Adrian Flux Subaru Racing, run by Team BMR, travels to Knockhill, Scotland’s only track in the calendar, this weekend for the next three rounds of the 2019 British Touring Car Championship.
It’s a course that used to heavily favour the rear wheel drive cars before it was resurfaced, however both of the Adrian Flux Subaru Racing drivers will be hoping the Levorg’s chassis will put him in with a shout of a good grid position.
Ash Sutton, who is currently sixth in the drivers’ standings on 179 points, has already secured three podium finishes at Knockhill in his career so far and is hoping to make that four this weekend, but he knows how tricky the track can be: “Knockhill is it’s own beast!” Sutton explained.
“It is very tight and twisty and requires some guts and commitment. It reminds me of my karting days! I have had some very good results at Knockhill and if we look back to last year we could of had three wins in the wet!
Ash’s teammate Senna Proctor, driver of car 18, also stated how tricky the track can be to navigate, but believes both he and Sutton have a great chance at gaining vital points this weekend: “Knockhill is a very tricky circuit to get right with lots of hills and tight corners.”
Proctor explained further: “It’s a circuit I have historically done well at and hope to do the same this weekend. It’s a very rewarding track and I think our cars should suit it a little better than the longer tracks.
Knockhill
Knockhill is located just 6km outside of Dunfermline and is the only Scottish track in the BTCC and has been a staple in the calendar for the past 15 years.
The track was created by joining nearby service roads from a disused mineral railway and was opened in September 1974, going on to become Scotland’s national motorsport centre.
Watch it on TV
If you’re unable to find your way to the circuit to experience BTCC in the flesh then don’t despair, ITV4 will once again be showing live coverage (available in HD) of 2019 BTCC rounds, with extensive coverage of the support races.
Qualifying will be live online on Saturday (September 14, 2019) at http://itv.com/btcc.
Rounds 22, 23 and 24 of the BTCC (as well as coverage of the support races) will be shown on ITV4 and ITV4 HD, Sunday (September 15, 2019) from 11:30am.
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