Team Dynamics retains Gordon Shedden, Dan Rowbottom

Team Dynamics has confirmed that both Gordon Shedden and Dan Rowbottom will remain with the Honda squad for the 2022 BTCC season.

Shedden returned to the series last year after three years away, although the Scot endured a mixed campaign at the wheel of the FK8 Honda Civic Type R.

Having suffered his fair share of misfortune early on, the Scot returned to the top of the podium with a double win at Donington Park and will now hope to push for title honours in the first year of the hybrid era.

“This is mega for me,” he said. “I set my sights on winning the Championship last year, but lady luck just wasn’t on my side – we had a great car, but just couldn’t capitalise on it. I’ll be all guns blazing this year to get that elusive and record-equalling fourth title!

“The boys have been working their socks off during the off-season to give us cars that will be super competitive, so we both need to go out there now and repay their hard work. I cannot wait to get back in the car again, it seems like a long time ago we were last racing.”

Rowbottom meanwhile returned to the series after a COVID-enforced year out and enjoyed a strong campaign on track as he secured his maiden race win and wrapped up the Jack Sears Trophy title, with the team re-confirming his place on the grid having signed a multi-year deal last year.

“I’m over the moon to be back for a second season with Cataclean and Team Dynamics,” he said. “I’d said to the guys from the outset ‘give me a strong car and I’ll prove to you I can drive’ and I certainly proved all my sceptics wrong last season and showed everyone that I can truly race. This year has got to be maximum focus for me to win the outright Drivers’ Championship, that is my goal and that is what I’ll be aiming for!”

As last season, Shedden and Rowbottom will run under the Halfords Racing with Cataclean banner, with talks ongoing about the third car that the team has for 2022 after acquiring an additional TOCA BTCC Licence.

“These are two of the best drivers on the grid and we wanted to make sure we retained them for the 2022 season,” team principal Matt Neal said. “Dan has proven himself as a title-winning package and with Gordon being a three-time BTCC Champion already, his credentials speak for themselves.

“The third drive is still up for grabs, and we currently still have a vacant position, so let’s see what happens. The engineers have been working tirelessly since the end of the season to build two brand new cars for this new hybrid era, and we are looking at a full-on attack to win all the titles this season!”