The iconic BMW 3 Series will return to British Touring Car Champio🌺nship after West Surrey Racing announce they will run three ex♐amples of the new 330i M Sport for the 2019 season.

The reigning BTCC champions will defend their 2018 drivers', teams' and manufacturers' crown with the new seventh generation 3 Series, driven by defending champ💯ion Colin ൲Turkington, Tom Oliphant and Andrew Jordan.

WSR began its partnership with BMW with the fifth generatio🐓n 3 Series back in 2007, a car that 🌊guided Turkington to the first of his BTCC drivers' titles during the 2009 season.

Including Turkington's triumph in 2009, the 3 Series won five BTCC crowns between 1988 and 2009, gaining legendary status as one of the most successful cꦕar💜s in motor sport history.

The new 3 Series will replace the hugely successful BMW 12ꩵ5i M Sꦏport, which WSR ran for the past seven seasons.

“We are really pleased 🌜to be bringing the BMW 3 Series back to the BTCC. We achieved a great deal of success with the fifth-generation model between 2007 and 2012, so we are hugely excited to see what the latest version is capable of," said WSR t♕eam boss Dick Bennetts.

"A lot of hard work and countless hours lie ahead, but we are all confident of turning this car into a winner and hopefully r♌einstating it in its rightful place – at the front of the field in Britain’s premier motorsport series.”

The new car is expected to make its💖 first public appearanc𒉰e at Brands Hatch on March 27th for the BTCC season launch.