saw a rain soaked circuit which would play to the strengths of the Honda Teams and as such race one was won by Neal after passing initial leader Onslow-Cole who managed to finish third. Jordan was Neal's closest competition finishing half a second behind, however this was not enough point to remain in the overall drivers title chase. Elsewhere, championship leader Shedden held on to his lead, finishing fifth, with Plato struggling in the wet conditions down in eighth. A close fought race two, which included two safety car periods, saw the debut win for Árón Smith in his Redstone Racing Ford Focus ST and the last competitive win for a Super 2000 chassis in the BTCC. Gordon Shedden improved on his first race result to finish second which was enough to crown him the Drivers' Champion, after rivals Neal and Plato finished third and fifth respectively. The race also saw the crowning of the Independents Drivers' Champion, after Rob Collard spun and crashed his eBay Motors BMW out of the race on the first lap, handing the title to Jordan. The final race of the day and of the season saw a début win for Frank Wrathall and the NGTC Toyota Avensis. 2011 champion Matt Neal secured runner-up spot in this year's championship by finishing second ahead of champion Shedden in third and Plato in eight. Fourth place for Jordan was also enough to secure Pirtek Racing their first Independent Teams' Championship ahead of eBay Motors. Teams and drivers All teams have elected to use the Next Generation Touring Car 2.0-litre turbocharged direct injection engine. Driver changes Changed teams Dave Newsham moved from Special Tuning Racing to drive for Team ES Racing. After debuting for Triple 8 Race Engineering during 2011, both Árón Smith and Ollie Jackson contested full seasons in 2012. Jackson joined the AmD Tuning.com team, and Smith joined Motorbase Performance. Andy Neate and Jason Plato joined MG KX Momentum Racing, having left Team Aon and Silverline Chevrolet respectively. Tom Onslow-Cole moved from Team Aon to eBay Motors. Having started the year as a pundit for ITV Sport, Paul O'Neill contested two rounds with Speedworks Motorsport at Croft and Knockhill. With Robb Holland racing the Honda Civic for Team HARD. at Snetterton, Tony Gilham drove the second Vauxhall Insignia for Thorney Motorsport. He later drove for Thorney Motorsport as a last minute replacement for Chris Stockton at