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Rob Huff aiming high on home turf as BTCC heads to Snetterton

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Rob Huff is targeting silverware in the British Touring Car Championship this weekend as the tin top category speeds into his home circuit of Snetterton.

The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK driver hasn’t competed at the Norfolk venue for two decades however on the last occasion that he did, he was a race winner in the UK’s premier motorsport series.

Since returning to the BTCC on a full-time basis this year, the former FIA World Touring Car Championship title winner has endured a mixed campaign which has yielded four points finishes from six races to-date.

With a partisan crowd expected to get behind the Toyota Corolla racer, Huff is fully focused on utilising his full allocation of hybrid deployment to power him towards what he hopes will be a first podium of the season on home turf.

“Obviously Snetterton is my home track, and while I’ve never driven on the new layout, it’s always been an amazing circuit and very rewarding when you get it right,” said Huff. “For fans, it tends to produce some of the best racing of the year so I’m feeling very excited and hope to see the Norfolk crowds out in force cheering us on.

“I feel we’re making good progress with the Corolla and have quite quickly arrived at a very solid baseline for the car. It’s a constant learning process and the team has been extremely receptive to driver feedback. We need to keep exploring and trying different things out; they won’t always work, but ultimately, that is the only way we are going to improve.

“In terms of hybrid, it’ll be nice to actually be able to deploy the full 15-second allocation over the lap after struggling to do so at Brands Hatch due to the ‘Indy’ layout being so short, and the extra tyre compound will make things even more unpredictable than usual by adding another variable into the mix.

“For me, the most important thing is to have a trouble-free weekend. I think we’ve had more than our fair share of bad luck so far this season, so hopefully Snetterton will be the place where everything comes together and we score some really serious points. Put bluntly, I want to be heading home on Sunday night with some silverware.”