The plan is really starting to come together and we are ready to cement ourselves as a top team in the BTCC, if we haven’t done so already.Remember when I said the other day that there is probably a perfect year for the modern (post 1979) car…a peak when cars made after that date are too electromortified and gizmodronic. “But he has done a sterling job with the drivers he’s secured for the forthcoming campaign. “It’s not very often I complement Adam, certainly not publicly anyway!” started Martin Broadhurst, Team Manager, jovially. It’s currently concluding an intensive winter development programme ahead of pre-season testing and will be announcing brand partners and its race livery in due course, with testing to begin next week at Brands Hatch with Collard in the hot-seat. The outfit finished tied for second spot in the Teams’ running in 2018, in the Astra’s second year in the BTCC, and PMR has ambitions of challenging again in 2019. Celebrating our eventual successes together is going to make all the hard work so worthwhile.” “It is quite surreal for me as the two drivers we have signed are ones that I grew up watching and are a big part of the reason I fell so in love with BTCC in the first place. “I am delighted that Rob has decided to join PMR to complete what I believe to be an incredibly strong driver line up. “After our breakthrough year in 2018, we have been looking for a driver line up that not only matches our ambitions, but that also has the speed and experience to help us realise those ambitions,” added Team Principal Adam Weaver. As always I’d like to thank all of my sponsors, particularly Duo and Hitachi Construction Machinery, for their continued support for my 2019 campaign.” Returning to front wheel drive is a challenge I relish, particularly having won the Independents’ title in a Vauxhall Astra in the past. “I’m very pleased to help build on that success, alongside an experienced team-mate in Jason. I’ve watched their growth and development from day one and seen Adam (Weaver, Team Principal) and the team build a race-winning package that has gone from strength to strength. “I’m delighted to form a new partnership with PMR to return to BTCC in 2019. “My desire to win is as strong as ever,” said the 50-year-old. With a record of 15 race wins, 61 podiums and 16 fastest laps over a BTCC career spanning some 18 years, Collard joins Jason Plato in the PMR designed-and-built Vauxhall Astra, and the Hampshireman is as hungry as he’s ever been. Rob Collard will drive for Power Maxed Racing in the 2019 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship, completing the outfit’s line-up.
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