And although the 43-year-old’s agreement with Team Hard to replace Nicolas Hamilton at the wheel of one of the Kent squad’s Cupra Leons is for this weekend only, Huff has indicated that he is open to contesting further rounds.
Huff, whose WTCC title came in 2012 with the RML-run factory Chevrolet team, is competing this season in the TCR World Tour at the wheel of a Comtoyou Racing Audi.
He lies fourth in the points with one race win to his credit at Vallelunga, and his Knockhill outing comes at the end of a lengthy summer break prior to two consecutive rounds in South America, at El Pinar in Uruguay followed by San Luis in Argentina.
The clashing San Luis round rules him out of the Donington Park BTCC fixture, but he is potentially free for the final two events at Silverstone and Brands Hatch.
Team Hard boss Tony Gilham was allowed to claim force majeure for the entry’s absence from the most recent round at Croft because Hamilton left the squad on the Saturday morning just before free practice, but was at risk of forfeiting a TBL entrants’ licence should the seat not be filled for Knockhill.
“Tony and I have a bit of a joke – for 10 years he’s been trying to get me in one of his cars,” Huff told Autosport.
“Tony’s a hell of a character, and he really tries hard. I don’t know the full situation about what has happened within the team this year, but what I do know is that a few seats have become open recently.
Source: Autosport