{{short description|British motor racing team}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Use British English|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox motor racing team | name = {{flagicon|GBR}} Team BMR | logo = | founded = 2013 | principal = Warren Scott | current series = | former series = {{nowrap|British Superbike Championship<br>British Touring Car Championship<br>Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom<br>Ginetta Junior Championship}} | drivers = Senna Proctor<br>Ashley Sutton | team titles = 2015 | Website = http://www.teambmr.co.uk }}
'''Team BMR''' was a British motor racing team based in Buntingford, Hertfordshire and founded by Warren Scott. The team raced in the British Touring Car Championship between 2013 and 2019 after previously entering the 2004 British Superbike Championship season as ''BMR Racing''. During the winter of 2013, Scott purchased Tony Gilham Racing's assets, including their four NGTC race cars.
==British Superbike Championship== The team's roots can be traced back to team owner Warren Scott's superbike racing days. Scott entered the 2004 British Superbike Championship season in the ''Privateers Cup'' class, riding a Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R superbike, under the team name ''BMR Racing'', along with teammate Chris Platt who entered two events as a replacement rider.<ref>{{cite news|title=2004 British Superbike entry list|url=http://www.crash.net/bsb/news/2852/1/2004-british-superbike-entry-list.html|work=Crash.net|publisher=Crash Media Group|accessdate=17 February 2015}}</ref>
==British Touring Car Championship==
===SEAT Leon and Volkswagen CC (2013)=== Team BMR entered the BTCC in 2013, running a Super 2000 SEAT León for team owner Warren Scott in the ''Jack Sears Trophy'' class.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.btcc.net/html/driver_detail.php?id=206|title=BTCC Drivers: Warren Scott|work=British Touring Car Championship|publisher=TOCA|date=30 March 2013|accessdate=27 January 2014|archive-date=25 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125033842/http://www.btcc.net/html/driver_detail.php?id=206|url-status=dead}}</ref> His best result with the León was a 15th place, scoring the team's only point of the season.
When the second half of the season began at Snetterton, after the summer break, the team switched to an NGTC Volkswagen CC built by and run with the support of Tony Gilham Racing, as preparation for a full NGTC campaign in 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3473|title=Warren Scott to race VW Passat |work=British Touring Car Championship|publisher=TOCA|date=5 July 2013 |accessdate=27 January 2014}}</ref>
===Volkwagen CC and Vauxhall Insignia (2014)=== Before the start of the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season, Tony Gilham Racing merged into Team BMR, allowing the team to acquire a pair of Volkswagen CCs and a pair of Vauxhall Insignias, originally built by Thorney Motorsport.<ref>{{cite news|title=Welcome to Team BMR BTCC|url=http://www.teambmr.com/news/welcome-to-team-bmr-btcc|work=Team BMR|publisher=TeamBMR.com|accessdate=27 January 2014|date=27 January 2014}}</ref> Jack Goff was confirmed as their first driver, racing under the ''RCIB Insurance Racing'' banner in the first Insignia, with Warren Scott driving the second.<ref>{{cite news|title=GOFF RETURNS WITH RCIB INSURANCE RACING|url=http://www.btcc.net/2014/01/22/goff-returns-with-rcib-insurance-racing/|work=British Touring Car Championship|publisher=TOCA|accessdate=27 January 2014|date=22 January 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140122142956/http://www.btcc.net/2014/01/22/goff-returns-with-rcib-insurance-racing/|archivedate=22 January 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> 1997 and 2000 champion Alain Menu returned to the series with the team, driving one of the team's Volkswagens alongside former Motorbase driver Árón Smith.<ref>{{cite news|last=Turner|first=Kevin|title=Alain Menu to drive Team BMR Volkswagen Passat CC in 2014 BTCC|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112308|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|accessdate=27 January 2014|date=27 January 2014}}</ref> Smith became the team's stand out driver in 2014, scoring the team's maiden win during the fourth round at Oulton Park and following this up with a second win at Snetterton. He also managed to score two fastest laps at Croft and Rockingham. On his return to the championship, Menu managed to score two podiums in the latter half of the season at Rockingham and Silverstone, whilst Goff and Scott struggled during the first half of the season in the older, less developed Insignias. This led to the team building another pair of Volkswagen CCs for Goff and Scott to race after the season's halfway point at Snetterton.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.touringcartimes.com/2014/07/29/team-bmr-car-change-removes-vauxhall-brand-from-btcc-grid/|title=Team BMR car change removes Vauxhall brand from BTCC grid|work=TouringCarTimes|publisher=Mediaempire Stockholm AB|first=Neil|last=Hudson|date=29 July 2014|accessdate=17 February 2015}}</ref> The team's success continued to grow during the rest of the season; the team made BTCC history in race 3 at Silverstone, by becoming the first team to achieve a top ten finish with four cars in the same race.
