1995 British Touring Car Championship

1995 BTCC season
Previous:	1994	Next:	1996

The 1995 Auto Trader RAC British Touring Car Championship was won by John Cleland in a Vauxhall Cavalier. The Independents' title was won by Matt Neal in his Team Dynamics Ford Mondeo with fourteen class wins.

Entry List

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Manufacturers
Alfa Romeo Old Spice Racing	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	1	Gabriele Tarquini	5, 9–13
		5	Giampiero Simoni	1–8
		55	Derek Warwick	All
Williams Renault Dealer Racing	Renault Laguna	2	Alain Menu	All
		22	Will Hoy	All
Valvoline Team Mondeo	Ford Mondeo Ghia	3	Paul Radisich	All
		33	Kelvin Burt	All
Vauxhall Sport	Vauxhall Cavalier 16v	4	John Cleland	All
		10	Jeff Allam	9
		14	James Thompson	1–8
		24	Mike Briggs	10–13
Total Team Peugeot	Peugeot 405 Mi16	8	Patrick Watts	All
		18	Simon Harrison	All
Volvo 850 Racing	Volvo 850 20v	9	Tim Harvey	All
		15	Rickard Rydell	All
Team Toyota GB	Toyota Carina E	11	Julian Bailey	All
		12	Tim Sugden	All
BMW Motorsport Team	BMW 318i	16	Johnny Cecotto	All
		17	David Brabham	All
Honda Team MSD	Honda Accord	20	David Leslie	All
		21	James Kaye	All
Independents
Thames Ford Dealers	Ford Mondeo Ghia	19	Charlie Cox	1–3
	Ford Mondeo			10–13
Mint Motorsport	Ford Mondeo Ghia	23	Richard Kaye	All
HMSO Bookshops	Vauxhall Cavalier 16v	25	Nigel Smith	All
SCB Vehicle Dismantlers	Peugeot 405 Mi16	26	Hamish Irvine	All
Foesport	Ford Mondeo Ghia	27	Robb Gravett	8–13
Roy Kennedy Racing	Vauxhall Cavalier 16v	30		1
Team Dynamics	Ford Mondeo Ghia	77	Matt Neal	All

Race calendar and winners

All races were held in the United Kingdom.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Winning Independent
1	R1	Donington Park (Grand Prix), Leicestershire	1 April	Rickard Rydell	John Cleland	John Cleland	Vauxhall Sport	Matt Neal
	R2			Rickard Rydell	Rickard Rydell	Rickard Rydell	Volvo 850 Racing	Matt Neal
2	R3	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	17 April	Rickard Rydell	Paul Radisich	Tim Harvey	Volvo 850 Racing	Charlie Cox
	R4			Rickard Rydell	Kelvin Burt	Tim Harvey	Volvo 850 Racing	Matt Neal
3	R5	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	8 May	Alain Menu	Alain Menu	Alain Menu	Williams Renault Dealer Racing	Nigel Smith
	R6			James Thompson	James Thompson	James Thompson	Vauxhall Sport	Nigel Smith
4	R7	Silverstone Circuit (National), Northamptonshire	14 May	Rickard Rydell	Paul Radisich	Rickard Rydell	Volvo 850 Racing	Matt Neal
	R8			Rickard Rydell	Paul Radisich	Paul Radisich	Valvoline Team Mondeo	Matt Neal
5	R9	Oulton Park (International), Cheshire	29 May	James Thompson	Alain Menu	Rickard Rydell	Volvo 850 Racing	Nigel Smith
	R10			Rickard Rydell	Alain Menu	Alain Menu	Williams Renault Dealer Racing	Matt Neal
6	R11	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix), Kent	11 June	Alain Menu	John Cleland	Alain Menu	Williams Renault Dealer Racing	Hamish Irvine
	R12			Alain Menu	Alain Menu	John Cleland	Vauxhall Sport	Richard Kaye
7	R13	Donington Park (Grand Prix), Leicestershire	25 June	John Cleland	John Cleland	John Cleland	Vauxhall Sport	Nigel Smith
	R14			John Cleland	John Cleland	John Cleland	Vauxhall Sport	Richard Kaye
8	R15	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix), Northamptonshire	16 July	John Cleland	Julian Bailey	John Cleland	Vauxhall Sport	Robb Gravett
9	R16	Knockhill Circuit, Fife	30 July	Rickard Rydell	Rickard Rydell	Rickard Rydell	Volvo 850 Racing	Matt Neal
	R17			Rickard Rydell	Tim Harvey	Alain Menu	Williams Renault Dealer Racing	Matt Neal
10	R18	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	13 August	Rickard Rydell	Rickard Rydell	Will Hoy	Williams Renault Dealer Racing	Matt Neal
	R19			Rickard Rydell	John Cleland	John Cleland	Vauxhall Sport	Matt Neal
11	R20	Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk	28 August	Rickard Rydell	Johnny Cecotto	Kelvin Burt	Valvoline Team Mondeo	Robb Gravett
	R21			Rickard Rydell	Rickard Rydell	Will Hoy	Williams Renault Dealer Racing	Matt Neal
12	R22	Oulton Park (Fosters), Cheshire	23 September	Alain Menu	Alain Menu	Alain Menu	Williams Renault Dealer Racing	Matt Neal
	R23			Alain Menu	Alain Menu	Alain Menu	Williams Renault Dealer Racing	Matt Neal
13	R24	Silverstone Circuit (National), Northamptonshire	30 September	John Cleland	Alain Menu	Alain Menu	Williams Renault Dealer Racing	Richard Kaye
	R25			Alain Menu	Alain Menu	Will Hoy	Williams Renault Dealer Racing	Matt Neal

