One of the biggest shocks of the opening British Touring Car Championship meeting at Brands Hatch at the start of April was the performance of the factory-backed Subaru Levorg machines, which were arguably the most potent cars on the grid at the end of the 2016 campaign.
The cars were well off the pace, and there was a lock-down on any information coming from the team and its drivers throughout the weekend. What is clear is that there is something seriously wrong.
In the final round of the contest last year on Brands Hatch's Grand Prix circuit, the estate-shaped cars locked out two of the three top spots on the grid and Colin Turkington raced to two of the three victories on offer that weekend.
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