Holland Handed HARD Insignia Seat For Snetterton
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Robb Holland will make a return to the British Touring Car Championship this weekend at Snetterton, taking the wheel of the vacant second Team HARD Vauxhall Insignia.
James Kaye will switch machinery for the remainder of the 2013 British Touring Car Championship, driving an S2000 Honda Civic for the same AmDTuning squad.
VW Cup racer Tom Barley described his first taste of BTCC machinery as a ‘special moment’ after leaping at the chance to test Team HARD’s Vauxhall Insignia at the recent spat of BTCC tests at Snetterton’s 300 circuit.
The 2013 BTCC is heading towards the commencement of its second half following an entertaining opening 15 races that have gifted us many talking points and not yet produced a clear favourite. So while the summer break continues for the drivers and teams involved, we at thecheckeredflag.co.uk sit back and crunch the key numbers of the season so far…
Honda UK have teamed up with British Touring Car Championship title-winning squad Team Dynamics for a very different challenge to their usual all-conquering motorsport credentials, creating what is believed to be the world’s fastest lawn mower…
Porsche superstar Nick Tandy turned many heads in the paddock during his debut experience in a British Touring car with Motorbase during the official Dunlop test at Snetterton, and admits he would “love to race” in the series should the opportunity arise later this year.
The second and final day of the BTCC’s official Dunlop test at Snetterton circuit was again whitewashed by the MG KX Momentum Racing squad, Jason Plato comfortably posting the quickest time of the day.
Sam Tordoff was the earlier pace-setter from the first of two days of testing during the official Dunlop BTCC test held at Snetterton, leading a KX Momentum Racing 1-2.
No less than six drivers will be fielded for Team HARD during the BTCC’s two-day Snetterton test, four of which will have their maiden taste of the NGTC Vauxhall Insignia.
Richard Hawken, Chris Jones and Ian Loggie will join in with the big guns of the BTCC as they will participate in this week’s two-day tyre test at Snetterton for Speedworks Motorsport.
British GT driver Nick Tandy has tested a British Touring Car for the first time today at Brands Hatch, driving a Motorbase Ford Focus.
SEAT BTCC driver Warren Scott will race Team HARD’s second NGTC Volkswagen Passat in the second half of the 2013 championship, after his BMR Restart squad announced a partnership with Tony Gilham’s outfit.
Team HARD driver James Cole has reportedly parted ways with the squad with immediate effect, half a season into his maiden British Touirng Car Championship year.
The MG KX Momentum Racing team left the first half of the 2013 BTCC season on the back foot slightly heading into the summer break, after a mixed weekend at a damp Croft saw them lose crucial ground in the championship.
An energy-sapping and bruising 2013 British Touring Car Championship has now reached it’s half-time interval as the teams and drivers head into a lengthy summer break, after an opening five rounds that sees no clear favourite emerging prior to an exciting second half of the year.
Motorbase’s new star Jake Hill described his BTCC debut as “perfect”, after the 19-year-old claimed a Jack Sears Trophy victory on his maiden outing in the series at Croft last weekend.
Motorbase drivers Mat Jackson and Aron Smith are already looking at testing improvements during the lengthy summer break before the BTCC season resumes at Snetterton in…
