The 44-year-old, who won the WTCC crown in 2012 during a world tin-top career than encompassed 36 race wins across a 19-year span, will form one half of Speedworks’ official Toyota Gazoo Racing GB line-up alongside reigning Jack Sears Trophy champion Andrew Watson.
The other two Speedworks-run Toyota Corolla GR Sports will be fielded under the LKQ banner for Josh Cook and Aiden Moffat.
Huff’s desire for a full-time return to the BTCC for the first time since his rookie touring car season in 2004 with SEAT was made clear when he contested a one-off at Knockhill last August in a Team Hard Cupra.
That outing came six years after another one-off, at Silverstone in 2017, when he scored a podium finish with the Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall team while subbing for Tom Chilton, who was recovering from a gall bladder operation.
“I’m absolutely thrilled to be back in the BTCC,” Huff told Autosport. “It’s where I was inspired by motorsport as a young lad and it was very much where I got my breakthrough at the beginning of my career.
“To be able to come back 20 years later is absolutely brilliant. I’ve always kept an eye on BTCC obviously, just because I’m a huge fan of it and always have been.”
Source: Autosport