BTCP British Touring Car Podcast Feb 25, 2026

FEBRUARY 2026 BTCC NEWS UPDATE

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Concept

Jason Plato racing

Jason Plato racing is a car racing team named after Jason Plato, a famous race car driver. They race cars in competitions against other teams.

Car

Mercedes-Benz CLA

The Mercedes-Benz CLA is a small fancy car that looks sporty and is comfortable to drive. It's a type of sedan, which means it has four doors and a trunk.

Brand

Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz is a famous car company from Germany that makes fancy and fast cars.

Concept

BTCC

BTCC is a car race in Britain where special race versions of normal cars compete.

Car

JCW Minis

JCW Minis are special versions of MINI cars that are faster and better for racing. They are used in car races and have stronger engines and better handling than regular MINIs.

Concept

racing team

A racing team is a group of people who work together to race cars and try to win races.

Concept

rookie

A rookie is someone new to racing who is still learning how to compete with more experienced drivers.

Brand

Hyundai

Hyundai is a car company from South Korea that also races cars in competitions.

Concept

touring car

Touring car racing is a kind of car race where cars that look like regular street cars are made faster and race on special tracks.

Company

PMR

PMR is a racing team that enters cars in races. They manage and run these cars during competitions.

Brand

Audi

Audi is a car company from Germany that makes fancy cars and also races cars in big competitions.

Term

podiums

A podium means finishing a race in first, second, or third place, so the driver gets a trophy and stands on a special stage.

Car

Cooper S

The Mini Cooper S is a small car that is faster and more fun to drive than the regular Mini Cooper because it has a stronger engine.

Company

WSR

WSR is a racing team that competes with sports cars in races. They have drivers who race cars in special competitions called GT racing.

Term

GTs

GTs are special racing cars that look like fast sports cars you can buy, but they are changed to race on tracks. People watch races where these cars compete.

Concept

turin cars

Turin cars are regular cars changed to race on tracks. They look like normal cars but are made faster and safer for racing.

Concept

regulations

Regulations are the rules that all race cars and drivers have to follow so the races are fair and safe for everyone.

Brand

Alfa Romeo

Alfa Romeo is a car company from Italy that makes sporty and cool-looking cars that are fun to drive.

Brand

Jaguar

Jaguar is a company that makes fancy cars, including fast and stylish ones that people like to race and drive.

Concept

consolidation season

A consolidation season means the team is taking a break from big changes and just keeping things steady for now.

LIVE

As February draws to a close, it's time to pop down your pancakes. Say goodbye to Cupid and

get back behind the seat of the British touring cars. This is the touring car, February-ish,

news update.

What are you going to say with popping down something there? Yes, hello and welcome back

to the British touring car podcast. Join us once again and we're going to take you through

some of the exciting news that we've had in February. We've finally got some again.

We have. We are recording this sort of in the last week of February, so there will

be some more news before the end of the month. We know that it will be swept up

as appropriate.

Yeah, it's Monday. We're hoping to get it out on the Tuesday. So anything that

happens after then, we'll be in the next one.

And we know there's going to be at least two car livery wheels after this pod, but we decided

not to wait until you've seen some color on a car because, frankly, it's a car with

some color on it.

I don't think they want to see our faces again as well.

Yes, and the flag.

And the flag, yes.

How have you been?

Yes, not too bad. Not too bad. February has flown by and we are, absolutely. We are

starting to get a little bit of momentum now behind some of this touring car news.

Pieces are falling into place a little bit more.

Some of them are.

Yeah, I am feeling with some of the news we're about to deliver.

We might have a shorter grid that we might expect towards the start of the

season, but we'll see how things develop, apart from that.

Not too bad.

Good news. Right. We'll start with perhaps the biggest news story, certainly

for us, for in terms of reaction from you guys and how things have flown on

socials and bits and pieces.

And it was the first Jason Plato seat.

Fairly unwell.

No one saw this coming.

Yeah, no.

Everybody saw this coming.

