Josh Cook will return to One Motorsport for the 2025 British Touring Car Championship season, rekindling a relationship which has yielded 16 of his 20 career victories.
Cook, 33, had to leave One Motorsport at the end of the 2023 season as the team elected to take a sabbatical from the series, instead moving over to Speedworks Motorsport to race a Toyota alongside his 2023 One Motorsport team-mate Aiden Moffat.
However, Cook will now return to One Motorsport for 2025, returning to the Brackley-based team where he found a home for five years from 2019 – 2023.
That five-year stint at the wheel of a Honda Civic Type-R saw Cook become a regular race winner, and although his best season was 2021, where he was third overall, the Bath racer was regularly a title contender until the final event of the year.
In 2022 and 2023 he was also the Independent Drivers’ champion, and he also picked up a total of 33 podium finishes from 2019 – 2023, including his 16 wins with the team.
“I’m thrilled to be returning to One Motorsport,” said Cook. “This is where I’ve spent a large proportion of my BTCC career so to be coming back to familiar faces and surroundings, as well as a car that I know very well is a really exciting prospect.
“The Civic Type R wasn’t on the grid last year, but the team have been busy chipping away on a number of key areas during the past 12 months.
“Along with the regulation changes that have been made, I think we can be optimistic of some great results over the course of the season.
“Executing the 2025 season is the immediate focus but this move back to the team is with the long-term view of laying down the foundations for 2026 and beyond. I want to be BTCC champion – simple as that.
“Going into the season I feel like I’m in the best shape I’ve ever been in – both physically and mentally.
“I know what I need to do, and I’ve got a fantastic team around me; all the ingredients are there and I’m confident this move is going to be the start of something special.”
Team Owner Steve Dudman is looking forward to seeing Cook return to the car with which he has had so much success.
“Josh is a class act and bringing him back into the One Motorsport fold was a key objective when we were setting the wheels in motion to return to the grid this year,” added Dudman.
“There’s no denying that he has been fast and competitive in whatever he has driven, so to now reacquaint him with a car that has been refined over the past year is hugely exciting for everyone involved.
“We’ve enjoyed a vast amount of success together and the aim is to go and chase even more, starting this season.
“Despite operating at such a high level, I believe Josh can get even better so I’m looking forward to seeing what he can achieve on his return.”
Cook’s team-mate will be revealed in the coming weeks.