Three-time champion Gordon Shedden will return to the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship grid in 2025 following confirmation that he’ll line-up with TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK this year.
One of the most successful drivers during the BTCC’s modern era, Shedden was previously crowned champion in 2012, 2015 and 2016. The Scotsman has finished in the overall standings top-three eight times in all and, with 52 victories to his name, he sits fifth on the all-time winners list.
Shedden returns to the grid full-time having most recently raced in the series in 2022 to pilot a Toyota Corolla GR Sport, prepared and run by the Cheshire-based Speedworks Motorsport outfit. Shedden joins the previously announced Árón Taylor-Smith and Ronan Pearson as part of the Toyota line-up with one seat still to be filled.
Christian Dick, Team Principal, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK, said: “We’re thrilled to be bringing Gordon back to the BTCC. He is inarguably one of the very best drivers ever to have competed in the championship, and his achievements bear testament to his tremendous talent and tenacity behind the wheel. His comeback in 2021 and 2022 proved that he has lost none of his speed or spark, and it’s clear that his motivation and thirst for success still burn very brightly indeed.”
Shedden said: “It’s pretty well-known that I didn’t want to leave the BTCC two years ago; the team I was due to race with pulled out of the championship on the eve of the season, which was a body blow and completely beyond my control. Since then, my desire to race has never gone away, but I don’t do this just to be on the grid, and I was quite clear that I wouldn’t come back unless it was with a programme that I believed in. That is what I am confident I have found here with Speedworks Motorsport and TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK.”
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