Neal angry after Snetterton collision

Matt Neal looks to fight back into the BTCC points lead after tough weekend at Snetterton
Matt Neal (GBR) Honda Racing Honda Civic and Jason Plato (GBR) RML Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze crash
Matt Neal (GBR) Honda Racing Honda Civic and Jason Plato (GBR) RML Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze…
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An angry Matt Neal has vowed to make up lost ground after being restricted to just a single points scoring finish as the Dunlop MSA British Tour🔯ing Car Championship burst back into life at Snetterton.

Neal was involved in a clash with long-term rival Jason Plato at the start of the opening race of the weekend that saw him spin in front of the field♔ and saw him finish well down the order and outside the points.

Although he fought his way in😼to the top ten in race two, the Honda driver was th♈en forced to pit with a puncture and again failed to score although he was able to secure fourth place in the final race.

Neal has now slipped to third 🐎in the standings, ten points behind Mat Jackson, but said he would do all he could to fight back when racing continues next month at Knockhill.

"I made a brilliant start from fourth place on the grid and was alongside Jason, who was in the lead, going into the first turn and he just hit my car from behind," he said. "I spun across the trac🌃k at 120mph, which was pretty scary and I am thankful no ꧑one else touched me.

"I am angry because my chances were spoiled by an avoidable incident in race one which also put me at the back for race two, so that was two big points scoring opportunities gone. I was happy to get back to fourth in race three but when you consider what we should have been able to achieve here, I am annoyed. Still, there are plenty of races to go and w𓂃e will work extremely hard to make up the ground we have lost here."

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