BTCC The Contenders: Aiden Moffat

After a decent 2024 which saw him score a win in the opening weekend and him round out the season ahead of Toyota teammate Andrew Watson, here is how Moffat’s career has shaped up until this point.

Moffat in his early years had a three-year karting stint before transitioning to Junior Banger Racing in 2010. He would earn a lot of acclaim and a good reputation during that stint to where he moved to the Ford Fiesta Junior Championship as well as the Scottish Ford Fiesta Championship. In the latter series he would almost win the title, despite having taken nine wins across his 10 starts in the series. He would earn himself a solid reputation before making his debut in the BTCC in 2013. At the time he would be the youngest driver to ever compete in the BTCC debuting in Knockhill competing for the Jack Sears Trophy for the S2000 cars.

Moffat would score overall on two occasions across the eight races he contested with a 14th in Silverstone and a 15th at the penultimate race of the season at Brands Hatch. He would move to Laser Tools Racing for 2014 driving the Chevrolet Cruze in which he would compete in all throughout the season. While the car was not anywhere close to the top end of the field, Moffat still put in decent performances all year score back-to-back points finishes in the Brands Hatch finale once more. However, in the Independents class, Moffat would do well particularly in the last part of the season where he scored points in all of the final 6 races.

He would stay with Laser Tools Racing for 2015, but the team would make the switch to the Mercedes-Benz A-Class which would see a slow but noticeable turn in speed over the proceeding years. Starting the year where he left off with back-to-back points finishes in the opening two races before taking his best finish yet of 5th at the third race in Donighton Park it would also be his first taste of victory in the BTCC as he would take the Independents Trophy win that same race.  After a couple more solid points finishes over the next few race weekends, he would get his first ever overall podium as he finished third at Knockhill. He would continue to score points throughout the rest of the year finishing the year 17th overall with 77 points to his name. In the Independents class she would finish 9th place by seasons end having just popped Dave Newsham at the final race.

2016 would prove to be an even better year for Moffat. After a solid first two race weekends of the season claiming points in 5 out of the 6 races, he would have to wait until round 17 to score his next points with an 11th at Snetterton. But from that point on he would finish in the points in every race until the end of the season. He would bag a second place at the final race of the season making it now two overall podiums. He would finish the year in 14th in the overall standings but would have a lot of success in the Independents class. He would take 7 Independent class podiums in which two of them were class wins which would land him 5th in the Independents standings just ahead of Rob Austin.

Despite a rocky start at Brands Hatch the following year. Moffat would bounce back in a bug way with him taking his first race win of his career in the 4th race of the season. This would give him a lot of confidence as he would score points in the following eight races as well. This would not be his only win of the season either as he would take a second win at the first race at the Brands Hatch finale, a circuit and weekend that has seen a lot of success for him in the early stages of his BTCC career. He would finish the season 13th in the standings and was heading into 2018 with a lot of momentum. Moffat would take his most podiums in a season this year with him taking two podiums on the same weekend at Donighton Park before taking his third win of his career. He would end the season 16th in the overall standings and 8th in the Independents Championship.

His sixth season with Laser Tools Racing would be one of his more difficult seasons since joining the squad as despite kicking of the year with a 4th place, he would spend the rest of the year finding it difficult to get into the upper end of the points having not scored higher than 9th between that first race and the mid-point of the season. But the team would make a sudden change of cars at this stage swapping out their long time run A-Class for an Infiniti Q50. Initial struggles with the car was going to be a problem to adjust to, especially with everyone else already used to the cars they were running but points finishes in all three of the Knockhill rounds were a good sign. Moffat would take his first and only podium of the year at the following round at Silverstone taking home second place. He would finish the year with another points finish in all three of the Brands Hatch races in the final weekend of the year moving him to 18th in the standings.

2020 would be a step forward for Moffat and the Infiniti, slowly taking more and more regular points finishes. While not claiming a podium in the season, Moffat’s average finish would be higher and would earn 16 more points than he did the season prior despite the pandemic meaning that the series had one less race weekend to contest with.

The following year would be more of a return to form from a couple of seasons ago as the team starts to be able to maximise more out of the Q50. He would take his first podium of the year at Brands Hatch for round 10. After a solid weekend at Oulton Park and Knockhill claiming points in every race he would take an excellent weekend at Croft. Moffat would take his first pole of the year in which he would use to hold onto the race win for the opening race at Croft before following it up with a second in the second race. Finishing the weekend in 6th place across the three races he would score the most points and would show that the Infiniti does have pace. He would round out the season with one more podium finish and alongside his consistency, Moffat would take home 8th in the overall standings, his best since joining the BTCC grid. Moffat would also finish the season 4th in the Independent Drivers’ standings driving alongside Ash Sutton and Carl Boardley as the three of them brought the team to both sets of Teams Championships.

2022 would be another difficult year for Moffat in the overall standings as the team were unable to maximise off of the success of last season. While he did claim a podium at Oulton Park, he would struggle to match what he done last season with a number of drivers switching to manufacturer entries which seemed to hamper Moffat’s progress. He finished the year solidly with the Brands Hatch finale, a weekend where Moffat always seems comfortable were he scored points in all three of those races. Rounding out the year 18th in the standings. While overall it was a difficult year, the Independents championship would be much better for Moffat. He would take points in all of the first 14 races including three wins in a row in the after two podiums in the class as well. The only driver that year to take 3 class wins in a row. After taking 3 class podiums at Knockhill he would round out the season with one more podium in class at the Brands Hatch finale finishing the season 6th in the standings just behind Jason Plato.

2023 would see Moffat make a move to a different team for the first time since 2014 as he would move to One Motorsport for the year. Having a pretty similar season overall compared to the last year, claiming points fairly consistently and picking up a podium at Thruxton he would finish the year 16th in the standings with 87 points. In the Independent standings he would claim another 6th place by seasons end but would only claim two class wins and 6 podiums by seasons end. He would finish only 4 points off Mikey Doble but having an extra couple of retirements certainly hurt him.

Last season would see a second team change in two years as One Motorsport took a year out of the BTCC. He would join LKQ Euro Car Parts driving the Toyota, meaning he would move out of the Independents class for the first time in his career. Moffat would start of the year solidly taking a 9th and 8th in the first two races at Donighton Park before taking his 4th win of his career at the final race of the day managing to fend off champions and former teammates as well as overtake former champions as well. Moffat would take a second podium for the year with a second at Snetterton just behind teammate Rob Huff and just ahead of his other teammate Josh Cook. Moffat would continue to score points consistently all year to finish 13th in the standings 18 points clear of teammate Andrew Watson.

Heading into 2025, Moffat stays with LKQ Euro Car Parts but the team switches to BMW for the campaign ahead as they aim to go for the title with newcomer Charles Rainford alongside him. Moffat, as the most experienced driver in the BTCC under the BMW umbrella, will be looking to stay with reigning champion Jake Hill the whole season and going for the title himself but he will need to adapt to that rear wheel driver quickly.