| Nationality | British |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Christopher Leonard Hodgetts |
| Birth date | 6 December 1950 (age 75) |
| Birth place | Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England |
| Last series | British Saloon / Touring Car Championship |
| Years active | 1980–1990 |
| Teams | Chris Hodgetts Motorsport MIL Motorsport Brooklyn Motorsport Team Toyota GB Demon Tweeks JQF Engineering Vauxhall Hawaiian Tropic |
| Starts | 101 |
| Wins | 3 (36 in class) |
| Poles | 3 (42 in class) |
| Fastest laps | 6 (31 in class) |
| Best finish | 1st |
| Year | 1986, 1987 |
| Titles | List of BTCC champions BSCC - Class B BSCC - Class C BTCC - Class D |
| Title years | 1986, 1987 1980, 1981 1985, 1986 1987 |
Christopher Leonard Hodgetts (born 6 December 1950 in Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire) is a British former racing driver. He began his racing career in 1979, driving in the Clubman Class A championship.[1]
BTCC career
Hodgetts debuted in the British Touring Car Championship in 1980. His first overall podium place came in 1981 when he came second. He was consistent in the top five after that, mostly driving for the works Toyota team. He came fourth in 1983, fifth in 1984, second in 1985, before winning the series in 1986 and 1987 at the wheel of a Group A Toyota Corolla AE86.[2] The 1988 season was not a success. The new Group A Toyota Supra needed a lot of development and only a handful of good results were gained.[3] His last race in the BTCC was in 1990. That season, he drove for the works Vauxhall team, helping to develop the new Vauxhall Cavalier. Towards the end of the year he switched to a Ford Sierra, before calling time on his BTCC career. During the 1989 season, Hodgetts was driving for Brooklyn in an iconic red Ford Sierra RS500.
After the BTCC
Besides racing in touring cars, Hodgetts also found success in sports car racing. He shared the BRDC C2 Championship with Tim Harvey in 1989 before retiring and won the TVR Tuscan Challenge in 1990.[4] The 1994 season saw Chris in the Rover Turbo Challenge.[5] He also drove in the World Sportscar Championship on occasion and had seven starts in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, representing team such as Mazdaspeed, Courage Compétition and Spice Engineering. He had a best finish of seventh place overall in the classic 24 hour race.[6] In 1995 he won the GT2 title in the British GT Championship, driving a Marcos LM600. He retired after 1998, when he drove a Lola in the ISRS.[7]
Hodgetts now works for Racing Team & Drivers as a driver instructor. His son Stefan raced in the BTCC in 2004.[8]
Racing record
Complete British Saloon / Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1980–1990 in class) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded ?–1989 in class)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | DC | Pts | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Hughes of Beaconsfield | Toyota Celica GT | B | MAL ovr:3† cls:3† | OUL ovr:1† cls:1† | THR ovr:14 cls:4 | SIL ovr:9 cls:1 | SIL ovr:7 cls:1 | BRH DSQ | MAL Ret | BRH | THR Ret | SIL ovr:14 cls:2 | 6th | 45 | 1st | |||
| 1981 | Hughes of Beaconsfield | Toyota Celica GT | B | MAL Ret† | SIL Ret | OUL ovr:1† cls:1† | THR ovr:11 cls:1 | BRH ovr:8† cls:4† | SIL ovr:12 cls:1 | SIL ovr:11 cls:1 | DON ovr:1† cls:1† | BRH ovr:8 cls:1 | THR ovr:? cls:4 | SIL ovr:7 cls:2 | 2nd | 74 | 1st | ||
