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Jake Hill signs for Tony Gilham Racing for 2016 BTCC

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Jake Hill will compete in his first full British Touring Car Championship season in 2016 after inking a deal with Tony Gilham Racing.

The 22-year-old will drive a second Toyota Avensis alongside former Mini Challenge champion Chris Smiley, after the team were successful in gaining a second TOCA BTCC Licence (TBL) from series bosses.

The BRDC Rising Star has made a number of fleeting appearances in the championship in recent years. His debut came in 2013 driving a Motorbase Performance Ford Focus at Croft, taking a win in the Jack Sears Trophy in his maiden race.

Hill then returned at the end of the same season, driving an Audi A4 for Rob Austin Racing at Brands Hatch, and made his most recent outing at the same circuit at the end of the 2015 season in an AmD Tuning Audi S3.

“Having known the (Team HARD) crew for a while now, we’ve been working together over the winter period to secure a package for the 2016 British Touring Car Championship, and with the help of Mike Joseph from RCIB Insurance, we’ve been able to put together a package which hopefully we can hit the ground running with,” said Hill.

“Hopefully we can score as many points as possible, get a good solid year under our belt with the Toyota Avensis and carry (the momentum) into next year, and build the RCIB Insurance racing team up and carry it into 2017 and beyond.”

BRITISH TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRY LIST

No – Driver – Team – Car
TBA – Jason Plato – Team BMR – Subaru Levorg
TBA – Colin Turkington – Team BMR – Subaru Levorg
TBA – Warren Scott – Team BMR – Subaru Levor
TBA – James Cole – Team BMR – Subaru Levorg
52 – Gordon Shedden – Team Dynamics – Honda Civic Type-R
25 – Matt Neal – Team Dynamics – Honda Civic Type-R
TBA – Andy Neate – Team Dynamics – Honda Civic Type-R
TBA – TBA – Triple Eight Racing – MG MG6 GT
TBA – TBA – Triple Eight Racing – MG MG6 GT
6 – Rob Collard – West Surrey Racing – BMW 125i M-Sport
31 – Jack Goff – West Surrey Racing – BMW 125i M-Sport
600 – Sam Tordoff – West Surrey Racing – BMW 125i M-Sport
33 – Adam Morgan – Ciceley Racing – Mercedes A-Class
16 – Aiden Moffat – Aiden Moffat Racing – Mercedes A-Class
7 – Mat Jackson – Motorbase Performance – Ford Focus ST
77 – Andrew Jordan – Motorbase Performance – Ford Focus ST
TBA – Hunter Abbott – Power Maxed Racing – Chevrolet Cruze
TBA – TBA – Power Maxed Racing – Chevrolet Cruze
80 – Tom Ingram – Speedworks Motorsport – Toyota Avensis
303 – Matt Simpson – Speedworks Motorsport – Honda Civic Type-R
30 – Martin Depper – Eurotech Racing – Honda Civic Type-R
55 – Jeff Smith – Eurotech Racing – Honda Civic Type-R
TBA – TBA – Eurotech Racing – Honda Civic Type-R
TBA – TBA – AmD Tuning – Audi S3
14 – Alex Martin – Dextra Racing – Ford Focus ST
TBA – Rob Austin – Handy Motorsport – Toyota Avensis
TBA – Chris Smiley – Team HARD – Toyota Avensis
TBA – Jake Hill – Team HARD – Toyota Avensis
TBA – TBA – Welch Motorsport – Proton Gen-2
TBA – Stewart Lines – Maximum Motorsport – Ford Focus ST