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Written by Joe Holding
Gordon Shedden and Matt Neal Halfords Yuasa Racing drivers in the British Touring Car Championship have been teammates on and off for ten years.They first shared a garage in 2006, when Team Halfords were running the Honda Integra Type-R in which Neal secured successive BTCC crowns.Since then they have racked up dozens of race wins and countless more podiums together, and with five championship titles between them they share more accolades than any other line-up on the grid.That"s not to say that it"s all been plain sailing though. One race at Oulton Park in 2011 ended in disaster as Neal locked up in the final corner, putting them both in the gravel as rival Jason Plato coasted through to take victory.Luckily neither felt the need to throw a cap at the other, and the incident was quickly forgotten.Such a measured response in that situation could only come from two drivers who know each other well enough to put their mistakes behind them.But which driver knows the other better?Shedden and Neal can fight for track supremacy every time they get behind the wheel, but in order to settle this battle we were going to need a highly tuned, all-encompassing set of questions.So before qualifying for last week"s season opener at Brands Hatch, TG sat down with them both to thrash it out over the following Mr-and-Mrs-style quiz
Date written: 8 Apr 2016
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ID: 2888
Gordon Shedden and Matt Neal Halfords Yuasa Racing drivers in the British Touring Car Championship have been teammates on and off for ten years.They first shared a garage in 2006, when Team Halfords were running the Honda Integra Type-R in which Neal secured successive BTCC crowns.Since then they have racked up dozens of race wins and countless more podiums together, and with five championship titles between them they share more accolades than any other line-up on the grid.That"s not to say that it"s all been plain sailing though. One race at Oulton Park in 2011 ended in disaster as Neal locked up in the final corner, putting them both in the gravel as rival Jason Plato coasted through to take victory.Luckily neither felt the need to throw a cap at the other, and the incident was quickly forgotten.Such a measured response in that situation could only come from two drivers who know each other well enough to put their mistakes behind them.But which driver knows the other better?Shedden and Neal can fight for track supremacy every time they get behind the wheel, but in order to settle this battle we were going to need a highly tuned, all-encompassing set of questions.So before qualifying for last week"s season opener at Brands Hatch, TG sat down with them both to thrash it out over the following Mr-and-Mrs-style quiz
Date written: 8 Apr 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 2888
