Overview
- Sutton signed a five-year contract on Sunday, October 11, 2026, that keeps him with Alliance Racing / NAPA Racing UK through at least the end of the 2031 BTCC season.
- Autosport reports the agreement was finalised at the penultimate round at Silverstone after Sutton had already clinched the 2026 drivers’, teams’ and manufacturers’ crowns with one event to spare.
- Sutton’s 2026 campaign was dominant, producing nine wins, 12 further podiums and a 127-point championship margin, and he secured a record-breaking fifth BTCC drivers’ title during the season.
- Both Sutton and team principal Pete Osborne framed the extension around continuity, with Sutton saying the early contract gives him a platform for a strong winter development programme and Osborne praising his role in the team’s recent success.
- Sutton has raced for the Alliance-run NAPA programme since 2022, has 32 full-points race wins with the team, helped deliver multiple teams’ and manufacturers’ titles, and has said he plans to push on toward career win milestones such as Jason Plato’s total of 97 wins.