TROPHIES THE TARGET FOR ONE MOTORSPORT AT OULTON PARK
One Motorsport will continue their push for silverware in the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship this weekend (June 21-22) as the 2025 season reaches the halfway marker at Oulton Park.
The Honda Civic Type R squad heads to the Cheshire venue in a buoyant mood after Josh Cook and Stephen Jelley each produced a battling display last time out at Thruxton – all of which resulted in Cook snaring a second podium of the year and two Independent race wins.
Now poised to take on the undulating challenge that Oulton Park’s 2.226-mile Island layout presents, the Brackley-based outfit are hungry to speed into the series’ annual summer break with even more results to celebrate.
Having been a winner at the circuit last year, Cook will undoubtedly be one to watch over the course of the coming weekend as he looks to continue his rise in the Drivers’ Championship standings.
The 34-year-old bounced back from a high-speed crash in treacherous conditions at Thruxton when qualifying to produce 27 overtakes on race day, which in-turn allowed him to scoop three trophies.
Cook’s charge was helped by the inspiring effort and dedication by the team to repair his car overnight and since then additional developments have been carried out ahead of this weekend, leaving Cook relishing at what could be achieved this time out.
On the other side of the garage, Jelley left Thruxton with renewed optimism as he made progress with his front-wheel-drive machine – where he narrowly missed out on the points-scoring positions in all three races.
Keen to get back inside the points and fighting towards the top ten, the Leicestershire racer will take confidence from the fact that Oulton Park has been a happy hunting ground for him in the past – with two of his four career wins coming at the picturesque circuit.
Steve Dudman, Team Owner: “As we head to Oulton Park we’ve got one clear target and that’s to sign off the first half of the season on a high and state our intent to compete at the highest level.
“Despite some early challenges from catching up after a year out in 2024 , I feel like we’ve made some big steps forward in recent rounds and we want to maintain our momentum this weekend as we continue to develop our package – which M-Sport has been working hard with us on.
“The Honda chassis works well around Oulton’s twists-and-turns and with both drivers going there with a generous amount of TOCA Turbo Boost, I’m optimistic that we can be in the mix and towards the sharp end of the grid and in-doing so – challenge for more podiums.
Stephen Jelley: “I think if you ask most drivers on the grid where Oulton Park ranks on the calendar I imagine most will place it very high. It’s a really technical circuit that doesn’t provide much respite, meaning each and every lap is busy behind the wheel.
“My last two BTCC wins have come at the circuit so I’m going there with fond memories and feeling positive that we can put three strong results on the board. We made progress with the car at Thruxton and I’m hopeful we can make another step forward ahead of the summer break.”
Josh Cook: “Oulton Park is a circuit I’ve always enjoyed racing at and has a bit of everything; it’s old school, technical and undulating. We’ve seen in the past that the racing is always super close around there so qualifying up towards the front will be as important as ever this weekend.
“As a team we’re chipping away all the time and it’s been great to reward everyone’s hard work with a few trophies already. I think we should have a good race car to battle for those top positions so I’ll be going all-out for more podiums and importantly that first win of the season!”
Qualifying at Oulton Park will be broadcast on the ITV Sport YouTube channel on Saturday from 15:00 before all three races are aired LIVE on ITV4 and ITVX on Sunday. Race one is scheduled to begin at 12:20 ahead of race two at 14:40 and race three at 17:05.