Matt Neal said Honda has ‘far from achieved its full potential yet’ after incidents made for a tough BTCC opener at Brands Hatch.
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BTCC rookie Dan Cammish said he was ‘heartbroken’ to have been stripped of a certain pole position at Brands Hatch.
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Gordon Shedden takes an 11-point lead into the BTCC summer break, releived to emerge from a ‘hard-fought’ visit to Croft with a solid points haul.
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Oulton Park pole-sitter Matt Neal says Honda have the tyre performance in race trim to challenge the rear-wheel drive BMW of fellow front starter, Andrew Jordan.
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Gordon Shedden told TCF that he expects team-mate Matt Neal to be hard to beat in the fourth BTCC meeting at Oulton Park.
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Matt Neal says that he needs to put together a ‘complete weekend’ at Oulton Park to get himself in the hunt for the 2017 British Touring Car Championship title.
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Matt Neal felt more than just his 60th BTCC victory was on the cards after a mixed weekend of fortunes at Thruxton
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Paying the penalty? Weighed down by success ballast? ‘Weight training’ from pre-season testing seems to have paid dividends to many in the opening BTCC meeting at Brands Hatch…..
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Reigning BTCC champion Gordon Shedden claimed his first win of the season in an incident-packed second race of the day at Brands Hatch, Jason Plato involved in a heavy shunt.
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Gordon Shedden says that longer runs may help against traffic problems in the opening BTCC qualifying session of the season at Brands Hatch’s Indy circuit.
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Tom Ingram made it two from two at Brands Hatch as he topped the second BTCC free practice session of the afternoon.
Josh Cook hit out at Gordon Shedden after the pair’s collision in the third BTCC race at Oulton Park, the latter given a verbal warning for his part.
Matt Neal claimed back-to-back pole positions for the first since 2011 by topping qualifying for the fourth BTCC meeting of the season at Oulton Park.
Gordon Shedden said that a hat-trick of top-four finishes filled him and Halfords Yuasa Racing with “a lot of confidence” after the third BTCC meeting of the season at Thruxton.
Gordon Shedden said that Halfords Yuasa Racing have much more pace in their Honda Civic Type-R to bring after he and Matt Neal locked out row two of the grid for the BTCC opener at Brands Hatch.
BTCCSeason Review
2016 BTCC Season Review: Super Shedden’s Toughest Triumph
by Dan Mason
by Dan Mason
It was a story of delight and disappointment when the final flag flew in the 2016 British Touring Car Championship, one that saw Gordon Shedden become a triple champion after his most difficult battle to date.