Restart Racing are not new to touring car racing. They won a championship as recent as 2022 with current driver Chris Smiley. The new BTCC outfit bring a two-car team to the 2024 grid of which recent winning is welcome to the 'quality not quantity' view of championship CEO Alan Gow.

Driving alongside already-mentioned Chris Smiley, a BTCC winner returning to the series, is a young driver in Scott Sumpton. Sumpton, 19, already has two years of touring car racing under his belt but this will be the first in the Cupra Leon. This is the same situation for Chris Smiley who has had his previous win in the BTCC, and his touring car championship win in a Honda Civic. Exciting times for one of the BTCC's newest teams entering into their first season of BTCC action.