SIMON Belcher is looking to bring the curtain down on the British Touring Car Championship season at Brands Hatch with a flourish.

Returning to the driving seat of his Toyota Avensis just over a week ago at Silverstone following a three event lay-off from competitive action, the Swindon 41-year-old quickly got back into the swing of things and is now determined to mount a bid for his second outright BTCC points score of 2015.

Brands Hatch - albeit the shorter Indy Circuit configuration - was the venue for Belcher’s first ever top-15 finish in touring cars during the season-opening race meeting back in April and he is therefore relishing his return to the popular Kent track.

Clearly, the GP layout provides an altogether different challenge to the short and twisty Indy Circuit, but Belcher enjoys the longer configuration and went well there during his rookie BTCC season last year.

Posting a brace of finishes inside the overall top-20 on the corresponding weekend in 2014, the multiple jet-ski champion and two-time Masters Cup champion in the BTCC-supporting Clio Cup aims to improve on that this time around and also wants to climb the Independents Trophy table.

“I’m really looking forward to Brands and feeling pretty confident we can have a good weekend there,” said Belcher. “We have to try and nail qualifying; that’s been a bit of an Achilles heel to be honest as our race pace has been good.

"I definitely feel I’ve improved as a touring car driver this year and would love to try and break back into the top-15 on the final weekend of the season.”

Ahead of the weekend’s action, Belcher holds 20th position in the Independents Trophy battle but is just six points shy of 18th spot and has a very real opportunity to progress during the finale.

In the Independents Team standings, meanwhile, Handy Motorsport is currently inside the coveted top-10 and can end the season an improved ninth if all goes as planned during the final three races.

“Everyone in the team is hoping to go out on a bit of a high at the weekend. Three strong points finishes in the Independents Trophy have to be our main target,” Belcher added.

“While we will all be sad to see the season come to an end, there are so many exciting things happening behind the scenes.”