The British Touring Car Championship launched its milestone 60th anniversary season at Donington Park.
Series organisers TOCA has confirmed a capacity 32 car grid which features arguably its strongest line-up that includes 17 race winners.
This season sees four manufacturer backed teams in Subaru, BMW, Honda and Vauxhall set to do battle with a host of independent operations.
Reigning champion Ash Sutton, who tested a Walkinshaw Andretti United Commodore earlier this month, returns to defend his crown for Team BMR (Subaru).
Honda will debut the new shape Civic for Matt Neal and new signing Dan Cammish, with the model among a range of fresh variants to join the series.
Alfa Romeo will be represented on the grid for the first time since 2007, following the creation of a Giulietta NGTC car, to be run by Handy Motorsport.
Meanwhile, Motorbase Performance will run the new Ford Focus RS for Sam Tordoff, Tom Chilton and James Cole.
The grid will also be populated by models from Mercedes, MG, Volkswagen, Audi and Toyota.
To mark its 60th anniversary, the championship, which began in 1958, will host an extended showpiece 60 mile (96 km) race at Snetterton in July, featuring double points and no success ballast.
The 30-race championship will begin at Brands Hatch Indy from April 7-8.
Entry list: 2018 British Touring Car Championship
| No. | Driver | Team/Sponsor | Car |
| 1 | Ash Sutton | Team BMR | Subaru Levorg GT |
| 2 | Colin Turkington | West Surrey Racing | BMW 125i M-Sport |
| 3 | Tom Chilton | Motorbase Performance | Ford Focus RS |
| 5 | Rob Collard | Team BMW | BMW 125i M Sport |
| 6 | Rory Butcher | AmD Tuning.com | MG6 GT |
| 11 | Rob Austin | HMS Racing | Alfa Giullietta |
| 12 | Tom Boardman | AmD Tuning.com | MG6 GT |
| 14 | James Nash | BTC Racing | Honda Civic Type-R |
| 15 | Tom Oliphant | Ciceley Racing | Mercedes A-Class |
| 16 | Aiden Moffat | Laser Tools Racing | Mercedes A-Class |
| 18 | Senna Proctor | Power Maxed Racing | Vauxhall Astra |
| 19 | Bobby Thompson | Team Hard | Volkswagen CC |
| 20 | James Cole | Motorbase Performance | Ford Focus RS |
| 21 | Mike Bushell | Team HARD | Volkswagen CC |
| 22 | Chris Smiley | BTC Norlin Racing | Honda Civic Type R |
| 23 | Sam Smelt | AmD Tuning.com | Audi S3 |
| 24 | Jake Hill | Team Hard | Volkswagen CC |
| 25 | Matt Neal | Team Dynamics | Honda Civic Type-R |
| 27 | Dan Cammish | Team Dynamics | Honda Civic Type-R |
| 28 | Josh Price | Subaru Team BMR | Subaru Levorg GT |
| 31 | Jack Goff | Eurotech Racing | Honda Civic Type-R |
| 33 | Adam Morgan | Ciceley Racing | Mercedes-Benz A-Class |
| 39 | Brett Smith | Eurotech Racing | Honda Civic Type-R |
| 44 | Michael Caine | Team Hard | Volkswagen CC |
| 48 | Ollie Jackson | AmD Tuning.com | Audi S3 |
| 60 | Stephen Jelley | Team Parker Racing | BMW 125i M-Sport |
| 66 | Josh Cook | Power Maxed Racing | Vauxhall Astra |
| 77 | Andrew Jordan | Team BMW | BMW 125i M Sport |
| 80 | Tom Ingram | Speedworks Motorsport | Toyota Avensis |
| 99 | Jason Plato | Subaru Team BMR | Subaru Levorg GT |
| 303 | Matt Simpson | Simpson Motorsport | Honda Civic |
| 600 | Sam Tordoff | Motorbase Performance | Ford Focus RS |
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