ROB BOSTON RACING PLANS BIG EXPANSION
Team plots moves into Carrera Cup, TCR UK and MX-5 Supercup
Ginetta GT4 Supercup squad Rob Boston Racing is plotting a major expansion next season as it plans to branch into the Porsche Carrera Cup GB as well as the new TCR UK series. The team has enjoyed success in the Ginetta category – with its driver Tom Wrigley winning the title in 2016 – as well as in the Lotus Cup but is now looking to move further up the racing ladder.
“We’ve done very well with Ginettas over the past few years and we’re speaking to quite a few drivers at the moment who are looking into it [for 2018],” said team boss Rob Boston. “But with the new 2018 Carrera Cup car we are very much trying to field two cars in the Porsches next year. I drove the new car at a Porsche taster day and it’s the best-sorted car I’ve driven – it handles well. I aspired to do Carrera Cup back when I was racing, before I raced in the GT4 Supercup in 2013 I was trying to get on the Porsche grid.”
As well as the move into the Carrera Cup, the team will also return to Mazda MX-5S– Boston himself won the title in 2010 – as the MX-5 Supercup joins the TCR UK support package.
“We’re talking to a couple of manufacturers regarding the TCR car itself and will go to the taster day,” added Boston. “So we’re going to be supporting four championships as a team next year – it’s going to be busy! We’ve done a lot of winning but we aspire to do the next thing now.”