Britain's Jamie Green will have massive support from the home crowd at the Brands Hatch round of the German Touring Car Championship. But can he pull off his first ever win?

Trackside's Keith Collantine spoke to Green and fellow Briton Susie Stoddart ahead of their home race.

Jamie Green is Britain's top driver in the spectacular German Touring Car Championship (DTM). He's already taken four pole positions and lies fourth in the championship, tied with former Formula One champion Mika Hakkinen.

But that breakthrough victory still eludes him. What would he give to break that victory duck at home?

I spoke to Green at Brands Hatch last week and if he was feeling the pressure to perform at home, it certainly wasn't showing. He said: "It would be fantastic to win my home event, especially as it's my first race in Britain since 2003!"

"It's going to be a great show for the spectators. The DTM cars are terrific. They're not really road cars at all - You've got carbon fibre brakes like in an F1 car, slick tyres and loads of grip."

Although they look like ordinary saloons the DTM machines have massive 4.0-litre V8 engines boasting 470 bhp. The sight of 20 of them thundering into Paddock Hill bend is not to be missed.

But Green is not the only British star in the DTM. If you're going, look out for the Mercedes C-Class with bright pink mirrors - that's Susie Stoddart.

The Scotswoman is racing a slower, two year-old car in her first season of DTM. But she is making a name for herself as the quickest and most consistent of the new drivers.

Stoddart bubbles with enthusiasm but is deadly serious about her racing: "My aim is always to be the top rookie. Anything can happen in these races - my job is to get everything right and be in the place where I can pick up a great result."

"It's a shame because the '04 car is actually quite strong on long straights - but there aren't any on this track!"

Circuit owner Jonathan Palmer is expecting the larger crowd for a car race at Brands Hatch this year - even bigger than the World Touring Car race in May.

 1996 F1 champion and British Racing Drivers' Club President Damon Hill gave the DTM his seal of approval after testing one of the cars on Friday.

At the press conference Hill told us, "It's fast - that's for sure! They're a bit sneaky, really, they look like saloon cars on the outside but it's a proper racing car underneath."

"It's great that it's coming to Brands Hatch and the UK - and that we've got British drivers racing at the sharp end."

Racing round-up

DTM

British DTM stars Jamie Green and Susie Stoddart will be meeting fans in London this Friday 30th June. The pair will be joined by seven-times Le Mans 24 Hours winner Tom Kritsensen and DTM rival Vanina Ickx at Alex Reade Motorsport, Regent Street, from 4pm.

Formula One

Fernando Alonso took his fourth consecutive victory in an action-packed Canadian Grand Prix. Kimi Raikkonen lost second place to Michael Schumacher in the dying stages.

Jacques Villeneuve's crash caused a late safety car period and many drivers struggled for grip as the circuit became covered in waste tyre rubber. David Coulthard capitalised brilliantly, passing Christian Klien and Jenson Button to score a point having started last.

Champ Car World Series

Championship leader Sebastian Bourdais had a lucky escape from a horror crash on lap one of the Cleveland round. Paul Tracy's car rode up on top of Bourdais after being squeezed by Bruno Junqueira.

AJ Allmendinger scored a second consecutive win but Britain's Justin Wilson was out of luck when a mechanical failure ended his race. Fellow Briton Dan Clarke was third at the start of the last lap but clashed with Mario Dominguez and finished seventh, one place ahead of Katherine Legge.

Indy Racing League

Briton Dario Franchitti was a frustrated third at Richmond having pushed eventual victor Sam Hornish for the lead. Franchitti claimed that lapped cars had spoiled his race. Dan Wheldon was ninth but closed on championship leader Helio Castroneves, who finished tenth.