Perhaps not to the extent that it's come out as, but Dan Robotton, unsurprisingly,

has been announced as the first driver to be in that team Jason Plato racing.

Just going to cover a few things off quickly here.

No, it won't be Andrew Jordan, Matt Neal or Jason Plato in the other seat.

If it is any of those three, then I will never speak on this podcast again.

He will eat the flag.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, I'll eat the flag.

Yeah, you're fine. I'll eat the flag.

It's not happening.

What is happening is that Dan Robotton is in that A class saloon or CLA,

as I suppose it's technically is, but yeah, whatever it is.

And he's more than just a driver.

Yeah, a part team owner, which I don't know whether some people might have

missed in that small little video release that they did, but he will

be going into this season as a part team owner.

And I think a lot of that is down to the work that he's been doing with Jason

and I think also Jodie Kidd in the YouTube series and the road trips

that they've been doing.

I think they've grown closer together and built trust in each other.

And obviously, with Robotton comes Cateclean, a big sponsor as well.

You assume because Jason has said that he's got two big sponsors

that have never been in the series before.

I know, but it includes or they aren't those two.

But Cateclean has come with Robotton.

I've seen today.

Yes, but will it be massively down the side of the car?

Is it going to be on the bumpers in a smaller capacity?

That is going to be interesting.

I have to say, even if you take away the fact that everybody knew

it was going to be Robotton, it does make the most sense

because if you ask me to pick the most Plato style driver on the grid

currently, it's probably Dan Robotton.

I think he lived up to that towards the end of last season, didn't he?

Yes. Yeah, I'd be interested to see if Kamish wants to get a closer look

at that Mercedes into the first corner of Donnington Park in a few weeks time.

I think it's fair to say and I think you can back this up.

He's burnt some bridges there as well.

Yeah, it appears on social media that some unfollowing has been done,

shall we say? I'll just leave it at that.

If you haven't seen it on Instagram, the BTCC House of Memes

has done a fantastic gallery.

Yes, it is well worth dropping them a follow

and just looking through that gallery of memes

because each one gets better and better and better.

Yeah, so it says in the article released

on the British Touring Car website that Catechling and Robotton

have had their success over the years

and they will be continuing their partnership.

But the the biggest thing for me personally

is the fact that he is going to be a part team owner.

And what that could mean for him going forward?

Yes, it certainly secures his short term future within the Touring Cars.

And if he wants to move into more of that team leader role,

then it's a brilliant opportunity for him.

And it also begs the question, then what sort of driver

are they going to bring in because Robotton is going to have

a say on it now as well.

Absolutely. One thing just before we do a bit of speculation,

it's great news for us is that I don't know if you've seen it,

but there was a story of him doing some promo material

and it looked like he was using Canva, which we do as well.

So it's great to know that we are amongst company

in terms of using that as a tool for our graphics.

In terms of driving, it's a very good point.

One I had actually thought until you managed it there.

Yeah, he will have a say on who it is.

So I don't think we know it be Camish,

but I don't think Camish was ever in for a chance

in the following bits and pieces of last year.

I'm really interested to see whether they go for

another robust, well-known name on the grid.

Morgan is a name that keeps coming up in these circles,

or if they go for a more development or rookie

or giving a chance to a driver.

On that side of things, people have suggested

people from Edwards, Crease.

Cook has come up a lot, which would make a lot of sense,

I think, from the point of view of the team

wanting to be competitive,

but also Cook is another, he fits that mold in my opinion.

And also from Cook, there isn't necessarily

at this moment in time an obvious place

for him on the grid as things stand.

But obviously, I mean, you could name me 20 drivers

that could go into that scene.

I was going to say, I've seen proper name

for possibly going that seat as well.

Tom Zollswell, yeah, I mean, yeah.

There are so many drivers out there.

Let us know your thoughts down in the comments

if you haven't already, and if you haven't already,

go and drop us a like and a follow as well.

And again, to repeat, Jason Plater

was happy being a team principal.

Matt Neal is fully retired.

