AmD Milltek Racing.com Team principal Shaun Hollamby will get back behind the wheel of his team’s Volkswagen Golf for the forthcoming BTCC races at Croft. Hollamby, who made his debut in the series last year, had stepped aside to allow Tom Onslow-Cole to race in 2011 – but with Onslow-Cole’s departure he has opted to get back behind the wheel himself.
“We must have had at least 45 serious individual enquiries – I have been quite astonished,” said Hollamby to btcc.net. “However, we want to get this right so instead of jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire we’ve decided on a known quantity for Croft – me!
“We will see how I get on at Croft and then decide on the next course of action during the lengthy mid-season break. With Croft being so close we decided to holdfire with a final decision on who will be driving the AmD Milltek VW Golf until we can properly evaluate all the driver options, of which I am only one.
“I will test at Brands Hatch on Thursday this week and unless I have personally lost a second a lap since last year I will race the car at Croft. My target at Croft is to beat Toms average qualifying result (15th) and race finishing position (12th).”
Hollamby took a best result of 13th at Knockhill last year when driving the Golf in it’s first season in the BTCC.