2002 British Touring Car Championship

The 2002 Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship was the 45th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. Vauxhall's Jason Plato successfully defended his championship title with a round to spare over teammate Yvan Muller and Honda's Gabriele Tarquini.

Changes for 2002
2002 saw a few changes to the race format over 2001. Firstly - qualifying only set the grid for the first race of the weekend, with the second race's grid being set by the results of the opener. Secondly, the sprint race/feature race format was scrapped in favour of two sprint races on race day.

Malaysian manufacturer Proton made their debut in the series with a pair of Proton Impians for James Thompson and Andy Priaulx.

Peugeot opted to end their works programme after just one year owing to a lack of results as well as a refocusing of marketing towards their WRC driver Richard Burns. The Peugeot 406 Coupé they used in 2001 continued in the hands of Vic Lee Racing and HTML.

Championship results tables
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