Triple Eight Race Engineering

Triple Eight Race Engineering is a British racing team based in Oxfordshire best known for their appearances in the British Touring Car Championship. The team was founded in 1996 by former Formula One driver Derek Warwick, Roland Dane and Ian Harrison. The team ran and built the works Vauxhall entries between 1997 and 2009 as well as producing vehicles for independent and semi-works teams outside of the UK.

2001
In 2001, Triple 8 ran the works Vauxhall team along with a satellite effort sponsored by the egg credit card company known as egg:sport. The three works cars were piloted by Yvan Muller, Jason Plato and James Thompson. The egg:sport team was led by rookie Tom Ferrier initially although a second car arrived mid-season for Belgian driver Vincent Radermecker. Radermecker suffered a slight injury at Knockhill which saw Guerseyman Andy Priaulx take the seat for the Snetterton round. The Vauxhall Astra Coupé was the dominant vehicle of the year - winning 20 out of 24 races in its debut season - taking a clean sweep of the top three positions in the Driver's championship as well as the Team's and Manufacturer's championships. Plato, Muller and Thompson were close rivals all season - with Plato edging Muller by three points at the end of the season. Thompson was sadly removed from the works Vauxhall team at the end of 2001 after a number of high-profile accidents with his teammates made his position untenable.

2002
The 2002 season saw Plato and Muller return for the works Vauxhall team - while Ferrier moved into the seat vacated by Thompson. The egg:sport effort continued for a sophomore season with drives for Vincent Radermecker and promising young driver Paul O'Neill.

Palmarés

 * 2001 British Touring Car Championship Drivers Championship: 1st Place - Jason Plato
 * 2001 British Touring Car Championship Drivers Championship: 2nd Place - Yvan Muller
 * 2001 British Touring Car Championship Drivers Championship: 3rd Place - James Thompson
 * 2001 British Touring Car Championship Manufacturers Championship: 1st Place - Vauxhall
 * 2001 British Touring Car Championship Teams Championship: 1st Place - Vauxhall Motorsport
 * 2001 British Touring Car Championship Teams Championship: 3rd Place - egg:sport