Patterson will undertake his third BTCC campaign at the wheel of the 2023-build Cupra raced by Bobby Thompson and Michael Crees at Hard that season, and by Chris Smiley at Restart Racing in 2024.

Restart joined the BTCC in 2024 with two Cupra Leons acquired from the dissolved Team Hard and has now entered “a multi-year collaboration” with Hyundai team Excelr8 Motorsport, whose i30 N ...