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Collard & Jelley clash over shunt |
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Tuesday, 01 April 2008 |
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Robert Collard says Stephen Jelley “needs to go to Specsavers” after
their tangle in Brands Hatch’s opening HiQ MSA British Touring Car
Championship rounds on Sunday – but the new Team RAC signing has hit
back, telling the Motorbase driver to “man up”.
Collard’s Motorbase BMW 320si was sent spinning off the track at
Paddock Hill Bend in race two after being snagged from behind by the
similar RAC car of BTCC rookie Jelley.
A fuming
Collard told BTCC.net: “My car’s power steering had broken and I was
keeping to one side to let the others past – I was probably going to
pit on that lap but instead Jelley just piled into me from behind.
“I don’t know what he was thinking. Jelley needs to go to Specsavers and sort his eyesight out.”
But
Jelley, who was boxed in close behind Collard by Mike Jordan’s passing
John Guest Honda Integra, claims the Motorbase driver did the wrong
thing if he had car troubles.
“I’m not a mind
reader. I was right up behind him and he suddenly braked about 50
metres too early. You can’t react to something you don’t know about,”
said Jelley.
“If he was moving over he should have
put on the left indicator and slowed down for us to go past, but it
shows quite clearly on TV that he didn’t pull over properly.
“And if he can’t cope without power steering he needs to man up a bit.”
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