Andrew Jordan is doing Historex.

None of those three are in the seat.

Just saying.

Flag looking tasty.

It is never going to need to be consumed.

It is not happening.

Yeah, so we'll move on to the next bit of news now.

And, wow, a couple of bits.

The bit from today, first of all,

that Napa have announced their fourth driver.

Obviously, with Robot, I'm now moving on.

They had a seat to fill.

And there are question marks over

who may well fill that seat,

whether they were going to go for a summer experience,

Light Robotom, or whether they were actually

going to possibly promote someone

through their driver program.

And we know now that Lewis Selby

will be coming up from the JCW Minis

and taking that seat.

Now, there was speculation as to whether

the other Osborne child would be

carrying on into that role,

but he'd already stated that due to circumstances

that ended his season in 2025,

that he wouldn't be racing again in 2026.

Otherwise, I think that would have probably been his seat.

Quite possibly, it does suggest that they were looking

to bring some of the up through the mini program,

following that.

There were, of course, some suggestions

that one of, or both, Camish and Sutton

might move on to past year's new.

Yeah.

Seats are opening up in this sport all of the time.

There's opportunities over teams

of different cars this year.

There is some suggestion that Camish

wanted to step out of the Sutton shadow.

So it's interesting to see

that they've managed to keep three of the four.

And let's be honest,

some stability is not always a bad thing.

We've said a couple of times that we think

that a few to many teams have changed

too many bits and pieces in one go.

And it's been difficult for them,

obviously, to add to that list as well.

And it's been difficult for them to sort of adapt.

You look at the teams that have done well

over the last few years.

Consistency.

Hyundai, it's been an upper to a degree.

It's been that consistency.

So it makes a lot of sense.

Osborne was always going to have a drive

if he wanted it at the team.

Makes sense to keep Sutton and Camish as well.

I'll be interested to see how the garages line up.

Because obviously last year,

I think it was Robottom and Camish

was only Dan's one side and Sam and Ash the other.

Which one were they put Selbian in some ways?

I suppose it'll depend on which driver he's more like.

Is he more like Dan Camish?

Is he more like Sam Osborne?

Is he more like Ash Sutton?

Because he's going to have a lot to learn.

It's a heck of a step up.

I think it would be talking down that route.

I think it'd be a really good idea

if they could put him in with Sutton

because I think Sutton's got so much knowledge

and prowess within the sport

that he can just impart all of that knowledge

and even sharing technical data between the two.

Sutton's not necessarily, I think, going to see him as a threat

and I think he'll like that senior role

to bring that driver through.

The only slight, I agree,

the only slight argument I have against that

is that Sutton is very fastapony

in the way he sets a car up.

It's very different.

Sutton drives a touring car very differently

to a lot of drivers on the grid.

It might be that somebody who's potentially

a bit more of a natural driver in Dan Kamish

is a better mentor at this early stage.

But again, it depends on how Selby subscribes to racing.

He might well also like every dick

as he loose front end or something

that we don't see across other drivers.

So it'll be interesting.

I'm torn because on the one hand,

I have to sound a little bit underwhelmed

if I'm being brutally honest.

But on the other hand,

we do want to see drivers coming through

and we do want to see the promotion pass.

And I've banged the German side plenty of times

that there is no clear pathway in

and this is what you want to see.

But I do have slight concerns

that it is a heck of a step up for a driver

that's not at the early stages of his career either.

So yeah.

I think from my perspective

and possibly Napa's perspective

and maybe even the rest of the grid,

I think it weakens the team.

No offense to Selby.

He's a rookie coming into the series.

He's going to have a lot to learn.

And we know that Napa have always been up against it

with Hyundai and Accelerate.

Virtually we're not going to rookie in that team.

If they are, it's going to be a rookie

of your Z-Loss style,

with a thought rather than,

then yeah, Selby.

And let's say,

Virtually we've also got hands in other motorsports

and they're sabering through a development driver

or through the mini program or whatever.

I don't necessarily see that happening.

