Frank Wrathall back with Dynojet for 2013 BTCC
Frank Wrathall is going to continue with Dynojet Racing team for the 2013 British Touring Car Championship.
“This season we are ready to go with the Toyota; the chassis is really good, and was really quick on quite a lot of occasions last year, and we have not spent the winter trying to reinvent the wheel or to be too clever. We have made a few refinements here and there, which have tested well, and hopefully we will have a much better start to the championship,” said Wrathall.
The 26-year-old driver finished 10th overall and 8th in the Independents’ Trophy in last year’s BTCC, winning the very final race of the season at Brands Hatch.
“It was huge for us, absolutely massive. Even though we had the pole at Snetterton and a couple of podiums, up to that point it hadn’t been a great year and we were outside the top 10 in the championship. We had good pace in qualifying but for one reason or another it just didn’t happen for us in the races. Winning that race changed absolutely everything; it meant so much to everyone,” said Wrathall.
Wrathall is aiming to keep moving in to the top ten and to get closer to the title fight of the Independents’ championship.
“I’ve always said that every year I want to progress and not stand still, and so far I think I’ve achieved that. The aim is to finish further inside the top 10 of the championship. I don’t think the independents championship is necessarily beyond reach, but it would be a huge task. With the experience that we have with the Avensis, the engine, among ourselves as a team, I hope that we can more consistently finish inside the top 10, and that will put us somewhere closer towards the top of the independents class,” said Wrathall.
The team is going to continue using the Toyota NGTC engine they introduced in 2011.