The 1998 Auto Trader RAC British Touring Car Championship featured 26 races across 13 rounds, it commenced at Thruxton on 13 April and ended at Silverstone on 20 September.
Rickard Rydell won the driver's championship in a Volvo S40.
Volvo placed second in the Manufacturers Championship with its S40s
Nigel Mansell
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Nigel Ernest James Mansell is a British former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1980 to 1995. Mansell won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1992 with Williams, and won 31 Gr
1998 British Touring Car Championship
…Triple Eight developed the aero themselves for 1998. One of the biggest stories going into the season was that Ford had signed 1992 Formula One champion Nigel Mansell to compete in three rounds of the championship. For all other rounds New Zealander Craig Baird, a former works BMW driver in Australia, South Africa…
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