Škoda entry in 2012 BTCC

Hertfordshire-based TH Motorsport has announced that it’ll be entering the 2012 British Touring Car Championship with a Škoda Octavia vRS.

The team’s aim is to get the car, which will be built to Next Generation Touring Car regulations, completed by the end of this year. Matt Hamilton has been confirmed as the race driver for 2012, and he’ll also be involved in developing the Škoda.

Skoda Octavia vRS NGTC 2012 (Rendering) Front Side

Trevor Humphrey, Team Principal of TH Motorsport, said: “We were very disappointed to have to leave the BTCC in 2010, and it was always my intention to return as soon as possible. I considered purchasing an S2000 car to run this year, but for a smaller team like us, it was a ‘no brainer’ to be patient, and go the NGTC route. In the long run, the NGTC car will be much more cost effective to run, and with a structured development programme, I know that we can be competitive.”

And it may take a little while for the full-NGTC cars to make an impression on the BTCC, especially during the current transitional phase for the regulations. So far in the 2011, the results have been dominated by the mixed S2000 chassis / NGTC engine entries, with Matt Neal in his Honda Civic currently heading the championship.

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