Erm, well no not really, but you certainly sat upright, didn’t you? I certainly did when the artists impressions of an Avensis BTCC Touring Car appeared in Twitter this afternoon. Memories of the Carina E in Securicor colours being raced hard by Will Hoy came flooding back. However, the full information is that Toyota have supplied a shell to help develop the new regulations for the British Touring Car Championship for next year. The car is being built by GRP Motorsport to assess the new regulationsand develop the ‘control’ components for 2011. As part of this phase, the car will actually race this October at Brands Hatch.
However, Toyota point out that they have no plans to re-enter touring car racing in the UK. That’s despite having a fully build development car sitting there ready to go… Hmmm…. Now where’s my new Stilo helmet….
