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MOTORBASE PERFORMANCE READY TO FOCUS ON SUCCESS IN 2020

There will be a fresh look to the British Touring Car Championship grid this season with the introduction of the fourth-generation Ford Focus RS. Motorbase Performance is putting the finishing touches to the first of its new machines at its Kent base, and it will be ready to hit the track and begin testing in the next few weeks.

This will be a watershed year for Motorbase Performance. Team boss David Bartrum knows that going through the 2019 season with only one victory was not the return that the squad wanted, and he set about ramping up his targets for 2020.

Driver Ollie Jackson will be joined at the team by reigning Independents Trophy winner Rory Butcher, and an as-yet unnamed third driver. While snaring Butcher’s signature on his return to the team with which he made his BTCC debut in 2017 is

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