Tom Ovenden cooks up Excelr8 Hyundai seat for 2027 in the BTCC Two-time Mini Challenge champion Tom Ovenden is to step up to the British Touring Car Championship for 2027 with Excelr8 Motorsport.
The 22-year-old remains within the same organisation with which he claimed the BTCC-supporting Mini crown in 2025 and 2026, and where he took the role of reserve and development driver for the BTCC operation’s Hyundai i30 N Fastbacks this season.
Ovenden will take the second of the coveted seats backed by Excelr8’s BTCC title sponsor Vertu. This was vacated when veteran Tom Chilton made the decision to hang up his helmet from professional racing, and…
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