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Motorsport’s Adam Morgan is starting to show real signs of progression this
season in the brand new Mercedes A-Class, as he enters his third season in the
British Touring Car Championship.
The
25 year old from Preston has impressed over the last 12 months; after a
difficult debut season in 2012, he came into the 2013 season with more
experience and as a result managed to finish in the points consistently, and
took his maiden podium in the process at his home circuit in Oulton Park.
A
year on at the same venue, I talked to Adam before qualifying on Saturday about
how he feels about the new car, and the prospects of repeating history in front
of his home crowd.
“I’m
satisfied with the preparation leading up to this weekend; we had a quick test
at Brands on Friday which went quite well, and we’ve made some changes and
improvements so I’m looking forward to this weekend”.
Despite
racing for the same team as he did last season, Morgan is running under a new
banner after securing major sponsorship from WIX Filters, and has a new car to
get to grips with as well. However, Morgan admitted that there was not as much
of a learning curve as he expected, and is pleased with how the Mercedes has
performed so far; “I think this car is better overall than the Toyota Avensis
from last year, it feels very good, especially in the faster sectors and it’s
much more balanced, so I am getting used to it. The car has suited all three
tracks that we’ve been at so far, and Brands and Thruxton are massively
different but it suited both quite well so hopefully it’ll suit every track,
fingers crossed”.
In
terms of results, Morgan admitted that it’ll be a much more difficult task to
claim another podium, not just at his home track but for the duration of the
season. “It’s going to be pretty tough this year to get a podium, there’s a massive
grid, 7 champions and some very good drivers all thrown into one, so it will be
very tough but at the same time a podium is what I’m aiming for so we’ll give
it our best shot”.
Talking
about Oulton Park in general, Morgan explained why the track is so important to
him; “It’s just a brilliant place to be, so many fans come here, I think it’s
the busiest place every year so there’s always a great atmosphere, plus it’s my
local track so it’s great to get a lot of support from the local fans and I
think everyone loves racing at their local circuit mainly for that reason”.
Written
and interviewed by Alan Faulkner
Photo
credit: Alan Faulkner
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