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Huff BTCC return steps up with Toyota test

Former World Touring Car champion Rob Huff’s bid to make a full-time return to the British Touring Car Championship has moved up a gear with a recent Toyota test.

The 43-year-old took the wheel of one of Speedworks Motorsports’ Corolla GR Sports at a wet Croft for a run-out, before the flyaway trio of TCR World Tour events at Sydney Motorsport Park, Mount Panorama and Macau. 

Huff, who is just one point adrift of the TCR World Tour lead after his win in Sydney last weekend, filled in at the Team Hard Cupra BTCC squad in a one-off at Knockhill in August. 

He made no bones that he is targeting a full-time BTCC return in 2024, for the first time since his rookie tin-top season with the works SEAT squad in 2004, and was in evidence in the paddock at the final two rounds at Silverstone and Brands Hatch. 

“He’s been in contact all year with the team, and I sat down with him at Brands to chat about options for 2024,” Speedworks head of racing Danny Buxton told Autosport. 

“He’s keen to be back in the series, and we needed something testing on our development plan, so it was a good opportunity for him to sample the car and for us to get some feedback. 

“It was wet, but it was good to have another eye on the car.” 

But Buxton added that the team’s priority is its 2023 trio of drivers: Rory Butcher, Ricky Collard and George Gamble. 

Source: Autosport

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