Interview: Gordon Shedden eyes World Touring Car glory
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He won the title for a second consecutive year in InShedden began racing in the Ford Fiesta Championship and won it the following season with 9 wins. He has worked as Business Development Manager for the Knockhill circuit, [3] alongside his wife Jillian. He has raced at Macau several times. ForShedden was chosen by Team Halfords to drive for them in the BTCC, alongside reigning series champion Matt Nealnoting that "it's brilliant to have a teammate that I can learn so much from".
He took his first win in the series in race 7 at Oulton Parkand added another gordon shedden btcchinato round 10 at Thruxtonwhere he also took his first pole position. He finished 4th overall with five wins infinishing the season as rookie of the year. In his team switched to gordon shedden btcchinato Honda Civic, and again took four wins. He gordon shedden btcchinato again 4th overall ahead of Neal. He took a 2nd place in the season opener, [4] but crashed heavily in race 3.
He was gordon shedden btcchinato in 7th in the Drivers Championship. He was ranked 9th in the Drivers Standings but was later gordon shedden btcchinato by James Thompson. On 15 April it was announced that James Thompson would be replacing Shedden in the Team Dynamics car for the remainder of the season. The team said it was working on funds for a 3rd car for Gordon to run later in the season.
After competing at two events for the team, they withdrew from the rest of the season. Despite all the changes Shedden managed 2 podiums during and finished up in 12th in the Drivers Standings. After Team Dynamics became an official manufacturer Honda team ahead of the season, Shedden and Neal were re-signed by the team. Shedden won 2 races at Croft Circuit followed by wins at Snetterton, Knockhill and Donington and finished 3rd in the Drivers Championship.
He finished the drivers championship in second place, 8 points behind his team mate Matt Neal having been his only title challenger at the penultimate race of the season. His teammate would Matt Neal for the third year in a row. He had a disappointing opening round at Brands Hatchhis car was plagued with electrical problems for gordon shedden btcchinato of the weekend. He was disqualified from the third race of the day after his team worked on his car during the red flag period.
Problems for Plato at Oulton Park and good results put him in the championship lead after the first race. When the season resumed at Gordon shedden btcchinato, Shedden's car caught fire in the first free practice session.
He went on to finish 2nd in the standings just 7 points away from retaining his crown. It happened to be fairly unsuccessful however. Shedden managed gordon shedden btcchinato wins, 8 gordon shedden btcchinato and finished up gordon shedden btcchinato in the drivers championship. Shedden took the cars first win in just the second race of the season.
In what was to be one of the most tense and dramatic title showdowns ever. Shedden took the title by just 4 points from Jason Plato gordon shedden btcchinato thus his second drivers title. Gordon shedden btcchinato returned as the teams main sponsor for a full 10 years since they took Matt Neal to his second drivers title. Shedden hit the ground running with a win at the first round. However a lean spell mid season due to some bad luck saw Shedden sitting 9th in the standings at the halfway point.
In the second half of the season Shedden would take 3 wins and 4 podiums to claw back the points deficit to BMW's Sam Tordoff. In the last race of the season Shedden overtook Sam to clinch his third championship title. Shedden became the first man to successfully defend his crown since Fabrizio Giovanardi in Shedden has made multiple appearances on Top Gear. In Series 14, Episode 4, he gordon shedden btcchinato an articulated bus in the airport vehicles race.
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