===Volkwagen CC (2015)=== Prior to the start of the 2015 British Touring Car Championship season, the team announced that they would enter the season with the four Volkswagen CCs the team used towards the end of the 2014 campaign. Both Warren Scott<ref name="Scott">{{cite news|url=http://www.btcccrazy.co.uk/btcc/warren-scott-remaining-coy-on-team-bmr-driver-line-up/|title=Warren Scott remaining coy on Team BMR driver line-up|first=Chris|last=Ashby|date=9 January 2015|accessdate=9 January 2015|work=BTCC Crazy|publisher=James Mappin}}</ref> and Árón Smith<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.touringcartimes.com/2014/08/13/aron-smith-renews-contract-with-team-bmr-for-2015/|title=Árón Smith renews contract with Team BMR for 2015|work=TouringCarTimes|publisher=Mediaempire Stockholm AB|first=Ian|last=Gallagher|date=13 August 2014|accessdate=7 September 2014}}</ref> remained with the team, with double champions Jason Plato and Colin Turkington joining them from MG and West Surrey Racing respectively.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.touringcartimes.com/2015/02/17/colin-turkington-and-jason-plato-sign-for-team-bmr/|title=Colin Turkington and Jason Plato sign for Team BMR|work=TouringCarTimes|publisher=Mediaempire Stockholm AB|first=Ian|last=Gallagher|date=17 February 2015|accessdate=17 February 2015}}</ref>
===Subaru Levorg (2016–2019)=== {{multiple image|perrow = 2 | total_width = 400 | image1 = James Cole - 2017 BTCC Knockhill (Sunday, R1 grid).jpg | image2 = Josh Price - 2017 BTCC Knockhill (Sunday, R2 grid).jpg | image3 = Jason Plato - 2017 BTCC Knockhill (Sunday, R2 grid).jpg | image4 = Ashley Sutton - 2017 BTCC Knockhill (Saturday, FP2).jpg | footer_align = left | footer = The team's drivers, at the Knockhill round of the 2017 British Touring Car Championship. Clockwise from top left: James Cole, Josh Price, Ashley Sutton and Jason Plato. }} Ahead of the 2016 BTCC season, BMR and Subaru UK announced they were entering as a constructor team with the Subaru Levorg Sports Tourer.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Team BMR Enters 2016 British Touring Car Championship With Subaru Levorg|publisher=Subaru UK Ltd.|url = http://subaru.co.uk/news/team-bmr-enters-2016-british-touring-car-championship-with-subaru-levorg/|website = Subaru UK|access-date =21 January 2016|date=13 January 2016}}</ref> The collaboration is for a three-year term with a 4 driver line-up, including drivers Jason Plato and Colin Turkington.
