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Rob Collard: ‘Something’s got to be done about the Subarus’

Rob Collard was critical of the performance of the Subaru cars after the second British Touring Car Championship race at Snetterton, which saw all three BMWs unable to take the challenge to race winner Ash Sutton.

Although Collard eventually finished in third behind team-mate Colin Turkington, the WSR driver was unable to take the fight to Sutton’s Subaru when he was behind him on the road.

Eurotech’s Jack Goff and fellow BMW racer Turkington also proved unable to keep pace with the ballast-laden Sutton in the race, leading to Collard calling for something to be done about the boost levels of the Levorg cars.

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“I don’t know how Ashley can consistently win with 75 kg on board, as he won at Oulton Park and here with the weight,” said Collard to TouringCars.Net.

“This circuit really shows the power, and the Subaru’s are not short on power, so I think something’s got to be done about it otherwise it’s a one-horse race.”

The race also saw Collard brush with Turkington, although the 48-year-old brushed off the contact at the Esses as not significant.

“We’ve both got respect for each other. Nothing really bad happened. I had a slight engine hesitation in the car with about four or five laps to go and I was trying to drive around the problem. I was slow coming out of the corner and he got the jump on me, so that’s just how it is.

“If we hadn’t had that slight misfire I think we would have been able to maintain position, but that’s how it is. It’s still a great 2-3 result for BMW so I’m very pleased.

“The way the car felt then was really good, so hopefully we can just keep that balance in the car when the weight is put back in it and not lose too much speed with the control tyre [in race three].

“I think the car’s in good shape and hopefully we can get a top four or five finish, and maybe a podium.”

Race three takes place at 17:02 BST.

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