Friday favourite: The ‘expert sandbagger’ who became a BTCC legend

Vauxhall was truly spoiled for talent in the 2002 British Touring Car Championship. Following reigning champion Jason Plato’s departure, James Thompson had moved across from Egg Sport to join Plato’s defeated adversary Yvan Muller in the works Triple Eight Astra Coupes, with Super Touring independent ace Matt Neal and Production class graduate Paul O’Neill forming an all-new line-up at …Keep reading