Vauxhall Astra Coupé



The Vauxhall Astra Coupé is a BTC Touring car built by Triple 8 Race Engineering ahead of the 2001 British Touring Car Championship for the works Vauxhall team. The Astra Coupé is one of the most dominant cars in BTCC history - winning 20 out of 24 races in its debut season and taking a clean sweep of the Driver, Manufacturer and Team championships in the hands of Jason Plato, Yvan Muller and James Thompson. The car was also initially ran by a Triple Eight satellite team called egg:sport.

Eleven chassis were built between 2001 and 2004, with the majority continuing for many years in private hands in the BTCC and further afield in countries such as Sweden, Germany and Turkey.

In 2002 British Touring Car Championship|2002, two Astra Coupés were sold to Barwell Motorsport. In 2003, two were sold to GA Motorsport, one to Collard Racing and another to Opel Team Sweden.

Vauxhall Astra Coupé V2001-001

 * 2001 - BTCC - egg:sport - Tom Ferrier - All Rounds
 * 2002 - BTCC - egg:sport - Paul O'Neill - All Rounds
 * 2003 - BTCC - Collard Racing - Rob Collard - All Rounds

Vauxhall Astra Coupé V2001-002

 * 2001 - BTCC - Vauxhall Motorsport - James Thompson - All Rounds
 * 2002 - BTCC - Vauxhall Motorsport - Tom Ferrier - All Rounds
 * 2003 - STCC - Opel Team Sweden - Tommy Rustad - All Rounds

Vauxhall Astra Coupé V2001-003

 * 2001 - BTCC - Vauxhall Motorsport - Yvan Muller - All Rounds
 * 2002 - BTCC - Vauxhall Motorsport - Yvan Muller - All Rounds
 * 2003 - BTCC - GA Motorsport - Gavin Pyper

Vauxhall Astra Coupé V2001-004

 * 2001 - BTCC - Vauxhall Motorsport - Jason Plato - All Rounds
 * 2002 - BTCC - Vauxhall Motorsport - Jason Plato - All Rounds
 * 2003 - BTCC - GA Motorsport

Vauxhall Astra Coupé V2001-005

 * 2001 - BTCC - egg:sport - Vincent Radermecker - Rounds 5-7
 * 2001 - BTCC - egg:sport - Andy Priaulx - Round 8
 * 2002 - BTCC - egg:sport - Vincent Radermecker - All Rounds
 * 2003 - BTCC - VXRacing - Spare Car

Vauxhall Astra Coupé V2002-006

 * 2002 - BTCC - Barwell Motorsport - Tom Chilton - All Rounds
 * 2003 - BTCC - Team Dynamics

Vauxhall Astra Coupé V2002-007

 * 2002 - BTCC - Barwell Motorsport - Alan Morrison - All Rounds

Vauxhall Astra Coupé V2002-008

 * 2002 - BTCC - Triple Eight Race Engineering - Spare Car
 * 2003 - BTCC - VXRacing - Paul O'Neill - All Rounds

Vauxhall Astra Coupé V2003-009

 * 2003 - BTCC - VXRacing - Yvan Muller - All Rounds

Vauxhall Astra Coupé V2003-010

 * 2003 - BTCC - VXRacing - Jason Plato - All Rounds