Cars powered by the new M-Sport-produced TOCA engine did not feature at the front in this week’s test at Thruxton, with only the BTC Racing Honda Civic Type R of Jason Plato sneaking into the top 10 combined times – in 10th position.
M-Sport won the contract to produce the TOCA engine from 2022, replacing Swindon Powertrain, which had built the powerplants since the beginning of the NGTC formula a decade ago.
Speed-trap figures from Thruxton also showed the TOCA-powered cars to be trailing.
In the trap on the exit of the Complex, Stephen Jelley’s West Surrey Racing-run BMW 330e M Sport, powered by a Neil Brown-built BMW powerplant, was quickest in the morning on 113.5mph, with Josh Cook’s BTC Honda the quickest TOCA car in sixth place on 110.7mph.
At the same spot in the afternoon, it was Adam Morgan’s Ciceley Motorsport BMW on top at 112.9mph, with the fastest TOCA machines Jade Edwards’s BTC Honda and Ash Hand’s Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra, 12th equal on…
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