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Thompson returns to BTCC in Team Hard Cupra

Thompson returns to BTCC in Team Hard Cupra

Thompson will line up with Team Hard’s squad of Cupra Leons, representing a return to the Kentish operation with which he claimed the 2017 Volkswagen Racing Cup title and then competed in his first two BTCC campaigns, in 2018 and 2019.

He joined the AmD-run Trade Price Cars Audi set-up for 2020, and looked to be one of the favourites for the Jack Sears Trophy title before his spectacular barrel-roll at Croft.

Thompson, 25, spent the 2021 season largely on the sidelines, although he did contest a one-off event in the BTCC-supporting Mini Challenge at Donington Park, and drove a Ginetta this January in the Dubai 24 Hours.

Now he will be reunited with Team Hard stalwart Jack Goff as well as Aron Taylor-Smith in the squad’s Cupras, with one remaining driver yet to be announced, while Rick Parfitt Jr is piloting an Infiniti under the Hard banner.

“I have a great history with the team,” said Thompson, “so it’s great to be back, and hopefully we can continue great success and…

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