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conversation, not least with rival, Jason
Plato. Profile - Matt Neal

He attacks every season with the same Nationality English
mindset. To win the title. There is no
doubt that there is a fourth title in there Date of Birth 20th December 1966
somewhere and God willing and with a
Place of Birth Birmingham, England
good tail wind, he has every chance of
making it happen. He is not, by any Married
means, past his prime, in fact, I believe his Marital Status
finest moment is still yet to come.
Statistics
Will he do it this year? who knows, but I BTCC Debut Silverstone 14 July 1991 (BMW)
think he has a good chance to challenge
after having a year to iron out the kinks of Current Car Honda Civic Type R FK8
the new style Honda Civic Type R.
Driver Number 25
I do sometimes think back to last season
with a whole bag of ‘what if’s’, After all, at BTCC Races 633
the mid season point in 2018, he was in
3rd place. BTCC Wins 61

It was always going to be a big ask to put BTCC Podiums 154
a serious challenge in during the car’s
debut season but that is not the case for BTCC Poles 16
2019. Both drivers have established
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themselves, the car has shown its
potential, especially on those tracks with
Titles
the longer straights. Its low drag and slick
profile is a definite advantage, however, I BTCC Driver 2005, 2006, 2011
would be interested to see how it does this
Champion
year on those circuits that favour the rear
wheel drives such as the BMW’s and BTCC Independant 1993, 1995. 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006
Suburu’s. As far as the circuits go, we will Drivers Champion
be visiting Thruxton twice which was very
strong for the team last season but we also Awards
lose Rockingham which wasn’t.
Autosport Awards 2005, 2011
All I can say is “Let the National Driver of
tyres see the tracks” the Year

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