I think they'll stay strong

and they were stronger last year.

And it did come into its own

as the season went on.

I think if Virtually were ever likely to do that,

then they would possibly use the option

that they have with putting them

into the restart car first of all.

Possibly slightly funding that season

to then bring them up into the...

That makes a lot of sense.

Just a statement from Selby in joining the team.

He said that he'd never really considered the BTCC

as an option,

which leads me to think that they possibly had

Osborne in there for the second son basically.

But due to various events,

I was asked immediately and said, yes,

can't thank Pete Osborne and Steve Richardson enough

and look forward to doing the best job that I can for them,

the team, partners, you know, all the commercial stuff.

It's not the most ringing endorsement, I don't know.

No, no.

Of it.

And I also just think to myself,

what, obviously it'll be in the Jack Sears

and that'll be the number one priority, but...

He might, will he?

Well, yeah, but realistically,

is he gonna be in, I don't know.

I don't know.

It really depends on how many other rookies

or Jack Sears or entries at all.

Yeah, yeah, we'll get onto that a bit.

Yeah, it depends how many drivers turn up on the grid

and what sort of competition

there's gonna be in that Jack Sears,

but I certainly think that's got to be his aim

going into the season.

Get your feet under the table in the first couple of rounds

and the testing and stuff like that.

And possibly even try and surprise some people.

And on the flip side,

you're gonna be in a team that's weather-quipped,

well-funded and well-stocked in experience

to help you in your touring car career.

Hopefully, it'll be a good step up for him

and he can be competitive.

We'll have to wait and see, come testing day,

which way it looks like and what he might be going.

Talking of stepping up,

we have another driver announcement to come to you with

and that is Dexter Patterson.

I would say it's probably, well, hopefully,

going to be a step up for him.

He's moved away from unlimited motorsport.

He's moved away from the Coupre.

That's the step up.

Yeah, yeah.

Well, hopefully, we don't know

what the Audi's gonna be like,

but yes, he's moved on board with Power Max Racing.

He's their first driver announcement

and must I say, they both looked happy about that

in the picture, didn't they?

Yeah, I mean, it's like a hostage release with the photo.

It's so, yeah, Neve, I mean,

we'll pop it on the screen

if Sam remembers to do so in his edit,

but if not, you can find it on the socials.

Yeah, not the happiest looking photo.

I know he's a Dower Scotsman

and most of them never really seem to be there.

Yeah, but Adam doesn't look exactly thrilled to be there.

Never really seem to smile.

But yeah, so he's joining up with PMR.

Obviously, they've got, I think, three TBO licenses.

Correct.

We know they're gonna be running the Audi's this year.

How they feel those, we're not completely sure

whether there's gonna be one more driver with an Audi.

There'll be at least one more.

Yeah, at least one more.

Thoughts are that it could well possibly be Mikey Doeba

in the world.

I'm surprised that he wouldn't be the first announcement.

But if he's the lead driver,

which he would be the head of that team now,

you'd have thought so.

Let us know down in the comments

who you think is gonna fill that second

or even third seat

and what you think Dexter is gonna be able to achieve

this season.

I think it's a really good move for Dexter and Paramax

if I'm being brutally honest

because to bring out a phrase I've not brought up

for a minute, a couple of years now

is that there is a racer in there.

We did see, when he was in the hard Cupra,

we did see some performances from him

where you thought, you sat up and went,

okay, he's quick this lad.

There's a bit of racing in him.

It didn't really work out last year.

And then in motorsport,

the bit of the Ralph is teammate

at the start of the season

where they were knocking seven shades of each other.

And for better or for worse,

I think we can all agree the Cupra hasn't really worked out

in British touring cars as a particularly viable car.

Nobody has really got a tune out a bit

other than Bobby Thompson

who did take a couple of podiums in it.

But it's been run by lots of top drivers

who haven't managed to get a lot out of it.

And I think that's probably an indictment

of the car to be honest with you.

So he's moving across to PMR

who are renowned for developing young talent

and Dex is to the very young talent.

