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Paul O’Neill hopes for strong season start

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Paul O’Neill and Tech-Speed Motorsport are ready for the British Touring Car Championship premiere at Brands Hatch this weekend.
“The car felt good when we tested at Brands Hatch and at Silverstone last week, I was only two-tenths of a second behind Jason in the works car. If we can do similar this weekend, we’ll be in a good position,” said O’Neill.

Tech-Speed Motorsport has switched to the Chevrolet Cruze for this season, something O’Neill hopes will bring him up to top six.

“Hopefully I’ll be able to qualify inside the top six, although it won’t be an easy task against the turbo-engined cars,” said O’Neill.

O’Neill had an impressive season start last year with the old BTC specification Honda Integra, with one podium finish and three top six finishes at Thruxton. The goal for O’Neill this weekend is to repeat the performance from last year.

“If we can come away at the end of race day with three good top ten finishes and some solid points on the board, a bit like we did in the opening round at Thruxton last year, then I’ll be happy,” said O’Neill.