The admission comes at the start of what looks set to be a hectic BTCC silly season, albeit with the team’s reigning champion Tom Ingram hinting that he will stay with the Sussex squad into 2024.
Talk at last weekend’s Silverstone round that Excelr8 could expand from its current four-car line-up to six was swiftly denied by the team.
“I don’t know where that rumour has come from,” Excelr8 owner Justina Williams told Autosport.
“Excelr8 are definitely not going to be going up to six cars, but that doesn’t mean we won’t be involved with six cars.”
When asked whether this meant a willingness to supply two customer Hyundais, Williams added: “We’re always really keen to help people.
“If someone says, ‘Can I have your help?’, then as long as it works for all parties that’s something that we’d consider.”
The team recently announced a ‘multi-year’ extension of its existing deal with title sponsor Bristol Street Motors, leading to speculation that this means the retention of Ingram along with popular veteran Tom Chilton.
“We’ll see what goes on,” said Ingram, who spent the first seven years of his BTCC career with Speedworks Motorsport before joining Excelr8 for 2021.
“My plan is consistency. I’ve always enjoyed the consistency of staying with the same team and the same engineers, mechanics for many years.
“That’s always been my MO and will continue to be.”
Source: Autosport