Sam Tordoff will sport a pink paintjob for this weekend’s British Touring Car Championship races at Snetterton, in a nod to the 60th Anniversary ‘diamond double’ celebrations at the circuit.
It will be the second time that Tordoff has sported a special one-off livery in the BTCC, having adopted a platinum colour scheme two years’ ago at Croft for the 70th Anniversary of sponsor JCT600.
Tordoff has decided to also honour the BTCC’s special occasion with a vivid one-off livery, inspired by the colours that he regularly sports on his own racing helmet.
“We had such a great reaction to the JCT600 70th anniversary platinum livery that we ran at Croft in 2016,” explained Tordoff. “As soon as I had signed the contract with Motorbase to return to the BTCC this year, I was adamant that we should do something similar once again. The 60th BTCC anniversary celebrations at Snetterton seemed the perfect time to do it.
“We wanted to choose a colour that really made an impact on the track and also on TV. Bright pink has become my signature colour over recent years.
“My pink helmet attracts a lot of attention and comments – as you’d expect – and we wanted something special for the car, so it was a no-brainer to run with it!
“It’s definitely going to grab people’s attention. Who knows, we may even decide to keep it!”
Tordoff is also hoping to break into the top ten in the championship in the second half of the season, and after failing to claim a podium in the first half of the second, despite six fourth places, he is hoping to be able to challenge for wins in the second half of the year.
“Snetterton is probably my successful track, especially in the BTCC. I’ve won there in everything that I’ve raced in and it’s one of my all-time favourite circuits. I took my fist Clio cup win there and also my first BTCC pole position and race win, so it holds great memories for me.
“We’re going into the weekend well prepared. The team clocked up a huge amount of mileage on the recent two day tyre test, so I’ll have the knowledge to build on that data.
“Race three is going to be a true test to see where everyone’s cars really are when we’re not hampered by ballast.
“It’s going to be like Round 1 at Brands Hatch all over again. It’ll be interesting to see how our car stacks up against everyone else, both in qualifying and the race.
“It all bodes well for a good weekend. Hopefully the stars will finally align and we can get back to winning ways.”