Results

Points tables for the various titles as follows:

Drivers Championship

Note: bold signifies pole position, italics signifies fastest lap.

Points system
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
24	18	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

Pos.	Driver	DON		BHI		THR		SIL		OUL		BHGP		DON		SIL	KNO		BHI		SNE		OUL		SIL		Pts
1	John Cleland	1	2	Ret	Ret	2	5	3	5	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	5	6	3	1	13	3	3	2	3	3	348
2	Alain Menu	2	4	7	9	1	2	Ret	4	3	1	1	3	3	4	16	Ret	1	4	18	Ret	10	1	1	1	2	305
3	Rickard Rydell	4	1	13	3	9	4	1	2	1	2	7	DNS	2	6	17	1	2	2	3	14	Ret	5	10	7	Ret	255
4	Will Hoy	6	5	9	7	Ret	Ret	5	15	Ret	18	4	4	12	8	2	Ret	Ret	1	2	12	1	2	Ret	2	1	195
5	Tim Harvey	8	3	1	1	15	7	7	3	8	15	3	5	10	12	Ret	2	3	7	7	Ret	2	Ret	5	10	7	176
6	Paul Radisich	3	6	2	DNS	Ret	6	2	1	Ret	5	Ret	7	5	2	6	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	12	18	12	130
7	James Thompson	7	7	Ret	2	Ret	1	4	Ret	6	4	Ret	2	4	5	3											124
8	Kelvin Burt	Ret	13	3	4	Ret	3	Ret	7	DNS	6	Ret	14	9	3	5	3	Ret	13	11	1	12	10	7	4	Ret	117
9	Julian Bailey	Ret	Ret	6	8	7	8	Ret	DNS	4	9	6	6	6	7	4	6	9	9	Ret	11	6	Ret	4	Ret	5	94
10	Patrick Watts	13	11	8	DNS	3	Ret	6	10	Ret	13	5	8	15	Ret	10	DNS	11	11	6	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	8	61
11	David Leslie	Ret	Ret	17	17	8	12	9	8	DNS	DNS	12	18	7	9	12	11	7	17	10	8	8	6	3	5	4	61
12	Johnny Cecotto	5	8	11	5	Ret	11	11	12	9	Ret	10	9	Ret	Ret	DNS	4	Ret	5	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	49
13	David Brabham	12	12	4	6	5	Ret	8	11	10	8	Ret	10	11	11	7	DNS	4	Ret	Ret	16	17	11	Ret	9	Ret	48
14	Tim Sugden	9	Ret	14	10	4	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	11	Ret	DNS	8	13	8	7	10	12	9	6	7	Ret	Ret	13	6	48
15	Michael Briggs																		6	5	7	5	12	8	6	Ret	35
16	Gabriele Tarquini									11	Ret						Ret	8	Ret	4	4	Ret	4	13	Ret	15	33
17	Giampiero Simoni	10	9	10	12	6	10	Ret	9	5	7	9	12	Ret	Ret	11											27
18	James Kaye	11	10	19	14	16	13	10	13	14	10	13	19	14	10	Ret	Ret	5	10	8	18	9	7	9	16	9	25
19	Derek Warwick	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	12	Ret	16	17	DNS	DNS	8	11	13	Ret	9	Ret	16	8	14	Ret	13	8	Ret	8	10	15
20	Robb Gravett	19	15													13	10	14	19	13	3	Ret	16	DNS	15	Ret	13
21	Matt Neal	15	14	16	13	Ret	15	13	14	13	14	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	14	9	13	15	12	15	4	13	11	17	11	12
22	Simon Harrison	14	17	15	11	10	9	12	16	7	12	11	13	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	19	11	9	Ret	Ret	DNS	9
23	Charlie Cox	18	Ret	5	15	13	DNS												21	15	Ret	16	Ret	DNS	Ret	14	8
24	Richard Kaye	17	Ret	20	19	14	16	14	18	15	17	15	15	17	14	Ret	13	15	18	17	5	14	15	15	12	13	8
25	Jeff Allam																8	12									3
26	Nigel Smith	16	16	18	16	11	14	Ret	Ret	12	16	16	17	16	Ret	Ret	12	18	16	16	17	15	14	14	Ret	DNS	0
27	Hamish Irvine	Ret	18	Ret	18	Ret	DNS	15	Ret	16	Ret	14	16	18	15	18	14	17	20	Ret	Ret	DNS	17	16	14	Ret	0
Pos.	Driver	DON		BHI		THR		SIL		OUL		BHGP		DON		SIL	KNO		BHI		SNE		OUL		SIL		Pts

