Ash Sutton’s management denies BMW ‘superteam’ train
Sutton’s future spearheaded the silly-season train finally weekend’s BTCC finale at Brands Hatch, the set apart he turned champion for the second time, at the wheel of the Infiniti Q50 bustle below the Laser Tools Racing banner by his veteran Subaru crew at BMR Engineering.
WSR boss Dick Bennetts confirmed to Motorsport.com that his team would magnify reduction as a lot as a couple BMW 330i M Sports, and that seven drivers – including the team’s 2020 line-up of 4-time champion Colin Turkington and Tom Oliphant – are within the physique.
“I’ve heard that as neatly, and I’d welcome him,” Bennetts talked about concerning the chance of Sutton becoming a member of the team. “It depends on the contract, nonetheless I’d like no points with that – he’s factual in entrance-wheel power, and he’s factual in rear-wheel power.”
Of the chance of a Turkington-Sutton superteam, Bennetts added: “That is per chance an exciting aggregate, wouldn’t it? I reduction hearing quite about a rumours of what Ash is doing.
“We’ve bought our balls within the air and we’re staunch juggling them right this moment.”
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However Sutton’s supervisor, BMR chief Warren Scott, talked about: “I’ve not spoken to West Surrey – it’d be news to me. That absolutely hasn’t been placed on the agenda, and at the minute the plans are critical the identical [to continue with the Infiniti].
“I in actuality must create my simplest for Ash and my simplest for BMR, and if there had been provides coming in I’d absolutely search for at them.”
And Laser Tools boss Bob Moffat, father of Sutton’s team-mate Aiden Moffat, talked about: “I don’t gaze any point in changing that [the line-up] – I mediate it’s a factual aggregate. It’s factual for the championship, with two speedily lads, and it’s factual for Aiden because he’s bought somebody to be taught off.
“Both teams [Laser Tools and BMR] like gelled, and every person’s gratified.”
Motorsport.com understands that a stronger contender for the further WSR seat is Stephen Jelley, who obtained two races with the squad in 2009, alongside Turkington and Oliphant.
“We’d welcome him reduction on board, even supposing we like quite about a potentials,” talked about Bennetts.
Jelley has spent loads of the past decade with Workers Parker Racing, within the starting up within the Carrera Cup GB and latterly in an ex-WSR BMW 125i M Sport.
“I’d admire to power for the team,” talked about Jelley. “I’ve been with Workers Parker Racing for a extremely lengthy time, and now and again you staunch desire a peculiar starting up – you will have the option to win very happy, can’t you?
“I’m 38, I’m not getting any younger and if the opportunity became there I’d admire to power the three-assortment – I mediate it’s an even searching automobile. Workers Parker Racing like performed an even searching job and we’ve built the touring automobile programme up collectively, and I’m determined they’ll bustle a aggressive automobile within the championship, nonetheless now and again you wish a spruce slate to protect your self to your toes.”
If Jelley does switch on, he is raring to help TPR fetch a brand unusual driver to accept as true with his shoes to remain within the assortment.
Workers supremo Stuart Parker talked about: “Till Stephen reaches that resolution, we don’t know, and as soon as that’s befell we are in a position to like a course forward.”
TPR is moreover in dialogue with the quite about a BMW 1-assortment campaigner, Carl Boardley, for what would be a switch away from Workers Onerous. “That is something that’s ongoing,” Parker added.