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The Jacksons M-Sport team believes its new BMW 320si will enable it
to take a step forward in performance in this year’s HiQ MSA Britsh
Touring car Championship.
Driver Mat Jackson
tested the car – Andy Priaulx’s 2007 World Touring car title-winning
machine – at Snetterton yesterday (Wednesday). The 26-year-old finished
his debut BTCC season in 2007 an excellent seventh overall with two
outright race wins in Priaulx’s 2006 title-winner.
Team principal Tony Jackson told BTCC.net: “We’ve already run it at
Brands Hatch and Oulton Park and Mat definitely feels it’s a step
forward on the 06/07 car. It has the latest modifications and is, in
essence, a full 2008-spec car.
“We’re very pleased
with some of the data we’ve seen so far, but we’re not getting too
carried away – you never know what the others are really up to during
the pre-season.”
Jackson’s next run will be at the
BTCC’s Media Day at Rockingham, Northants next Wednesday 12th March.
Public admission will be free from 1pm onwards when the 2008 field
takes to the track for an official test session during the afternoon.
Meanwhile,
alongside Jackson on track yesterday were Colin Turkington and Stephen
Jelley (Team RAC BMW 320sis), Andrew and Mike Jordan (John Guest Racing
Honda Integra), Gordon Shedden and Tom Chilton (Team Halfords Honda
Civics) and Martyn Bell (Arkas Racing with Sunshine.co.uk Vauxhall
Astra Sport Hatch).
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