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Oulton Park's round of the British Touring Car Championship will switch from the Island layout to the International circuit for 2014.

The 2.226-mile Island configuration has become the standard venue for the BTCC's visit to Cheshire over the last decade, but the 2.69 International track will be used next season.

Instead of turning right at the Island hairpin the cars will head on towards the high-speed left at Island Bend before the banked right hairpin at Shell Oils Corner.

They will then head to Britten's chicane, which brings the cars back onto the normal circuit on the approach to Hill Top.

Series boss Alan Gow said: "This will bring in a bit of a difference for next year.

"At various times we have used all three of the Oulton layouts, so it's probably about time we changed again."

The Oulton BTCC meeting, which attracted 40,000 spectators this year, will be the fourth round of the championship and takes place on June 7-8.