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Off The Grid

With BTCC Champion & SBT Patron, Matt Neal

At the mid-way point of the season, Matt, Dan and Team Dynamics
are taking a well deserved break and taking stock of part 1 of this
years championship. How will the second half of the season pan
out for our Patron? We hear from Honda’s Andrew Charman.

Honda looks to add luck to pace

as BTCC resumes in Norfolk...

Article: Andrew Charman, Honda BTCC Image: Jakob Ebrey

Honda drivers Dan Cammish and Matt Neal will be looking for
some luck to go with the pace they have shown in their 2019 British
Touring Car Championship campaign as the series returns from its
summer break at Snetterton in Norfolk on 4th August.

The Halfords Yuasa Racing team is keen to get back to the action,
a month on from the most recent rounds at Oulton Park where the
Honda Civic Type R of Cammish scored two more podium finishes
to take his total to five this season, but team-mate Neal was spun
out of the lead and a potential winning position in the final race.
The fast 2.97-mile Snetterton circuit has been a happy hunting
ground for Honda’s BTCC team in the past, yielding six race wins
in the last nine seasons. And the track will hold sweet recent mem- BTCC Drivers’ Championship, after 15 rounds
ories for Neal, as at the Snetterton meeting in 2018 he took victory
in the extended-length ‘Diamond Double’ race celebrating the 1. Colin Turkington 195 points
BTCC’s 60th anniversary. 2. Andrew Jordan 162 points
3. Josh Cook 148 points
Cammish, meanwhile, will head for Norfolk with the confidence 5. Dan Cammish 130 points
of a strong performance in a two-day tyre test held at the circuit in
July. His Honda Civic Type R was consistently among the quickest 8. Matt Neal 125 points
cars over both days and he ended the test with second-fastest time.
BTCC Manufacturers’ Championship, after 15
Dan Cammish – Halfords Yuasa Racing driver
rounds
A double podium at Oulton has put me back into the Champion- 1. BMW 425 points
ship hunt and I’ll be looking to keep that form for the second half 2. Honda 379 points
of the season. I ran well in testing at Snetterton recently, being near 3. Subaru 326 points
the top of the time sheets all day, so I go there with my tail held
high and looking to keep adding to my points tally and build on
my current position. BTCC Teams’ Championship, after 15 rounds
1 Team BMW 276 points
Matt Neal – Halfords Yuasa Racing driver and Team Dynamics 2. Halfords Yuasa Racing 252 points
Director
3. Cobra Sport AMD 218 points
Oulton Park was another weekend where the luck just wasn’t on
our side! The car felt great from the get-go but the day didn’t quite * all points provisional pending judicial decisions
go to plan. But on to Snetterton, I have had some great battles there
over the years and obviously want to replicate my Double Diamond
win there last year. During the recent test we ran through a number Rounds 16-18 of the British Touring Car Champion-
of changes on the car and feel confident that we should have good ship will take place at Snetterton, Norfolk on Sunday
race pace come the weekend. 4th August.

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