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Ricky Collard joins Speedworks for full-time BTCC campaign

Ricky Collard joins Speedworks for full-time BTCC campaign

Collard, son of 15-time BTCC race winner Rob, drove a West Surrey Racing BMW in four BTCC rounds in 2018 while competing in various GT series. The 25-year-old will now join BTCC frontrunner Rory Butcher in a Toyota Corolla GR Sport.

The 2016 BRDC Formula 3 runner-up and McLaren Autosport BRDC Award finalist had considered retiring in favour of a move to Australia but, following a trio of promising test days in the Toyota at Donington Park, Knockhill and Croft, has now committed to the BTCC.

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“I’ve been knocking around the BTCC paddock since I was just three years old, standing at the side of the track watching my dad compete against the likes of Jason Plato, Colin Turkington and Gordon Shedden – so as a series, it has huge personal appeal to me and I’ve made no secret recently of my desire to return,” said Collard.

“It definitely feels like I have some unfinished business after dipping my toe into the water at the end of…

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