He's still a very young driver.

And I say they are renowned for,

you think of Mikey Doble,

you think of Andrew Watson,

they got Aaron Taylor Smith,

okay, not a younger driver,

but certainly his career back on track

who's been in the wilderness for a long time

of nothingness in touring car terms

and really got him back into

what has been the best form of his racing career.

So it seems a very sensible place for Dex

to try and get to grips with touring cars properly.

I don't think he's quite fulfilled

his potential in touring cars as of yet.

And I don't think he's necessarily

had the equipment and opportunity to do that either.

So this is a real good move I think for him.

And it brings PowerMax a solid driver.

So yeah, it seems to be a win-win for everybody.

I think it's crucial for PowerMax

to bring in a driver like Dex,

the fact that he's been in the series

for a couple of seasons as well.

He knows what the touring cars are all about

and to be able to develop a car,

you've got to know the ins and outs

of what setup changes are gonna make,

what differences.

And I think that's a really good basis

for them to work from.

And if they have got Mikey Doble there as well,

I think that could be really understated yet solid team

to be able to develop that car with.

Now, one little thought in my mind

is what's this part of the deal

that gave them the Cooperas towards the half

back in the last season?

It does make you wonder

because for those who may have forgotten

in the aftermath of the great fire

that wiped out the Astros for PMR,

they were given a car by the Patterson family,

which is one of the Cooperas

and they got the other Cooperas from one motor sport,

sorry, limited motor sport, sorry, as well.

Jenny lost out for the rest of the season.

Again, you probably didn't notice he wasn't there.

But anyway, it does make you wonder

was there some kind of agreement?

Or to be fair, was it just a case of,

hang on a minute,

we've actually built a good ratio here.

This has gone well.

We've built a bridge we didn't have before.

Let's explore it further.

And that's, you know,

whether it was a stipulation or a clause of that.

I don't know.

It could just as easily been actually,

do you know what?

This is a really positive chat

between this and the driver we haven't spoken to before.

Quite like this.

I think Adam Weaver in the past on documentaries

has said that he likes to have drivers

that are easy to work with,

i.e. not gonna have their dads,

they're being beep heads.

I'm fairly sure-

It's a fearing, I think,

is the term that he needed to use.

That's not a verbatim quote,

I'm fairly sure on the Drive to Survive rip-off

that Turing Cars has done,

that he has said that in the past,

that they've had drivers who've come with

a big entourage in this course,

problems, et cetera, et cetera.

So maybe they've just had a really positive experience

with Dexter and the family so far.

I'm going, do you know what?

If it's our values, let's build it.

And we know that PMR,

we're gonna be looking for a driver

with house did stepping back.

Yes, absolutely.

So, yeah, that's the driver announcement.

That's the driver announcement.

There are a few tidbits

that you can take a little bit of stuff from,

a little bit of thinking.

So first of all,

WSR have released some images this week

of their race car build,

and there's only one.

The rest of them are just chassis

without any front ends bolted on.

Now, of course, if you look at what's happened, WSR,

Turkinson has been announced as going to the GTs,

which is a great move for him,

and one I'm not surprised about.

Which we kind of expected as well,

when they said they were gonna be joining the GTs,

we thought, okay, Turkinson's taking the season out.

It's a prime opportunity for him

to be with the team he knows,

but also go off and do something a little bit different.

But also it's less racing,

which is, as he's trying to bring through his sons

into the work sport world,

and just be more of a family man,

this suits where he has that in life perfectly.

I wouldn't be surprised if we haven't,

if we've seen, sorry,

if Turkinon ever comes back to the Turin,

because I think those days may,

if the door's not shut,

it's certainly pushed to.

I don't see it being open for a while.

Jake Hill, of course, is also off to,

is he off to GTs as well?

Is he off to Historic?

I can't remember.

He's off somewhere else.

Jake Hill is doing all sorts,

international, GTs, all sorts.

He'll pretty much try and turn his hand to anything.

