After a nine-year hiatus MG Motor UK is to return to the BTCC series and it has seemingly pulled off something of a coup by signing Jason Plato (the most successful driver in BTCC history) to take the wheel of one of the new MG6 GT cars.
Plato will be joined by rising BTCC driver, Andy Neate, in the all-new MG KX Momentum Racing team with the cars being prepared by Triple Eight racing, a company with more than 100 BTCC race wins to its credit.
Speaking at a photo call for his new employers Plato said: "It's really exciting to be involved in a brand-new all-British team and it's just brilliant that the iconic name of MG will be back on the track."
Guy Jones, MG Motor's Sales & Marketing Director, said: "We are delighted that the new MG6 will be seen by millions of fans in Britain and beyond and this continues the famous sporting lineage of the brand."
MG KX Momentum Racing will debut at Brands Hatch on April 1 when the 2012 Dunlop MSA BTCC championship season gets under way.
Paul Healy - 25 Jan 2012