Austin sat out the meeting at Oulton Park while series debutant and 2009 Euroseries 3000 champion Will Bratt was the team's sole entrant at the Cheshire venue.

[8] He was unable to find the budget to race at Knockhill, forcing him to miss the event but he returned to the car at Rockingham.

[10] Austin secured a title sponsor for the season finale at Brands Hatch, his car would carry a special NASCAR inspired livery for Wix Filters.

[12] Austin led early on in the first race of the season at Brands Hatch, he was then passed by Jason Plato and eventually finished third behind Andrew Jordan.

WIX then continued their BTCC tenure with Adam Morgan and his family run team 'Ciceley Racing'.

[17] Austin appeared in the Ron Howard film Rush (2013), portraying Brett Lunger and driving his Surtees TS19, which is owned by his father for racing in historic events.