Success for Chevrolet at Brands?

The Chevrolet team are keen to play a home match in Brands Hatch, especially with Rob Huff and Alain Menu having raced and won there before. Brands Hatch was the track were Huff scored his first ever touring car win, in the 2004 BTCC.

“I’ll probably remember it forever,” he said. “The safety car pulls off the track with only one lap to go and I”m fourth. Two guys in front of me take each other off and I”m second behind Yvan Muller. He opens the door just a bit in Druids, I sneak through and win.”

The whole team knows the track very well. “We tested here in winter for two days, albeit on the shorter Indy course,” Team Manager, Mark Busfield said. “We should be in a position to put on a great show, as none of our cars carry any ballast, which should give us an advantage considering Brands Hatch’s very undulating nature. Having a lighter car should be a bigger plus than elsewhere.”

The team tested for three days at the Mira Proving Grounds last week, with Alain Menu. “We made some improvements on the brakes and suspension that will make the drivers’ job a little bit easier,” Busfield said. “As we have seen from the qualifying times in both previous rounds of this year’s championship, lap times are getting ever closer, so we are now looking to gain just tenths of a second. But one tenth gained makes a big difference where you start the first race.”