After spending the past two seasons with the now-departed Vauxhall VX Racing team, Matt Neal will be returning to the outfit run by his father.
It’s a driver / team / manufacturer combination that has worked well in the past. Both times Neal won the championship (in 2005 and 2006) he was at the wheel of a Team Dynamics Honda Integra.
Joining him at Honda will be Gordon Shedden who, just to reinforce the sense of déjà vu, was Neal’s team mate in 2006 and 2007.
If previous form is anything to go by, they should be close competitors. Shedden just beat Neal to third place in the 2007 season, the Honda drivers finishing behind Jason Plato and eventual champion Fabrizio Giovanardi in his Vauxhall Vectra.
This year’s first BTCC race is at Thruxton, Hampshire on 4 April.
