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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 Marital Status
his 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, BTCC Races 633
at the mid season point in 2018, he was
in 3rd place. BTCC Wins 61

It was always going to be a big ask to BTCC Podiums 154
put a serious challenge in during the
car’s debut season but that is not the BTCC Poles 16
case for 2019. Both drivers have
BTCC Fastest Laps 50
established themselves, the car has
shown its potential, especially on those
Titles
tracks with the longer straights. Its low
drag and slick profile is a definite BTCC Driver 2005, 2006, 2011
advantage, however, I would be
Champion
interested to see how it does this year on
those circuits that favour the rear wheel BTCC Independant 1993, 1995. 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006
drives such as the BMW’s and Suburu’s. Drivers Champion
As far as the circuits go, we will be
visiting Thruxton twice which was very Awards
strong for the team last season but we
also lose Rockingham which wasn’t. Autosport Awards 2005, 2011
National Driver of
All I can say is “Let the tyres see the the Year
tracks”

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