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Jake Hill joins West Surrey Racing for 2022 BTCC season

Jake Hill joins West Surrey Racing for 2022 BTCC season

Hill, who finished fifth for the Motorbase Performance-run team in 2021, will drive a BMW 330e M Sport in a new on-track package for MB Motorsport developed with 15-time champion WSR. 

The team, led by former Formula 1 driver and 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Mark Blundell, came sixth in the teams’ standings in 2021 running Ford Focus STs. 

It also marks a change in name, adopting ROKiT as its title sponsor, having run as MB Motorsport accelerated by Blue Square last year. 

The media company was previously title sponsor of Williams in Formula 1 before the deal ended abruptly mid-way through 2020. 

Blundell says he is confident that the new on-track package with WSR and its BMWs provides Hill with the best possible chance of success for the new season. 

“We are delighted to be welcoming ROKiT into our BTCC programme for 2022 which we are truly excited by,” he said. 

“As a team, MB Motorsport have always tried to do things a little differently within the BTCC and that is…

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