After the miseries of Oulton Park, which saw the team encounter four retirements, Sunshine.co.uk will be looking to for a strong weekend as the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship reaches the half way mark for the sixth round of the season at Croft.

Despite gearbox issues hampering Paul O’Neil’s weekend last time out, he’s confident that he can return to form at Croft. “After the recent bad luck we’ve had, I want to give them a result they deserve,” said Paul. “They are one of the top three teams in this championship and deserve a top three result. With the things we have learnt with the car since this time last year, we should be as strong at Croft as we have been anywhere else.”

“The areas of the track at Oulton Park where the car was strong is what Croft is all about, so I’m looking forward to being on the pace and fighting at the front,” he said. “I’ve already forgotten about what happened at Oulton Park and my approach will be the same as it always is – to do the best job I can for the team.”

John George, also shares the same enthusiasm about the weekend as Paul. “I’m really looking forward to Croft,” he said, “and I’m hoping for big things after the pace I showed on race day at Oulton Park. The sunshine.co.uk cars were quick at Croft last season and after a strong showing last time out, I’m hopeful of scoring some points.

“In the second race at Oulton Park, I was setting top ten lap times and was quicker than the cars ahead, so I could have scored there before I had the issue with the car after getting caught up in an incident. Getting into the points has to be my aim this weekend and I’m targeting at least one top ten finish.”

Marvin Humpries, Tech-Speed boss, who runs the sunshine.co.uk team believes that the Honda Integra will be suited to the high demands of the Croft circuit.

“Croft is a good drivers circuit and one where the Honda should be strong,” he said. “We’ve worked hard to get over the issues we had at Oulton Park and are looking to make a return to form. Paul did well at Croft in the wet last season and has shown what he can do this season while John was making good progress again at Oulton Park and will look to continue that.”

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James Mappin is the editor-in-chief covering the British Touring Car Championship. You can contact him at james@btcccrazy.co.uk, on twitter @BTCCCrazy or on his personal twitter account @jamesmappin.