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Team BMW to defend BTCC titles with Turkington & Collard.
Wed Jan 10 14:33:58 CET 2018 Press Kit
• BMW partners with West Surrey Racing for 2018 – running a trio of BMW 125i M Sports. • Colin Turkington continues with the team after finishing second in the Drivers’ Championship last year. • Rob Collard celebrated his most successful year in 2017 and returns for another year with WSR. • Andrew Jordan returns to WSR for another year under the BMW Pirtek Racing banner.
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Building on the phenomenal results in 2017, Colin Turkington and Rob
Collard will head into their second consecutive campaign together in
2018 chasing sustained success for Team BMW. They will be joined again
by Andrew Jordan in a third BMW 125i M Sport, which will be run under
the BMW Pirtek Racing banner.
The West Surrey Racing (WSR) team enjoyed a successful 2017
season as BMW returned to BTCC, with Colin and Rob claiming 20 podium
finishes in their BMW 125i M Sports and finishing second and fifth in
the Drivers’ Championship.
Their successes secured two of the three major titles in the
series, with Team BMW crowned the Manufacturers-Constructors winners
and Teams Champions.
Graeme Grieve, CEO of BMW Group UK, commented: “We are delighted
to enter into another season of the British Touring Car Championship
and hope to build on the success of 2017. We have a great relationship
with The West Surrey Racing Team and expect to go from strength to
strength next season.”
WSR’s trio of BMWs have undergone a number of developments over
the winter break, aimed at enhancing their already legendary
performance and reliability. The car has won six overall BTCC titles
in its five years of competition and is set for more success in 2018.
The BTCC celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2018 with 10
triple-header events held across the UK between April and October,
each attracting a trackside audience of 40,000. All 30 races will be
broadcast live in the UK on ITV4 in HD.
http://www.btcc.net/
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