33 Facts About Colin Turkington

Colin Henry Turkington was born on 21 March 1982 and is a British racing driver from Northern Ireland who competed in the British Touring Car Championship most recently for Team BMW.

Colin Turkington is a 4 time BTCC champion, winning the title in 2009,2014,2018 and 2019, having made his debut in the series in 2002.

Colin Turkington competed in autograss in 1996 and 1997, before moving on to the Northern Irish Metro Championship in 1998, where he won his first title.

Colin Turkington moved on to the Ford Credit Fiesta Zetec Championship in Britain in 1999, winning the title in 2001.

For 2003, Colin Turkington moved to the manufacturer-backed West Surrey Racing, winning his first race at Brands Hatch and finishing 8th in the Drivers' Championship.

Colin Turkington finished 6th in the Drivers' Championship again, a performance which was not enough for him to retain the seat for the following season.

For 2006, Colin Turkington rejoined WSR to drive an RAC-backed MG ZS alongside Rob Collard.

Colin Turkington finished 3rd in the 2006 Drivers' Championship, with two wins and 14 podium finishes.

Colin Turkington went on to win his first Independent Drivers' title, finishing 5th in the overall Drivers' Championship, with three wins.

Colin Turkington competed with WSR in the Brands Hatch and Macau rounds of the World Touring Car Championship in 2007.

At Brands Hatch, he finished 3rd in the first race on and then finished 4th in the second race, but as his car was not homologated because of its sequential gearbox, Colin Turkington did not collect championship points.

Colin Turkington won four races on his way to 5th in the Drivers' Championship, while retaining his Independent Drivers' crown.

Colin Turkington finished every race that season in the top 10.

In 2009, Colin Turkington took the championship lead at the mid-season point, and went on to win the BTCC title in a thrilling finale, after winning six races.

Colin Turkington finished consistently, with an unbroken run of eighteen point-scoring finishes, from Croft onwards, failing to finish in just one race.

In 2013, Colin Turkington returned to the BTCC with WSR.

Colin Turkington drove one of their three new BMW 125is.

Colin Turkington finished 5th in the 2013 Drivers' Championship after taking five race wins.

Colin Turkington stayed with the team for the 2014 season, taking eight race wins and eventually winning his second BTCC Drivers' title.

Colin Turkington took a further 4 wins before the season ended and finished 4th in the drivers championship standings.

Colin Turkington joined Andrew Jordan and Rob Collard in a trio of BMW 125i M Sports - the car was a development from when Turkington won the 2014 championship.

Colin Turkington collided with Matt Neal off the startline at the season opener at Brands Hatch, but salvaged a 9th-place finish in Race 2 from the back of the grid after a last-gasp move on Michael Epps.

Colin Turkington finished second in Race 3 behind teammate Andrew Jordan.

Colin Turkington went into the final round battling for the championship with Ashley Sutton, his replacement at Team BMR.

In early 2025, Colin Turkington confirmed his absence from the grid for the following season.

In 2010, Colin Turkington competed in three rounds of the 2010 World Touring Car Championship series driving a BMW for WSR at Algarve, Brands Hatch and Brno.

On 1 August 2010, the WTCC altered their regulations which effectively stopped Colin Turkington being classed as an Independent.

In July 2011, Colin Turkington competed in three more WTCC rounds for Wiechers-Sport.

On 26 October 2012, Colin Turkington announced that he would again be racing in the WTCC at China for the WSR-run Team Aviva-Cofco.

For 2011, Colin Turkington drove a BMW 320si in the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship for Flash Engineering, as teammate of Jan Nilsson.

Colin Turkington scored five podium finishes in 18 races but no wins, and finished 5th in the Drivers' Championship.

Colin Turkington was elected to the MSA's Race Elite Scheme in April 2007, along with five other drivers in various British series.

Colin Turkington has done TV work, presenting a BBC Northern Ireland report on environmental damage in 2002.