXCELR8 for 2021.
Giving the team a first win at Snetterton, Tom went on to achieve a lifelong dream in 2022 as he added his name to the list of people to lift the BTCC title, which he is focused on reclaiming for Team VERTU in 2025.
Tom Chilton joined the BTCC in 2002 at the age of just 17 and at the time, was the youngest driver to ever take part in the series. A podium finish was a sign of things to come as he marked himself as one to watch, ending his rookie season fifth in the Independents’ Championship.
His first victory in the championship at Silverstone in 2014 made him the series' youngest ever winner, and alongside continued success in the BTCC, Tom would go on to race at the front in the like of the American Le Mans Series and the World Touring Car Championship.
Having won the Independents’ Trophy during a five-year stint in the latter, Tom returned to the BTCC in 2017 and since 2022, has been part of the Team VERTU line-up – making a welcome return to the top step of the podium.
He might be the new kid on the block in the Team VERTU line-up, but Adam Morgan brings a wealth of experience having made his debut in the series back in 2012.
Adam joined the BTCC as a prize for winning the Ginetta GT Supercup and after a tricky rookie year, showed his pace in 2013 with a switch to his own family-run team – picking up a maiden podium finish on home soul at Oulton Park.
A move into a Mercedes A-Class from 2014 kicked off Adam’s most successful spell in the series as he became a BTCC winner and consistent front-runner, and following a stint with BMW, he returns to front-wheel drive targeting his best season in the series to date.
Fan favourite Michael Crees returns to the grid with Team VERTU hoping to battle for his best results to date in the series. Despite only starting racing in his 30s, Crees was successful in Ginetta racing before joining the BTCC grid for the first time in 2019.
The following season saw him secure the Jack Sears Trophy title – open to those drivers without an overall BTCC podium – whilst Crees has since gone on to compete in the Formula 1-supporting Porsche Supercup – appearing on track at both the Monaco and British Grands Prix.
After two seasons running under the Bristol Street Motors banner, the realignment of the Vertu Group's retail brands means a fresh new look for 2025 with the reveal of Team VERTU.
The EXCELR8-run team will continue to run the Hyundai i30 Fastback N - a model chosen for its favourable combination of wheelbase, track width and drag co-efficient - which was designed and developed by the team in-house. Power comes from a Hyundai engine that has been developed for racing by Swindon Powertrain.
The launch of the Team VERTU livery for 2025 provided a chance for Vertu to bring together two key partnerships as the cars were unveiled at Birmingham City's Wast Hill Training Ground during alongside the Vertu Primary Schools Cup; an event for Year 6 teams from across the Midlands.
It allowed the competing teams to be the first people to see the new look prior to the cars being shown off the public and then taking to the track for pre-season testing.
The i30 N was the car that Hyundai used to launch the 'N' performance brand back in 2017, shaking up the market and marking the Korean carmaker out as one to watch in the hot hatch sector. Winner of Autocar's 'Game Changer Award' and named Best Hot Hatch by What Car?, the i30 N has proven to be hugely popular as an alternative to cars like the Volkswagen Golf GTI and Honda Civic Type R and has undergone a number of improvements to retain its position as a car that blends performance and value in equal measure.
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