The Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship is the UK’s biggest motorsport series – an exciting,
high-contact sport that sees top drivers battle it out wheel-to-wheel throughout a 10-circuit, 30-race season.
The AA is thrilled to be sponsoring the Honda Yuasa Racing team for the 2013 season – as drivers Matt Neal and Gordon ‘Flash’ Shedden, eager to replicate their success of 2011 and 2012, take to the track in pursuit of championship glory.
We’ll be following Matt and Gordon throughout every nail-biting twist and turn of the season – find out how the team checks out below.
Matt and Gordon are no race rookies – between them, the dynamic duo have won four Drivers’ Championships, as well as contributing to the team title in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
Driver number: 1
BTCC debut: Knockhill, 22 July 2001 (Ford Focus)
BTCC titles: 2012 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Drivers' and Independent Drivers' championships
Racing hero: Valentino Rossi
Favourite circuit: Knockhill and Macau
If I weren't a racing driver, I'd like to have been: A fighter pilot
Greatest achievement: Winning the 2012 BTCC Drivers' championship
Driver number: 2
BTCC debut: Silverstone, 14 July 1991 (BMW M3)
BTCC titles: 2005, 2006 and 2011 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Drivers' and Independent Drivers' championships; 1993, 1995, 1999 and 2000 BTCC Independent Drivers’ championship
Racing hero: Nigel Mansell
Favourite circuit: Nurburgring and Bathurst
If I weren't a racing driver, I'd like to have been: A professional rugby player
Greatest achievement: Being a BTCC champion – and a dad!
This season, the Honda Yuasa Racing Civic sports new-look livery, and enhanced engine and suspension performance.
Check out the highlights from last year's Brands Hatch GP BTCC 2012 season finale – as Honda Yuasa scooped a hat trick of championship titles:
Three circuits down, seven to go – after a storming set of results for Honda Yuasa Racing at Thruxton circuit on Sunday 5 May, the current team standings for 2013 are:
Driver 1 – Gordon Shedden: Fourth place, with 109 points
Driver 2 – Matt Neal: First place, with 137 points
Team – Honda Yuasa Racing: First place, with 237 points
Next round: Oulton Park, 9 June
Updated May 2013