Total Cup for Privateers

Pos.	Driver	DON		BHI		THR		SIL		OUL		BHGP		DON		SIL	KNO		BHI		SNE		OUL		SIL		Pts
1	Matt Neal	15	14	16	13	Ret	15	13	14	13	14	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	14	9	13	15	12	15	4	13	11	17	11	430
2	Richard Kaye	17	Ret	20	19	14	16	14	18	15	17	15	15	17	14	Ret	13	15	18	17	5	14	15	15	12	13	342
3	Nigel Smith	16	16	18	16	11	14	Ret	Ret	12	16	16	17	16	Ret	Ret	12	18	16	16	17	15	14	14	Ret	DNS	298
4	Hamish Irvine	Ret	18	Ret	18	Ret	DNS	15	Ret	16	Ret	14	16	18	15	18	14	17	20	Ret	Ret	DNS	17	16	14	Ret	188
5	Robb Gravett	19	15													13	10	14	19	13	3	Ret	16	DNS	15	Ret	160
6	Charlie Cox	18	Ret	5	15	13	DNS												21	15	Ret	16	Ret	DNS	Ret	14	110
Pos.	Driver	DON		BHI		THR		SIL		OUL		BHGP		DON		SIL	KNO		BHI		SNE		OUL		SIL		Pts

Manufacturers Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	DON		BHI		THR		SIL		OUL		BHGP		DON		SIL	KNO		BHI		SNE		OUL		SIL		Pts
1	Renault / Williams Renault Dealer Team	2	4	7	7	1	2	5	4	3	1	1	3	3	4	2	Ret	1	1	2	12	1	1	1	1	1	419
2	Vauxhall / Vauxhall Sport	1	2	Ret	2	2	1	3	5	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	5	6	3	1	7	3	3	2	3	3	414
3	Volvo / Volvo 850 Racing	4	1	1	1	9	4	1	2	1	2	3	5	2	6	17	1	2	2	3	14	2	5	5	7	7	359
4	Ford / Valvoline Team Mondeo	3	6	2	4	Ret	3	2	1	Ret	5	Ret	7	5	2	5	3	Ret	13	11	1	12	10	7	4	12	236
5	Toyota / Team Toyota GB	9	Ret	6	8	4	8	Ret	6	4	9	6	6	6	7	4	6	9	9	9	6	6	Ret	4	13	5	172
6	BMW / BMW Motorsport Team	5	8	4	5	5	11	8	11	9	8	10	9	11	11	7	4	4	5	Ret	10	17	11	6	9	Ret	144
7	Honda / Honda Team MSD	11	10	17	14	8	12	9	8	14	10	12	18	7	9	12	11	5	10	8	8	8	6	3	5	4	136
8	Alfa Romeo / Alfa Romeo Old Spice Racing	10	9	10	12	6	10	16	9	5	7	8	11	13	Ret	9	Ret	8	8	4	4	13	4	13	8	10	132
9	Peugeot / Total Team Peugeot	13	11	8	11	3	9	6	10	7	12	5	8	15	Ret	10	Ret	11	11	6	2	11	9	Ret	11	8	127
Pos	Manufacturer	DON		BHI		THR		SIL		OUL		BHGP		DON		SIL	KNO		BHI		SNE		OUL		SIL		Pts

