Breaking news
BTCC
American Holland set for BTCC return at Snetterton
Robb Holland became the first American to take on the British-based touring car series last year.
Pat Cranham
Edited: Jul 29, 2013, 11:46 PM
Copy link
Share on Viber
American racer Robb Holland is set to return to the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship, for the second time following his two meetings last year, and will compete once again for Team Hard this time driving one of their Vauxhall Insignias.
Holland became the first American to take to the grid since 1975 when he drove for Tony Gilham’s outfit this time last year at Snetterton for the first of his two meetings, when he drove the teams S2000 Honda Civic. This time round he will get to drive the Insignia built to the latest Next Generation Touring Car format following the departure of regular Team Hard driver James Cole.
Holland was originally pencilled in to race the team’s second VW Passat for selected rounds before he announced plans to enter the World Touring Car Championship, driving an ex Team Aon Ford Focus for Rotek Racing with whom he contests the VLN championship.
Team Hard Vauxhall Insignia
Photo by: Pat Cranham
However Holland has now put his WTCC plans on hold for the time being and is delighted the chance has arisen to return to the BTCC. For now the drive is for one weekend only however Holland admits that the BTCC is definitely a great long term possibility and said, "I've said before that I feel the BTCC is Europe's premier national touring car series and deservedly gets a lot of international television coverage.”
“It is no secret that Rotek Racing's World Championship plans for their Ford Focuses are currently being reviewed and a big reason for doing the Snetterton meeting is to try out an NGTC car under race conditions. Should Rotek's plans change, a full season next year in the BTCC would be a great alternative and something I would be pushing very hard for them to consider.”
Holland has already had his first taste of the Insignia at Snetterton competing in the recent Dunlop tyre test at Snetterton before getting a brief run in the car last Friday at Brands Hatch.
Holland now admits that he can’t wait to return to the series driving the latest spec car following his debut at the circuit last year and finished off by saying, “I’m really looking forward to returning to the BTCC at Snetterton. It's a great track.”
“I raced there last year and while I had a bit of an up and down weekend Tony Gilham and I both enjoyed the experience of working together and agreed that we'd do it again if we could. I tested the Insignia a couple of weeks ago at Snetterton and again last Friday at Brands Hatch. Even though I only got a few laps in on the Thruxton compound tyres, it was enough to get a feel for the car. The Insignia is exciting to drive, quite unlike anything I've driven before and I loved it.”
Team boss Gilham is also pleased to have Holland back on board and was pleased with his performance during the recent test and has high hopes for him this weekend and said, "Robb is a big character and we love working with him. After a successful brief outing in the newly built Insignia for the recent tyre test we have high hopes going in to the next race weekend. Robb showed very strong pace in only the short run he had and together we'll be looking to be fighting for some strong top 10 results.”
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article First step toward enhancing the current Indy Lights chassis for 2014
Next article You win this time NASCAR, this time...
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Pat Cranham
A capacity grid expected for BTCC 2015
BTCC
BTCC
A capacity grid expected for BTCC 2015
BTCC Honda Civic Type R breaks cover at Brands Hatch
BTCC
BTCC
Brands Hatch March testing
BTCC Honda Civic Type R breaks cover at Brands Hatch
BTCC announcements and unveils galore
BTCC
BTCC
BTCC announcements and unveils galore
More from
James Cole
Cole replaces Jackson in Motorbase's BTCC line-up
BTCC
BTCC
Cole replaces Jackson in Motorbase's BTCC line-up
Rockingham BTCC: Cole takes first win, leads Subaru 1-2
BTCC
BTCC
Rockingham
Rockingham BTCC: Cole takes first win, leads Subaru 1-2
Rockingham BTCC: Cole claims surprise maiden pole
BTCC
BTCC
Rockingham
Rockingham BTCC: Cole claims surprise maiden pole
Latest news
Alex Bowman hits out at critics in snarky post, shooting down early exit rumors
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Homestead-Miami
3 h
Alex Bowman hits out at critics in snarky post, shooting down early exit rumors
Ryan Blaney gets sweet redemption after 'nightmares' following 2024 Homestead loss
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Homestead-Miami
3 h
Ryan Blaney gets sweet redemption after 'nightmares' following 2024 Homestead loss
IndyCar 2026 season review: Dale Coyne Racing
IndyCar
Indy IndyCar 4 h
IndyCar 2026 season review: Dale Coyne Racing
Noah Gragson apologizes to Daniel Suarez for spinning him at Homestead
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Homestead-Miami
4 h
Noah Gragson apologizes to Daniel Suarez for spinning him at Homestead
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe