2002 BTCC season
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The 2002 Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship season was the 45th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. Image File history File links Btcc_logo. ... The British Touring Car Championship is a series of races for saloon cars which is held each year in the United Kingdom. ... The 2001 theAA.com British Touring Car Championship season was the 44th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season and marked the beginning of a new era of lower-cost rules and regulations for the series. ... The 2003 Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship season was the 46th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. ... The current BTCC logo The British Touring Car Championship is a series of races for saloon cars which is held each year in the United Kingdom and Ireland. ...

Changes for 2002

• Number of race weekends reduced from 13 to 10

Teams and Drivers

M = Manufacturer Team
I = Independent Team
P = Production Class Team

Touring Class
No.	Driver	Cl.	Team	Car	Notes
0	Matt Neal	M	egg:sport	Vauxhall Astra Coupé
2	Yvan Muller	M	Vauxhall Motorsport	Vauxhall Astra Coupé
3	James Thompson	M	Vauxhall Motorsport	Vauxhall Astra Coupé
5	Dan Eaves	I	Team Halfords	Peugeot 406 Coupé
8	Tim Harvey	I	Team Halfords	Peugeot 406 Coupé
11	Anthony Reid	M	MG Sport & Racing	MG ZS
12	Warren Hughes	M	MG Sport & Racing	MG ZS
15	David Leslie	M	Petronas Syntium Proton	Proton Impian
17	Tom Chilton	I	Barwell Motorsport	Vauxhall Astra Coupé
20	Phil Bennett	M	Petronas Syntium Proton	Proton Impian
21	Gareth Howell	I	Team Atomic Kitten	MG ZS
22	Colin Turkington	I	Team Atomic Kitten	MG ZS
23	Carl Breeze	I	Team Halfords	Peugeot 406 Coupé	Rounds 7-20
27	Alan Morrison	M	Honda Racing	Honda Civic Type-R
28	Andy Priaulx	M	Honda Racing	Honda Civic Type-R
29	Paul O'Neill	M	egg:sport	Vauxhall Astra Coupé
111	Aaron Slight	I	Barwell Motorsport	Vauxhall Astra Coupé
Production Class
51	Rob Collard	P	Collard Racing	Renault Clio	Rounds 1-2, 5-8, 11-12
52	James Kaye	P	Synchro Motorsport	Honda Civic Type-R
53	Dave Allan	P	Synchro Motorsport	Honda Civic Type-R	Rounds 5-20
55	Graham Saunders	P	Gary Ayles Motorsport Ltd	Alfa Romeo 156	Rounds 1-2, 5-20
56	Alan Blencowe	P	Gary Ayles Motorsport Ltd	Alfa Romeo 156
57	Gavin Pyper	P	Gary Ayles Motorsport Ltd	Alfa Romeo 156	Rounds 3-6, 9-20
58	Kelvin Burt	P	Gary Ayles Motorsport Ltd	Alfa Romeo 156	Rounds 7-8. Not eligible for points
59	Annie Templeton	P	Tech-Speed Motorsport Racing with Freightmaster	Peugeot 306
60	Mark Fullalove	P	Tech-Speed Motorsport	Peugeot 306
62	Spencer Marsh	P	Beacon Motorsport	Honda Accord
63	Mark Thomas	P	Beacon Motorsport with Anadin Ultra	Honda Accord
77	Tom Boardman	P	Edenbridge Racing	BMW 320i	Rounds 1-2, 5-20
78	Norman Simon	P	Edenbridge Racing	BMW 320i
81	Steve Wood	P	TH Motorsport	Mitsubishi Carisma	Rounds 3-8, 19-20
88	John Batchelor	P	Team B&Q Jet York City	Honda Accord	Rounds 3-4
89	Peter Cate	P	Team B&Q Jet York City	Honda Accord	Rounds 5-10
79	Hyla Breese	P	Team B&Q Jet York City	Honda Accord	Rounds 11-20
99	Jim Edwards Jr	P	Team B&Q Jet York City	Honda Accord

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