Three champions out for GR.
GR Motorsport - 2001 BTCC Production Class Teams' Champions - tested at Donington Park yesterday, putting three saloon champions in their cars. New Production Class champion driver Simon Harrison sampled one of the team's Fords in the morning, handing the car over to 2000 Ford Fiesta champion Gordon Sheddon in the afternoon, while this year's Fiesta champion Gary Turkington spent a day in a second Focus.
While Harrison and Sheddon were testing with the team in prepearation for the forthcoming Macau saloon race, for Turkingon it was his first run in a BTCC car of any type.
GR Motorsport - 2001 BTCC Production Class Teams' Champions - tested at Donington Park yesterday, putting three saloon champions in their cars. New Production Class champion driver Simon Harrison sampled one of the team's Fords in the morning, handing the car over to 2000 Ford Fiesta champion Gordon Sheddon in the afternoon, while this year's Fiesta champion Gary Turkington spent a day in a second Focus.
While Harrison and Sheddon were testing with the team in prepearation for the forthcoming Macau saloon race, for Turkingon it was his first run in a BTCC car of any type.
"We achieved everything we went to Donington to do," said team principal Paul Ridgeway. "We were very pleased to run Colin Turkington - he was quick in the car and gave good feedback as to what it was doing. He's obviously a very talented young driver."
Nineteen-year-old Turkington enjoyed the opportunity to test with the team: "It's great to have the opportunity to test the Focus. The car was very much quicker than the Fiesta, but was really responsive, and I'd love to be able to race a Production Class car next year."
