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Progress for Trade Price Cars Hill at Thruxton BTCC Testing

At the traditional pre-event practice session at Thruxton in Hampshire, Trade Price Cars Racing's Jake Hill felt he had "made some real progress' in developing the Essex-based team's Audi S3 after a busy and challenging day.

The fastest circuit on the BTCC calendar presents a unique challenge - bumpy, fast and abrasive - the teams have a huge challenge in getting the balance of the car right, tempered with drivability and consistency.

"We ended up P11 in the morning session, and learned a huge amount about the car around here. We had a technical issue that affected the car just as I started my run on new tyres, so we were really pleased with the time, and more importantly...

Podium and Pace for Hill at Brands Hatch BTCC opener

"The best weekend in my BTCC career so far' was how Trade Price Cars Racing's Jake Hill summed up a superb opening Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship meeting at Brands Hatch, taking a remarkable 2nd place in race one, and 4th in race two.

Hill qualified 15th in the wet session on Saturday, and a greasy track shrouded in fog meant a dilemma for the teams in terms of tyre choice for Sunday morning's opening race - whether to go for 'wet' or 'slick' Dunlop tyres.

Opting to stick with the 'soft' compound slick tyres, Hill's AmD Tuning-prepared Audi S3 dropped down to 21st as the cars on wet weather tyres initially had significantly more grip.

Hill qualifies in the top-half of BTCC grid at Brands

On a greasy circuit at the opening Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch, 25 year-old Jake Hill showed the car and team's potential by qualifying in 15th for tomorrow's race.

After two very promising sessions in Practice, with Hill taking P11 and P7 on a dry but cold circuit, Trade Price Cars Racing felt confident the local driver could challenge for a top-ten place.

"The car got better with each change we made - the boys did an awesome job to help me improve the car in practice. Frustrating that we then had completely different conditions for qualifying, but it was what it was. We were running comfortably in P8 for most of the session, but weren't able to go quicker as the front tyres were finished...