Kent’s Team Hard Racing have announced that they have been forced to withdraw both Volkswagen CC’s from this weekend’s Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship rounds at Knockhill.

Both Ollie Brown’s and Nicolas Hamilton were involved in an incident with Stephen Jelly at last weekend’s round at Oulton Park.

Brown has been forced to withdraw on medical grounds as he sustained a hairline fracture of the rib during the incident that happened at Druids corner in race three.

On the other hand Hamilton’s car sustained substantial damage to the chassis in the same incident, and this damaged unfortunately wasn’t able to be repaired in the short time between the Oulton Park and Knockhill.

Speaking about not being able to run the two Volkswagen CC’s this weekend, Tony Gilham, Team Principal said: “I’m devastated to have to withdraw both the #28 and #34 car for this weekend’s round at Knockhill especially off the back of strong results for both Ollie and Nic at Brands Hatch.

“I wish Ollie a speedy recovery from his injuries, it’s never nice to be hurt behind the wheel of a race car and in this instance, and it was nobody’s fault and simply one of those racing incidents. The medical team at Oulton did a fantastic job in realising that Ollie needed to go to the local hospital in Leighton for x-rays.

“Nic was on a great run before the events at Druids unfolded as was incredibly unlucky to get collected by Stephen who was coming across the track. The car has substantial damage, but we are just glad that Nic is okay as that could have caused very serious injuries.

“We hope to have the pair back out for the next round at Thruxton but for now we must focus on both Jack and Carl who will be giving it their all at Knockhill this weekend.”

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