BTCC stars shine in Round the Island race.
HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship trio Matt Neal, Gordon Shedden and Tom Chilton enjoyed a successful weekend of comᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚpetition in the Round the Island yachting race off the Isle of Wight.
The trio were joined by Dave Pinkney and James Kaye ab🍬oard the 50ft Carpicorno vessel, skippered by John Tildesley for the event.
HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship trio Matt Neal, Gordon Shedden and Tom Chilton enjoyed a successful weekend𒉰 of competition in the Round the Island yacht✨ing race off the Isle of Wight.
The trio were joi⛄ned by Dave Pinkney and James Kaye aboard the 50ft Carpicorno vessel, s♐kippered by John Tildesley for the event.
In a race containing some 2000 vessels, the touring car stars came home seco𓃲nd in class after avoiding the bad luck that hit some of their rivals in the event - with one boat sinking, one over-turning and capsizing, four suffering broken masts, ওfive becoming grounded and five needed to be towed back to shore.
Prior to the e🍌vent, Neal, Shedden and Chilton also took to the waves for a practice run with Ellen MacArthur, treble Olympic gold medallis๊t Ben Ainslie and double Olympic medallist Shirley Robertson.
