Having snared his maiden win in the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship last time out at
Snetterton,
Tom Onslow-Cole will be chasing further success as the series returns to
Brands Hatch this weekend for the eighth round of the season.
The Team RAC rookie led from start-to-finish in the final race in Norfolk three weeks ago to add his name to the list of BTCC winners and now heads back to the scene of his debut eager to try and add another win to his tally.
Indeed the Brands Hatch Indy circuit was the scene of the first pole position for the
BMW 320si thanks to
Colin Turkington at the start of the year, and Onslow-Cole will aim to repeat that kind of form this time around.
"I'm probably the most excited about racing at Brands Hatch next weekend than I've been all year really," he said. "That win at Snetterton has given me a lot of confidence and Brands Hatch is a track I'm comfortable at and one where we were quick at the start of the year.
"We've developed the car a lot since then and obviously I've developed myself too so I'm feeling really confident heading into that race. It's a very good feeling. In terms of pressure, there was actually more at Team RAC's home circuit of Snetterton last time than for me at my home track as I'll have a lot of family and friends there to support me. Of course as always, drivers always put pressure on themselves to do a good job at every track.
"Two years ago I really wasn't a lover of the circuit, but it's been good to me over the last two years and I seem to have got to grips with it and mastered it now. I think we should be on the pace there, it went well at the start of the year and the car's been developed even more since then so I think we should be very strong."
