Rob Huff: “Winning in the BTCC is exactly what I came back for”

Rob Huff has shared his delight after claiming his first British Touring Car Championship victory in two decades at his home circuit of Snetterton this past weekend.

The Speedworks Motorsport driver capped off a remarkable race day at the Norfolk venue with a sensational drive from 14th on the grid to the top step of the podium, leading home a historic Toyota 1-2-3 for the in the process.

Repeating his heroics from 2004 seemed unlikely earlier in the day after bad luck blighted his chances of a good result however the Toyota Corolla driver utilised the soft tyre in the finale to charge up the order and triumph.

Huff said: “To be winning again in the BTCC is exactly what I came back for! The car felt fantastic all weekend; we made barely any changes to it from the set-up that we arrived with, and the team did a brilliant job.

“I’ve always been confident in changeable conditions, and race two on the slicks was looking very good until the heavens re-opened, but to come from 14th on the grid to win the last one was amazing!

“I genuinely had no idea we were in the lead. I knew we were coming through, but I saw cars going off in all directions early on and was predominantly focussed on pushing and pushing and picking people off one at a time.

“The Toyota was really well dialled-in – just what I’ve been searching for this season. The team truly delivered and the Corolla gave me everything I needed. When you have a car like that underneath you, you’ve got no other option than to throw absolutely everything at it. I had great battles with both Aiden [Moffat] and Josh [Cook], and to bring home a win at my home track was absolutely mega!

“To repeat my 2004 victory at Snetterton was very special not only for me, but for my family and friends as well. I couldn’t be happier for the team and everybody else who was there at the weekend to support me. To nail it in my ninth race back, I’ll definitely take that!”