"Unfinished business" for CI racing legend

Sunday 11 January 2015

Guernsey’s former triple World Touring Car Champion driver Andy Priaulx is heading back to the British Touring Car Championship.

Priaulx will race for West Surrey Racing – a multiple title-winning squad – this season, bidding to add a BTCC title to his hat-trick of World Touring Car Championships won between 2005 and 2007, and his European Touring Car Title.

And the driver – who was made an MBE in 2008 – says he has “unfinished business” with the BTCC, and will be driving WSR’s BMW 125i M Sports car for the season, a car that claimed all four BTCC titles it was eligible for in the last season.

Priaulux said: “I am very excited about 2015. To have the opportunity to race again in the UK with my long-term partners IHG, alongside race and test programmes in America and Europe, is going to be a lot of fun.

“The BTCC is one of the strongest touring car championships in Europe and unfinished business for me.

“I am looking forward to joining West Surrey Racing in their Championship winning BMW 125i M Sport and working with Dick Bennetts, whose engineering success speaks for itself.”

And Priaulux’s arrival on the WSR team has been welcomed by Team Principal Dick Bennetts.

He said: “What can one say… to have Andy Priaulx and IHG join WSR for the BTCC in 2015 is a real privilege. I have known Andy for many years, so to have him – a three time World Touring Car Champion – in one of our BMW 125i’s is fantastic news, not only for WSR but the BTCC as well.”