Is motorsport's forgotten team model being revived?

The success of AmD Tuning in the early stages of this year's British Touring Car Championship suggests the could be a revival for a multi-chassis approach that is lost to single-seaters and rarely used elsewhere

James Newbold Jun 6, 2019, 1:26 PM

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Since its debut in 2010, British Touring Car Championship stalwart AmD Tuning had only twice previously managed to finish on the outright podium.

So when its cars managed the feat twice on the opening day of this season at Brands Hatch, with Rory Butcher taking the team's maiden victory in race three, team boss Shaun Hollamby could be forgiven for thinking all of his Christmases had come at once.

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James Newbold is Autosport's Plus Editor, responsible for coordinating website feature content.

In a sign of things to come, having completed his Politics and International Relations degree at the University of East Anglia in 2015, he left his graduation ceremony early to catch the last train to Brussels for the following day's Spa 24 Hours.

After a period as a freelancer, he joined the Autosport staff in 2018 and won the Motorsport UK young journalist of the year award. He initially edited Autosport magazine's Performance and Engineering supplements before joining the website team in his current role in 2020.

A keen enthusiast of anything that can be categorised unusual or niche, he enjoys unearthing little-known stories across all branches of motorsport, but has spent most of his career covering sportscars and is a regular part of the Le Mans 24 Hours reporting team.

He lives with his wife and children in Plymouth, England.