| 1982 | Chris Hodgetts | Toyota Corolla GT | B | SIL | MAL | OUL | THR | THR | SIL | DON Ret | BRH Ret | DON | BRH | SIL | NC | 0 | NC | ||
| 1983 | Brooklyn Motorsport | Ford Escort RS1600i | C | SIL ovr:13 cls:7 | OUL ovr:14 cls:6 | THR ovr:13 cls:5 | BRH Ret | THR ovr:12 cls:4 | SIL ovr:7 cls:1 | DON Ret | SIL ovr:13 cls:3 | DON ovr:9 cls:2 | BRH ovr:11 cls:1 | SIL ovr:10 cls:1 | 3rd | 43 | 2nd | ||
| 1984 | Brooklyn Motorsport | Ford Escort RS1600i | C | DON ovr:10 cls:1 | SIL ovr:11 cls:2 | OUL ovr:11 cls:2 | THR Ret | THR Ret | SIL ovr:? cls:2 | SNE ovr:13 cls:3 | BRH ovr:11 cls:1 | BRH Ret | DON ovr:16 cls:4 | SIL Ret | 5th | 45 | 2nd | ||
| 1985 | Brooklyn Motorsport / ECS | Ford Escort RS1600i | C | SIL ovr:10 cls:2 | OUL ovr:9 cls:2 | THR ovr:9 cls:3 | DON ovr:10 cls:1 | THR ovr:7 cls:1 | SIL ovr:13 cls:3 | DON ovr:14 cls:1 | SIL ovr:13 cls:1 | SNE ovr:10 cls:1 | BRH ovr:8 cls:1 | BRH ovr:10 cls:1 | SIL DNS | 2nd | 77 | 1st | |
| 1986 | Team Toyota GB/Duckhams | Toyota Corolla GT | C | SIL ovr:9 cls:1 | THR ovr:4 cls:1 | SIL ovr:7 cls:1 | DON ovr:4 cls:1 | BRH ovr:12 cls:1 | SNE ovr:7 cls:1 | BRH ovr:5 cls:2 | DON ovr:7 cls:1 | SIL ovr:8 cls:1 | 1st | 85 | 1st | ||||
| 1987 | Chris Hodgetts Motor Sport | Toyota Corolla | D | SIL ovr:8 cls:1 | OUL ovr:8 cls:1 | THR ovr:5 cls:1 | THR ovr:11 cls:2 | SIL ovr:9 cls:1 | SIL ovr:12 cls:1 | BRH ovr:7 cls:1 | SNE ovr:7 cls:1 | DON ovr:9 cls:1 | OUL ovr:3/5‡ cls:1/2‡ | DON ovr:8 cls:1 | SIL | 1st | 84 | 1st | |
| 1988 | MIL Motorsport | Toyota Supra Turbo | A | SIL ovr:8 cls:4 | OUL Ret | THR | DON Ret | THR ovr:12 cls:10 | SIL Ret | SIL | BRH | 33rd | 7 | 13th | |||||
| Brooklyn Motorsport | Ford Sierra RS500 | BRH ovr:7 cls:7 | BIR C | DON ovr:3 cls:3 | SIL Ret | ||||||||||||||
| Demon Tweeks | BMW M3 | B | SNE Ret | NC | 0 | NC | |||||||||||||
| 1989 | Brooklyn Motorsport | Ford Sierra RS500 | A | OUL ovr:8 cls:7 | SIL ovr:6 cls:6 | THR Ret | DON DNQ | THR Ret | SIL ovr:7 cls:7 | SIL ovr:8 cls:8 | BRH | SNE | BRH | BIR ovr:4 cls:4 | DON ovr:11 cls:11 | 40th | 6 | 14th | |
| JQF Engineering | SIL ovr:5 cls:5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Vauxhall Motorsport | Vauxhall Cavalier | B | OUL | DON Ret‡ | THR | SIL | OUL ovr:15 cls:7 | SIL ovr:12 cls:5 | BRH Ret | SNE ovr:11 cls:6 | BRH | BIR ovr:8 cls:3 | DON | 16th | 46 | 9th | ||
| Hawaiian Tropic | Ford Sierra Sapphire | THR ovr:7 cls:3 | SIL ovr:13 cls:7 | ||||||||||||||||
Source:[9] | |||||||||||||||||||
† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.
‡ Endurance driver.
References
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- ^ "Car Spotlight>> 'CHMS' Ae86 BTCC Touring Car". September 2008.
- ^ "Chris Hodgetts - Toyota Supra Turbo - Silverstone BTCC - 5th June 1988". 5 June 1988.
- ^ "Chris Hodgetts". Archived from the original on 16 May 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ "1994 results". dlg.speedfreaks.org. Retrieved 2025-11-08.
- ^ "Chris Hodgetts". Archived from the original on 16 May 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ "Welcome to the new-look Toyota UK Magazine". Toyota. 19 September 2012. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ "News and Content for Media". 2 November 2023.
- ^ de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 23 May 2026.