TORDOFF EYEING TOURING CAR RETURN

Touring car ace tests at snetterton and donington park

Former British Touring Car Championship runner-up Sam Tordoff is considering a return to the series in 2018 after testing two frontwheel-drive machines last week.

The Yorkshire racer missed out on the BTCC crown by two points to Honda’s Gordon Shedden in 2016. He had taken nine podiums in his WSR BMW 125i M Sport but was pipped in the final round.

Tordoff switched to the British GT Championship for 2017 and drove a Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan alongside Liam Griffin. They were fifth in the points, and Tordoff also made outings in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup.

He drove the AMD Tuning Audi S3 at Snetterton on Tuesday last week, before switching to the Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra at Donington Park two days later.

Tordoff said: “I wanted to dust off the cobwebs and see if I could still drive a front-wheel-drive machine. I last raced one with the factory MG BTCC team in 2013 and 2014, so it had been a while.

“I really enjoyed my running and I am looking at my options for 2018. I have tested different GT cars too. Nothing is signed and I am just gaining experience and then we will see where it goes from here.”

British GT racer and one-time Indy 500 starter Martin Plowman also tested the Power Maxed car at Donington on Wednesday as he too looks at his options for the future.