BRANDS HATCH
BRSCC
13-14 APRIL
Adam Shepherd bounced back from a difficult start to score a triple podium in the TCR UK season-opener at Brands Hatch, while maiden victor Callum Newsham finished the weekend happiest as the early points leader.
Shepherd’s Friday testing – his first time driving the Cupra Leon Competicion – and qualifying on Saturday were blighted by driveshaft dramas that left him starting eighth and 14th for races one and three. But in Saturday’s opener he immediately jumped to fifth before passing Joe Marshall’s Audi RS3. Shepherd opportunistically snatched third from Newsham when the latter’s challenge on reigning champion Carl Boardley (Cupra) – who
