MOTORSPORT: The AmD Tuning.com team is targeting a place inside the top ten when the new Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship season gets underway this weekend at Brands Hatch (31 March – 1 April).

The West Thurrock-based team goes into the season opener sporting a new name and a new look for the 2012 season, with Attleborough-based driver Ollie Jackson having signed up to race its turbo-powered Volkswagen Golf for the year ahead.

Ollie, who competed for Triple Eight in the final two rounds of 2011, will be contesting his first full season in the BTCC in the VW, which has undergone a series of revisions during the winter period.

For the first time, the AmD Tuning.com team has been able to carry out extensive pre-season testing, giving Ollie the chance to gel with both team and car, while also allowing the team to work through a development programme aimed at moving the Golf up the grid.

With a series of impressive displays in the car so far, Ollie heads into his first race in AmD Tuning.com colours optimistic of fighting inside the top ten to give the team a strong start to 2012 at its home circuit.