Ashley Sutton | |
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![]() Sutton in 2017. | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, UK | 15 January 1994
British Touring Car Championship career | |
Debut season | 2016 |
Current team | NAPA Racing UK |
Car number | 116 |
Former teams | MG Racing RCIB Insurance Adrian Flux Subaru Racing Laser Tools Racing |
Starts | 258 |
Wins | 40 |
Poles | 13 |
Fastest laps | 44 |
Best finish | 1st in 2017, 2020, 2021, 2023 |
Finished last season | 2nd |
Previous series | |
2015 2014 2010 2000-09 | Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom British Formula Ford Championship 750MC Formula Vee Karting |
Championship titles | |
2017, 2020-21, 23 2016 2015 | British Touring Car Championship Jack Sears Trophy Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom |
Awards | |
2023 2021 | Goodyear Wingfoot Award Autosport National Driver of the Year |
Ashley John Sutton (born 15 January 1994) is a British racing driver, and four time British Touring Car Champion, who currently competes in the British Touring Car Championship with NAPA Racing UK.
After winning the Renault Clio Cup UK in 2015, Sutton moved up to the British Touring Car Championship for the 2016 season with MG Racing RCIB Insurance. He won one race in his début season, before moving to Adrian Flux Subaru Racing for the 2017 season. Sutton failed to score a point in the opening meeting, but won six races thereafter to win the championship, the youngest champion since 1966. He moved to Laser Tools Racing in 2020, and would win the championship back to back in 2020 and 2021. He moved to NAPA Racing UK for the 2022 season and won the championship for a fourth time in 2023. He also scored 12 Wins in 2023, equalling Alain Menu's 1997 record. He was also the first driver since Menu in 2000 to win the BTCC title in a Ford.