Teams Championship

Pos	Team	DON		BHI		THR		SIL		OUL		BHGP		DON		SIL	KNO		BHI		SNE		OUL		SIL		Pts
1	Vauxhall Sport	1	2	Ret	2	2	1	3	5	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	5	6	3	1	7	3	3	2	3	3	510
		7	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	4	Ret	6	4	Ret	2	4	5	3	8	12	6	5	13	5	12	8	6	Ret
2	Williams Renault Dealer Team	2	4	7	7	1	2	5	4	3	1	1	3	3	4	2	Ret	1	1	2	12	1	1	1	1	1	500
		6	5	9	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	18	4	4	12	8	16	Ret	Ret	4	18	Ret	10	2	Ret	2	2
3	Volvo 850 Racing	4	1	1	1	9	4	1	2	1	2	3	5	2	6	17	1	2	2	3	14	2	5	5	7	7	431
		8	3	13	3	15	7	7	3	8	15	7	DNS	10	12	Ret	2	3	7	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	10	Ret
4	Valvoline Team Mondeo	3	6	2	4	Ret	3	2	1	Ret	5	Ret	7	5	2	5	3	Ret	13	11	1	12	10	7	4	12	247
		Ret	13	3	DNS	Ret	6	Ret	7	DNS	6	Ret	14	9	3	6	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	12	18	Ret
5	Team Toyota GB	9	Ret	6	8	4	8	Ret	6	4	9	6	6	6	7	4	6	9	9	9	6	6	Ret	4	13	5	142
		Ret	Ret	14	10	7	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	11	Ret	DNS	8	13	8	7	10	12	Ret	11	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	6
6	BMW Motorsport Team	5	8	4	5	5	11	8	11	9	8	10	9	11	11	7	4	4	5	Ret	10	17	11	6	9	Ret	97
		12	12	11	6	Ret	Ret	11	12	10	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
7	Honda Team MSD	11	10	17	14	8	12	9	8	14	10	12	18	7	9	12	11	5	10	8	8	8	6	3	5	4	87
		Ret	Ret	19	17	16	13	10	13	DNS	DNS	13	19	14	10	Ret	Ret	7	17	10	18	9	7	9	16	9
8	Alfa Romeo Old Spice Racing	10	9	10	12	6	10	16	9	5	7	8	11	13	Ret	9	Ret	8	8	4	4	13	4	13	8	10	75
		Ret	Ret	12	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	17	11	Ret	9	12	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	12	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	15
9	Total Team Peugeot	13	11	8	11	3	9	6	10	7	12	5	8	15	Ret	10	Ret	11	11	6	2	11	9	Ret	11	8	70
		14	17	15	DNS	10	Ret	12	16	Ret	13	11	13	Ret	Ret	15	DNS	Ret	Ret	DNS	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS
10	Foesport															13	10	14	19	13	3	Ret	16	DNS	15	Ret	13
11	Team Dynamics	15	14	16	13	Ret	15	13	14	13	14	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	14	9	13	15	12	15	4	13	11	17	11	12
12	Thames Ford Dealers	18	Ret	5	15	13	DNS												21	15	Ret	16	Ret	DNS	Ret	14	8
13	Mint Motorsport	17	Ret	20	19	14	16	14	18	15	17	15	15	17	14	Ret	13	15	18	17	5	14	15	15	12	13	8
14	HMSO Bookshops	16	16	18	16	11	14	Ret	Ret	12	16	16	17	16	Ret	Ret	12	18	16	16	17	15	14	14	Ret	DNS	0
15	SCB Vehicle Dismantlers	Ret	18	Ret	18	Ret	DNS	15	Ret	16	Ret	14	16	18	15	18	14	17	20	Ret	Ret	DNS	17	16	14	Ret	0
16	Roy Kennedy Racing	19	15																								0
Pos	Team	DON		BHI		THR		SIL		OUL		BHGP		DON		SIL	KNO		BHI		SNE		OUL		SIL		Pts