Sam Tordoff returns to BTCC action with AmDTuning.com test

Sam Tordoff could make a return to the BTCC for the 2018 season after getting back behind the wheel of a touring car during testing at Snetterton.

The former West Surrey Racing driver joined the AmDTuning.com with Cobra Exhausts team squad for the test, where he shared a car with former AmD driver Aaron Mason.

British F4 racer Sam Smelt then got behind the wheel on a second day of running, completing more than 80 trouble-free laps as he sampled BTCC machinery for the first time.

Despite cool track conditions, the test provided the team with the chance to work on further improvements to the Audi, which scored multiple points this season in the hands of Ollie Jackson and Ant Whorton-Eales.

The team has yet to name any drivers for 2018, when it will continue to field a two-car team in the series.

“We’ve made no secret of the fact that we want to take steps forwards with our BTCC programme so the opportunity to run a race-winning driver in the car is one we couldn’t turn down,” team boss Shaun Hollamby said.

“Although the conditions were far from ideal, it was interesting to get Sam’s feedback on the car and of course we’d be more than open to the possibility of working with him in 2018 if he decided he wanted to make a return to touring cars.

“In terms of Aaron and Sam Smelt, Aaron wanted to sample an NGTC car and having worked with him before, I value the technical feedback he was able to provide. Sam meanwhile is evaluating his options for next year and is a young driver who we feel has a lot of potential if he were to decide to follow the touring car route.”