Dan Cammish:
“I’m looking forwards to it as we went well at Thruxton at the media day. We’re coming off the back of a tough opening weekend and then we’ve got some momentum from Brands, so I’d love to keep that going and the good news is that we get full hybrid for qualifying, which I think will be really valuable.
“I’m hopeful that we can qualify well, and that we can put it in the top three or four, so I’ll be disappointed if we don’t. We’re working all the time to make sure the cars are getting better. We are making improvements and I get the feeling that as a qualifying package, we’re going to be right there or there abouts.
“The circuit does have a fair few overtaking opportunities and in terms of the tracks we go to, I would say it could be one that’s the most effective for the hybrid. You’ve got some long, long straights and most of it is flat out, so you’ve got long periods of full throttle where we can really use the hybrid, and I’ve got a lot of it to play with at least for qualifying and race one. I’m confident that, compared to the title protagonists, we can do a sensible job and build our weekend from there.”
Dan Cammish and NAPA Racing UK are set for rounds seven, eight, and nine of the British Touring Car Championship season this weekend (May 28/29), which will take place at Thruxton, the fastest circuit on the calendar.
In pre-season testing at the Hampshire venue, held as part of the series media day, the quickest lap was an average of just over 112mph. Yorkshire racer Dan has enjoyed good success there in his time in the BTCC, claiming eight podium finishes alongside victory in 2019.
After a freak car fire hampered his progress at Donington Park, the 33-year-old finished on the podium twice at Brands Hatch, getting his season back on track and he will be hoping to continue that run of form this time out, especially as he will benefit from full hybrid deployment in qualifying and race one of the weekend.
Dan and his NAPA Racing UK team-mate, Ash Sutton, will head out for two free practice sessions on Saturday, May 28th at 09:40 and 12:25, before qualifying at 15:20 which as ever can be seen live via the ITV BTCC website. On Sunday there will be a pit walk and autograph session at 10:00, with the first of three 16-lap races at 11:40, followed at 14:40 and 17:20. All the action on race day will be broadcast live on ITV4 and on ITV Hub.
