2 October 2005 - Pickford ends season on a high
James Pickford ended the 2005 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch on a high by coming 2nd in the final race of the season. He would have taken a win had it not been for a coming together with Rob Collard on lap 13.

18 September 2005 - Pickford top of the pops at Silverstone
James Pickford, 26, out qualified both his team mates to deliver his best BTCC performance to date at Silverstone Circuit this weekend...

28 August 2005 - Bruising weekend for Pickford
James Pickford, Macclesfield, paid the toll to cross the Forth Road Bridge and then ended up on his head, in the gravel and at the side of the track as he fought to win rounds 22/23/24

7 August 2005 - Pickford on the podium!
James Pickford was the star of the SEAT Sport UK team at the BTCC race weekend at Snetterton. Fast in all sessions, he drove a brilliant third and final race to hold off much more experienced drivers to finish 2nd – his first BTCC podium finish of his career...

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July 2005 - Rough tactics ruin Mondello for Pickford
A ferocious Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship race day at Mondello Park left all three Toledo Cupras bruised and battered at the end of the weekend...

17 July 2005 - Pickford closes in on a Podium
As the 2005 season reached its half way mark, James Pickford was one lap away froma third place finish before being pipped to the post by his team mate, Jason Plato...

20 June 2005 - Pickford shows his race pace

James Pickford brought a six-grid slot penalty with him to Oulton Park after his coming together with Gavin
Smith at Brands Hatch...

5 June 2005 - Pickford hits the front...briefly, at Brands Hatch

James Pickford set the fastest lap in the opening race of the day and led a round of the BTCC for the
first time in Round 9...


1 May 2005 - Pickford finds his feet

James was the SEAT star of Round 5 when he powered his way to 4th place after starting
from 7th on the grid and also recorded the fastest lap of all the manufacturer-entered cars in the
race...

30 April 2005 - Pickford struggles with set up at Thruxton

After a few niggling problems with set-up throughout the day, James
Pickford was happy with the pace he was able to find on new tyres and will start the first race
tomorrow in 9th ahead of Luke Hines in 10th...

10 April - 2005
BTCC Opening Rounds
James Pickford's BTCC debut in Round 1 turned out to be quite a lonely race for the 2004 SEAT Cupra Champion as he lost his engine on the grid after breaking hard to avoid his team mate...

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