Neal critical of boost reduction

Neal has taken two wins so far this season, the Honda Racing squad's first with Neil Brown-prepared turbos powering its Civics.

Turbos dominated at the last round at Donington Park and series boss Alan Gow has reduced all the turbo cars' maximum boost limit by 0.1 bar ahead of round three.

Neal does not believe the move is fair.

"It seems to me like it is a rule that has singled us out to penalise us more than anyone else," he said. "I just can't understand it.

"It appears that we have been held back because we had been doing such good job so far this season, which isn't fair.

"Thruxton is always tough on tyres and that means it is going to be a journey into the unknown. We are going there with one arm tied behind our back because of the rule changes and there is a lot of work to do on the set-up."

Neal's team-mate Gordon Shedden also believes the power cut will hurt the Hondas at the high-speed circuit.

"I am confused about how they have come to this decision to peg back the turbo cars but we have just go to get on with our jobs and perform to our maximum," he said.

"We are going to be handicapped because of this, but we will be giving it everything we have got."