And I think he's enough of an experienced driver now

that he should be able to adapt to them all as well.

Agreed.

He was doing some interesting stuff

from the old Sayats this week,

which was quite cool.

We also know that from De Leon's LinkedIn post,

because we're now in the J.Cumpfrey-style world,

that he's got plans this season

and written between the lines.

It's not Turin cars,

because it's on an international scale,

which it's a bold way of looking at ITV4

if it is Turin car-related.

So it looks like he's off.

So that now, and he leaves from last year, Moffat.

There's lots of interesting thoughts around Moffat.

And Rainford, who has, through his own comments

on news articles and reviews,

suggests that he is back in the Turin cars.

It would make sense if the WSR...

It very much sounds that way.

He says he's excited for the new 2026 season sort

in the Turin cars and the regulations that are coming in,

which kind of makes you think

that he's going to be there or thereabouts.

And if WSR are down to possibly just one,

I think they would be right to take him forward.

Agreed.

Especially with the other drivers going elsewhere.

I don't think they need to look outside of the team, basically.

No, I think with WSR, they will...

The way it's looking for me and the way I'm reading it

is that they will be a one-car team.

However, there are two shells available

if the right deal comes forward with the right driver,

and it works financially for all involved.

They've been in the game long enough to know what it takes,

what they need to do, all that kind of stuff.

But yeah, it's slightly worrying that they have three,

if not four, kind of spot my head at TBLs.

And at the minute, it looks like only one of those

are going to be fulfilled.

Yeah.

At the minute.

If it is the case, by the start of the season,

that we do only have one WSR or WSR car,

I think it would be a great loss to the series,

considering the team that they are,

the heritage that they have.

Yes, I understand they're going off and expanding their basis

and doing GTs and stuff like that.

And there have to be cutbacks elsewhere,

probably because of that.

But for, yeah, a team like WSR not to be able

to put a package forward for someone to go out,

yeah, that sounds really enticing.

It's a slight worry.

I think it's a little bit of an indictment

to where Turing cars is, both on a financial scale,

also in this sort of gray area between regulations.

We've got a few changes coming in this year

before the big ones hit next year.

And I kind of get the feeling that, you know,

there was a lot of talk that Napa

are going to be changing cars coming to the season.

That seems to have died to death.

That if nothing else is going to be afford, it appears

subject to change, but that's what we understand

it's going to be afford.

A couple of months ago,

it was going to be a Jaguar and Alfa Romeo.

But again, there's a lot that why would you do too much

now when so much can change next season?

So maybe it's a bit of a consolidation season for WSR.

We're just going to, you know, keep their,

keep their finger in the sport,

but also not, you know, not put all the resource

and energy into this when there are other programs

that are involved in.

And there's a lot that can change over the next couple

of years with the regs.

Yeah, let us know your thoughts down in the comments

what you think is going to happen with WSR.

Be interested to see what other theories out there.

Obviously, these are theories.

Absolutely, yeah, I've seen a picture on Twitter

and I've added one and one together.

That I could be beyond wrong.

Yeah, that picture that you sent me, actually,

I saw all the trophies in the background

and you can see how much they won over that time.

And it's ridiculous.

I can understand why they don't have a trophy cabinet

because it would need to be a factory for absolutely.

Absolutely. Yeah.

And then the only sort of bit of speculation is that Proctor

has said in his one of his interviews on BTC.net

that he's got options on the table for next year.

So that would hopefully mean the return of Proctor.

Obviously, he had a really strong half and a bit season

when he came in for Michael Kreese last year.

Had he been in from the start,

he'd have probably finished him in the top six,

maybe even higher than that.

I was going to say to finish,

so like well within the top 10 with what he did,

it's got to be such an attractive option

for any team out there.

Personally, for me, I mean,

if they can get the deal done at Virtue,

it makes perfect sense to have him there.

I could also see him maybe going across

to restart racing just because...

Possibly.

Might be a slightly lower budget.

Yeah, exactly that.

And a competitive carnival.

