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11 Tel: 01670 706203 Fax: 01670 730820 Email: [email protected] Tel: 01670 706203 Fax: 01670 73020 Email: [email protected] 10 INSIDE TRACK with Colin Turkington From Road Car to race winning wonder. How Subaru, Team BMR and Colin Turkington have made motorsport history. “Oulton Park was the moment we’ve all been waiting on and have worked so hard for. The true potential of the Subaru Levorg finally came to the fore and it was a weekend none of us will forget in a hurry. I’m so pleased for everyone involved and I hope in some small way this repays the incredible efforts over the past 5 months. It was a special feeling to make history and deliver the maiden win for Subaru in the BTCC and in truth it hasn’t quite sunk in yet. I can’t imagine anyone expected such rapid progress, but within the team we knew it was only a matter of time. It’s even more encouraging to see the cars run so well with success ballast after Race 1, which clearly confirms its status as a race winning car and future potential as a championship winning car. The journey so far .... The development process of any new race car is never easy, and never without challenges. Although many in the team have been down this road before, none of us have taken on such an enormous project, in such a short space of time. I would seriously challenge any world class race team to beat or even match what we have achieved at Silverline Subaru BMR Racing. Our work is far from complete – but we should all be remarkably proud of the journey so far.” As the Silverline Subaru BMR Racing team began to pack up on the Sunday of Oulton Park, there was a significant change of atmosphere compared to the previous round at Thruxton, four weeks earlier. Shoulders were carried ever so slightly straighter, the way they moved appeared lighter, and as each body paused mid task; their lungs drew in more air. The difference was simple – ‘success’. Just twenty eight days earlier the team had the devastating job of packing up four immaculate race cars, without a single race finish between them. Thruxton was without a doubt the lowest low of this Subaru journey, but an event where despite the pressure and stress, the most positively correct decision was made. A faulty fuel rail has the potential to be deadly; and gambling with fire is not a risk
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11Tel: 01670 706203 Fax: 01670 730820 Email: [email protected]: 01670 706203 Fax: 01670 73020 Email: [email protected]
INSIDETRACK
with Colin TurkingtonFrom Road Car to race winning wonder. How Subaru, Team BMR and Colin Turkington have made motorsport history.
“Oulton Park was the moment we’ve all been waiting on and have worked so hard for. The true potential of the Subaru Levorg finally came to the fore and it was a weekend none of us will forget in a hurry. I’m so pleased for everyone involved and I hope in some small way this repays the incredible efforts over the past 5 months. It was a special feeling to make history and deliver the maiden win for Subaru in the BTCC and in truth it hasn’t quite sunk in yet. I can’t imagine anyone expected such rapid progress, but within the team we knew it was only a matter of time. It’s even more encouraging to see the cars run so well with success ballast after Race 1, which clearly confirms its status as a race winning car and future potential as a championship winning car.
The journey so far....The development process of any new race car is never easy, and never without challenges. Although many in the team have been down this road before, none of us have taken on such an enormous project, in such a short space of time. I would seriously
challenge any world class race team to beat or even match what we have achieved at Silverline Subaru BMR Racing. Our work is far from complete – but we should all be remarkably proud of the journey so far.”As the Silverline Subaru BMR Racing team began to pack up on the Sunday of Oulton Park, there was a significant change of atmosphere compared to the previous round at Thruxton, four weeks earlier. Shoulders were carried ever so slightly straighter, the way they moved appeared lighter, and as each body paused mid task; their lungs drew in more air. The difference was simple – ‘success’.Just twenty eight days earlier the team had the devastating job of packing up four immaculate race cars, without a single race finish between them. Thruxton was without a doubt the lowest low of this Subaru journey, but an event where despite the pressure and stress, the most positively correct decision was made. A faulty fuel rail has the potential to be deadly; and gambling with fire is not a risk
