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Duckhams-liveried WSR BMW 330i M Sport BTCC car
Motorsport08 May 2026

Duckhams Oils Confirmed as Official Partner of WSR

Duckhams is Official Oil Partner of West Surrey Racing for the 2026 British Touring Car Championship, with its lubricants running in WSR's BMW 330i M Sport cars for the full season.

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Two drivers beside the yellow Duckhams McLaren GT3 holding a board reading P1 2024.
Motorsport07 Aug 2024

Duckhams drives to victory as Adam Smalley and Shaun Balfe triumph in the British GT SilverAm Championship

Duckhams drivers Adam Smalley and Shaun Balfe have clinched the Silver-Am class title of the 2024 British GT Championship season with two rounds to spare. This early triumph underscores the team's exceptional performance throughout the season, which has included six championship wins. Rounds six a

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A yellow Duckhams-liveried touring car cornering on a circuit.
Motorsport18 Jul 2024

Second-place for Balfe after dramatic encounter at Spa

There are usually dramas of one sort or another when the British GT Championship visits the Belgian Spa Francorchamps Circuit, and this year was no exception. Lincolnshire racer Shaun Balfe had been eighth quickest in his qualifying session with the Garage 59 McLaren 720S GT3 Evo. “The track was al

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A grid of GT race cars lining up at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.
Motorsport18 Jul 2024

2 Seas and Century triumph in shortened British GT race at Spa

2 Seas Motorsport drivers Kevin Tse and Maximilian Goetz took victory in British GT’s annual European away day at Spa-Francorchamps, which was truncated by a lengthy red-flag period. Ian Gough and Tom Wrigley also scored both theirs, and the Century Motorsport team’s, first GT4 victories of the se

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A race team celebrating around the yellow Duckhams McLaren with a P1 2024 board.
Motorsport16 Jul 2024

DUCKHAMS YUASA RACING WRAPS UP SILVER-AM TITLE WITH SNETTERTON VICTORY

Duckhams Yuasa Racing team claimed its sixth Silver-Am class victory of the 2024 British GT Championship season, and with that secured the class title with two race weekends still left to run. Heading to Snetterton in Norfolk for rounds six and seven of the season, Adam Smalley and teammate Shaun Ba

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Drivers celebrating on a podium in front of a board reading 22+23.06.24.
Motorsport16 Jul 2024

DUCKHAMS YUASA RACING’S PODIUM RUN CONTINUES ON BRITISH GT SPA VISIT

Duckhams Yuasa Racing visited the historic Spa-Francorchamps for round five of the British GT Championship at the weekend (June 21-23), leaving with more silverware after closing the gap at the top of the championship standings. Returning to the Belgian venue for the first time since 2022, the team

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A yellow Duckhams-liveried touring car on a race circuit.
Motorsport16 Jul 2024

Points for Un-Limited Motorsport

Un-Limited Motorsport were back on the points scoring trail this weekend in the latest round of the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship at Oulton Park. In the last weekend before the traditional summer break for the BTCC, Daryl DeLeon was out in the Cupra Leon. Having qualified in 18th place t

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A yellow and blue Duckhams touring car at speed on a circuit.
Motorsport16 Jul 2024

SOLID RESULTS FOR DARYL DELEON AS BTCC REACHES HALFWAY POINT AT OULTON PARK

Daryl DeLeon was back in the thick of the action when the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) visited Oulton Park for Round 5 of the 2024 season. The Filipino-British driver got his elbows out and fought his way to strong 12th and 13th place finishes, adding to his points tally for the season. R

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A yellow Duckhams-liveried touring car cornering on a race circuit.
Motorsport16 Jul 2024

125-Years-Old Duckhams Oils Celebrates Formula Ford Legacy at Heroes of FF1600 Sprint Cup 2024

The original British motor oil, Duckhams, is celebrating its Formula Ford racing history by sponsoring a new three-round racing championship for 1980s and 1990s Formula Ford. The Heroes of FF1600 Sprint Cup begins this June and runs over three meetings: the Thruxton Historic Festival in June, Oulton

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A red and white GT race car at speed, the background blurred.
Motorsport16 Jul 2024

BRITISH GT SPA: TSE AND GÖTZ TAKE EASY ARDENNES WIN, WRIGLY AND GOUGH GET THEIR FIRST WIN WITH CENTURY.

It was victory for the #18 2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes of Kevin Tse and Maxi Götz in the two-hour British GT race at Spa Francorchamps. Starting from pole position the pair had an unopposed run to the flag in a race that was disrupted by a red flag to repair barrier damage from a first lap accident.

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GT race cars running close together in the wet with their headlights on.
Motorsport15 May 2024

Balfe/smalley dance through the rain to win

SILVERSTONE BRITISH GT 27-28 APRIL Garage 59 claimed a shock Silverstone 500 victory as various British GT teams were left ruing what might have been with costly errors preventing them from winning the three-hour event. Shaun Balfe and Adam Smalley rose from fourth to take the chequered flag with th

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Two drivers in Duckhams race suits holding a trophy between them.
Motorsport15 May 2024

Balfe and Smalley earn hard fought Silverstone 500 victory

+ Garage 59 McLaren leads home the Nearys + Untouchable Brown and Meakin convert GT4 pole into class victory for Optimum + Result: Silverstone 500 Garage 59’s Shaun Balfe and Adam Smalley have become British GT’s latest Silverstone 500 winners thanks to a composed performance in challenging conditio

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