We know that Dan Lloyd's seat needs filling.

But yeah, it'd be...

The grid would be stronger with Proctor on it

and hopefully one of those deals

he can get across the line and be on the grid.

I know people out there have also mentioned

that there's a possibility you could go to Playtoe.

I don't think that would be the right move for him

having to develop a car.

You don't know what sort of budget you possibly need to bring.

So I think he would be better off staying with a team

that is well-renowned

and been on the grid for at least a couple of seasons.

I would agree with you.

A couple of other names that are yet to be announced anywhere

just to tie these things up

is that Morgan has not had a seat announced anywhere as of yet,

nor has Cook.

One motorsport have licenses,

but doesn't seem to be any sort of signs of life

at the moment.

That may well, of course, change.

Jelly's another name that, I mean, if WSR want another car,

he makes sense to go back there, depending on budgets.

But they're sort of the big names

that I could think of straight up on my head

that haven't got plans announced for 2026 as of yet.

And also if there are BMW shells floating around,

we know they're a competitive outfit

and we could possibly see WSR almost being like a feeder

for independent teams.

It wouldn't surprise me if for whatever reason

we see two BMWs turn up at one motorsport.

That's a bold theory.

It is bold, yes, I know,

but we've seen stranger things happen.

We have.

So just to quickly sum up,

we've got all the Napa drivers now as discussed here.

We've got Ingram and Chilton at virtue,

two seats maximum to be announced there.

We've got Smiley's in all the promo stuff

for restart at the moment.

So I would be astonished if he's not one of the two there.

We've got the two seats at one to be announced.

We've got the seats at WSR to be announced

in terms of Toyota.

We've got two of those announced,

which are the laser tools side of things,

which is Shedden and Arantella Smith,

potentially two other Toyota seats

to be announced there as well.

And there should be a livery release later this week

for that car as well.

Correct.

And then at PMR, we've got Dexter Patterson

announced potential of a two drivers to come there.

And unlimited if they are doing anything this season,

have also got a potential,

I would have thought Nick Hamilton

would be the obvious place,

obvious driver for there.

He has got his racing license,

but he may well want to go elsewhere.

Like everybody else seems wants to at the minute.

There have been rumors surrounding unlimited

that there are unpaid bills

and that the tax man is following those up.

So we don't know.

I imagine that's the same of every team

to agree as well.

It's an expensive business.

I don't understand company's house enough to comment.

But yeah, let us know your thoughts down in the comments

and any drivers that you want to see back on the grid

or give us your driver's thoughts

on where the whole grid is going to be

if you really want to.

But we'll keep you updated on our social media.

So if you haven't already, go and subscribe,

like, comment, share it.

Wherever we're seeing, the more the better, basically.

Absolutely.

It's been really good, hasn't it, lately?

Yeah, I'm just going to say thank you so much

for all the people that have seen our posts

across social media,

mainly on Facebook by the look of it.

And thank you for everyone who watched

the last YouTube video, five and a 1,000 of you.

Amazing.

Yeah, unbelievable.

That is, yeah, quite something.

We blew it out of the water.

Absolutely.

So if we could do that again on this one, it would be lovely.

Yeah, or make it 6,000.

That'd be lovely as well.

But no, honestly, the start of the year

has been amazing for us in terms of what,

just the sheer explosion we've seen

in terms of engagement and our stuff,

which inspires us to keep going, which is great.

And great for you, if you like listening,

because if you don't inspire us,

then we become boring and sad.

Are we really leaving it on that?

I like to be pessimistic.

Okay, good.

It's my whole shtick.

No, we'll say thank you very much indeed.

There's still lots to be announced

and there's lots of fun in the off-season to be had.

It will be me today before you know it, however.

And soon we'll be complaining about

steward decisions and not having the old days

and stuff like that.

And that's been negative again, isn't it?

Sorry.

Yeah.

Come on, keep it up, mate.

Keep it up.

Yeah, until next time, we'll keep you updated

on social media.

Until then, goodbye.

Until we stick again.

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