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    Race against time

    May 03, 2019 3 minutes
    By ANDREW COTTON
    ‘It was a late decision to build the new car, it is normally a good five to six month project’

    The introduction of new machinery into the British Touring Car Championship is always welcome, and never more so than when it marks the return of an old favourite. So when it was announced that champion team West Surrey Racing (WSR) was switching from the BMW 1 Series to the new version of that BTCC stalwart, the 3 Series, it went down rather well.

    But this was no easy task for WSR. The decision to make

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