Colin Turkington looking ahead to start of new season
Four-time BTCC champion Colin Turkington is relishing the start of the British Touring Car Championship under the Team BMW banner.
The Northern Ireland driver will return to the driving seat of his BMW 3 Series next week as the pre-season testing programme gets underway.
It has been officially confirmed that Silverstone will host the 2021 British Touring Car Championship season launch on April 22.
Turkington said: “It’s been an unusual off-season with all the restrictions and the current lockdown in place, but still productive nonetheless.
“Almost all my time has been spent working from home on the 2021 BTCC campaign, and managing the needs of our two home-schooling kids, which for sure has been the most challenging aspect.
“We’ve spent more time together as a family over this period, and that’s been wonderful - we will likely never get this time again.”
With two months to go until the first race of the 2021 championship, Turkington says the excitement is building to get back on track.
“I’m looking forward to getting back out on track next week,” he said.
“We’ve got around two months now before the start of the 2021 season, and all being well, we should complete around five to six days testing beforehand.
“I will combine this with some general track days, karting and more sim work to make sure I’m razor sharp come the first round at Thruxton.
“We have a detailed test schedule in place to hopefully find some gains with the car.”