==Renault UK Clio Cup== For 2015, Team BMR announced that they would field four Clio Renaultsport 200 Turbo EDCs in the Renault UK Clio Cup, a feeder and support series to the British Touring Car Championship.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.renaultsport.co.uk/championships/cliocup/newsstory/544/BTCC-race-winners-Team-BMR-Restart-announce-2015-Clio-Cup-entry|title=BTCC race winners Team BMR Restart announce 2015 Clio Cup entry|work=Renault Sport UK|publisher=Renault Sport|date=1 August 2014|accessdate=8 February 2015}}</ref>
==Results==
===British Touring Car Championship=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" ! Year ! Team name ! Car ! Drivers ! Races ! Poles ! Wins ! {{Tooltip|F.L.|Fastest Laps}} ! {{Tooltip|I.W.|Independent class wins}} ! Points ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}} ! {{Tooltip|I.C.|Independents' Trophy position}} ! {{Tooltip|T.C.|Teams' Championship position}} |- ! 2013 | Team BMR Restart | Seat Leon (Rounds 1–5)<br> Volkswagen CC (Rounds 6–10) | {{flagicon|GBR}} Warren Scott | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32nd | 21st | 17th |-
!rowspan=4| 2014 |rowspan=4| Chrome Edition Restart Racing |rowspan=4| Volkswagen CC{{efn|name=Car|Goff and Scott drove a Vauxhall Insignia for the first 5 rounds before switching to the Volkswagen CC.}} | {{flagicon|SWI}} Alain Menu | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 11th | 7th |rowspan=4| 4th |- | {{flagicon|IRL}} Árón Smith | 30 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 201 | 9th | 5th |- | {{flagicon|GBR}} Jack Goff | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 119 | 15th | 10th |- | {{flagicon|GBR}} Warren Scott | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 21st | 19th |-
!rowspan=5| 2015 |rowspan=5| Team BMR RCIB Insurance |rowspan=5| Volkswagen CC | {{flagicon|GBR}} Jason Plato | 30 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 344 | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''2nd''' | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''2nd''' |rowspan=5 style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''1st''' |- | {{flagicon|IRL}} Árón Smith | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 209 | 11th | 4th |- | {{flagicon|GBR}} Colin Turkington | 30 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 310 | 4th | style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''1st''' |- | {{flagicon|GBR}} Warren Scott | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 22nd | 14th |- | {{flagicon|SWI}} Alain Menu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31st | 26th |-
!rowspan=4| 2016 |rowspan=4| Silverline Subaru BMR Racing |rowspan=4| Subaru Levorg GT | {{flagicon|GBR}} Jason Plato | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 256 | 7th | - |rowspan=4| 4th |- | {{flagicon|GBR}} Colin Turkington | 27 | 3 | 5 | 3 | - | 289 | 4th | - |- | {{flagicon|GBR}} James Cole | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 15 | 25th | - |- | {{flagicon|GBR}} Warren Scott | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 7 | 27th | - |-
!rowspan=4| 2017 |rowspan=4| Adrian Flux Subaru Racing |rowspan=4| Subaru Levorg GT | {{flagicon|GBR}} Jason Plato | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 146 | 12th | - |rowspan=4 style="background:#ffdf9f;"| '''3rd''' |- | {{flagicon|GBR}} Ashley Sutton | 30 | 1 | 6 | 4 | - | 372 | style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''1st''' | - |- | {{flagicon|GBR}} James Cole | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 79 | 16th | - |- | {{flagicon|GBR}} Josh Price | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 9 | 31st | - |-
!rowspan=3| 2018 |rowspan=3| Adrian Flux Subaru Racing |rowspan=3| Subaru Levorg GT | {{flagicon|GBR}} Jason Plato | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 26 | 27th | - | rowspan=3 | 10th |- | {{flagicon|GBR}} Ashley Sutton | 30 | 0 | 6 | 3 | - | 256 | 4th | - |- | {{flagicon|GBR}} Josh Price | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 35th | - |-
!rowspan=2| 2019 |rowspan=2| Adrian Flux Subaru Racing |rowspan=2| Subaru Levorg GT | {{flagicon|GBR}} Senna Proctor | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 49 | 20th | - | rowspan=2 | 8th |- | {{flagicon|GBR}} Ashley Sutton | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 233 | 8th | - |- |}
==Notes== {{notelist}}
==References== <references />
== External links == {{Official website|http://www.teambmr.co.uk/}}{{BTCC teams}}
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