Robert Huff

Rob Huff
Nationality British
Born December 25, 1979 (1979-12-25) (age 32)
Cambridge
2012 World Touring Car Championship
Debut season 2005
Current team Chevrolet
Car no. 2
Starts 154
Wins 18
Poles 10
Fastest laps 18
Best finish 2nd in 2011
Previous series
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
2000		 BTCC
SEAT Cupra Championship
Clio Cup GB
British Formula Renault
FPA Winter Series
Formula Vauxhall
Championship titles
2003
2000		 SEAT Cupra Championship
Formula Vauxhall
BTCC record
Teams SEAT Sport UK
Drivers
championships		 0
Wins 2
Podium finishes –
Poles –
Fastest laps –
Debut season 2004
First win 2004
Best championship position 7th (2004)
Final season (2004) position 7th (148 points)

Robert "Rob" Peter Huff (born December 25, 1979 in Cambridge) is a British racing driver. He currently competes in the World Touring Car Championship for the Chevrolet team, driving the Chevrolet Cruze.

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Early years

A Christmas Day birth in 1979, he had a long junior career in karting. He won the 2000 Formula Vauxhall championship, and class B of the 2001 Ethyl MG Championship (also finishing as runner-up in this series in 2000). His father's Chartered Surveying firm has been one of his main sponsors.

Touring Cars

However, Huff entered the big time by winning the inaugural SEAT Cupra Challenge in 2003,[1] winning a paid drive in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) for the next season alongside former champion Jason Plato as a result. He adjusted well, finising 7th overall with wins at Brands Hatch and Snetterton.

The team was run by Ray Mallock, and when his company took on the fledgeling Chevrolet WTCC project, they retained Huff.[2] His best result of 2005 was a 6th place in Mexico. He also did a one off in the guest car of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB, but collided with championship contender Tim Harvey in race 1.

In 2006 he finished 4th at Brands Hatch (immediately before Menu took the team's first win). He was taken to hospital after a huge crash at Puebla.[3] before a stunning meeting at Brno midseason. After starting 24th due to two 10-place penalties, he fought through to 8th place in the first race, which gave him pole for race 2 – giving him a lead he never relinquished en route to a first WTCC win, and the first for Chevrolet in the dry.[4] However, the rest of the season was short on results. In 2007 he took a further win at the Scandinavian Raceway in Sweden, plus three more podiums [5] including his part in a Chevrolet 1–2–3 at Porto[6] left him 9th overall in the series. The team took a win at every new circuit introduced for the 2007 season.[7]

He opened 2008 with four pointless races, but came in 1st and 2nd in the two races at Valencia.[8] At Brands he made his 100th WTCC start,[9] qualifying and took the lead after a lap one collision between Menu and Augusto Farfus, and led until a puncture 3 laps from the end.

Racing record

Statistics

Season Series Team Starts Wins Podiums Poles Fastest Laps Points Place
2005 WTCC Chevrolet 19 0 0 0 0 3 21
2006 WTCC Chevrolet 19 1 1 0 1 20 16
2007 WTCC Chevrolet 22 1 4 0 2 57 9
2008 WTCC Chevrolet 24 2 6 1 1 87 3
2009 WTCC Chevrolet 24 3 9 2 2 80 5
2010 WTCC Chevrolet 22 3 12 2 3 276 3
2011 WTCC Chevrolet 24 8 18 5 9 430 2
Overall 154 18 50 10 18 953

Complete British Touring Car Championship Results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position - 1 point awarded in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap - 1 point awarded) (* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap - 1 point given)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Position Points
2004 SEAT Sport UK SEAT Toledo Cupra THR
1
6		 THR
2
Ret		 THR
3
Ret		 BHI
1
2*		 BHI
2
11		 BHI
3
4		 SIL
1
10		 SIL
2
7*		 SIL
3
3		 OUL
1
7		 OUL
2
Ret		 OUL
3
Ret		 MON
1
8		 MON
2
DSQ		 MON
3
Ret		 CRO
1
5		 CRO
2
2		 CRO
3
2*		 KNO
1
Ret		 KNO
2
6		 KNO
3
5		 BHI
1
7		 BHI
2
3		 BHI
3
1*		 SNE
1
12		 SNE
2
8		 SNE
3
1*		 DON
1
10		 DON
2
11		 DON
3
5		 7th 148

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2005 Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti ITA
1
20		 ITA
1
Ret		 FRA
1
19		 FRA
2
16		 GBR
1
16		 GBR
2
Ret		 SMR
1
20		 SMR
2
Ret		 MEX
1
6		 MEX
2
Ret		 BEL
1
NC		 BEL
2
11		 GER
1
23		 GER
2
16		 TUR
1
16		 TUR
2
13		 ESP
1
Ret		 ESP
2
DNS		 MAC
1
Ret		 MAC
2
Ret		 21st 3
2006 Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti ITA
1
19		 ITA
2
12		 FRA
1
9		 FRA
2
9		 GBR
1
4		 GBR
2
Ret		 GER
1
12		 GER
2
9		 BRA
1
18		 BRA
2
8		 MEX
1
Ret		 MEX
2
DNS		 CZE
1
8		 CZE
2
1		 TUR
1
15		 TUR
2
6		 ESP
1
Ret		 ESP
2
15		 MAC
1
9		 MAC
2
Ret		 16th 20
2007 Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti BRA
1
5		 BRA
2
Ret		 NED
1
Ret		 NED
2
13		 ESP
1
Ret		 ESP
2
13		 FRA
1
4		 FRA
2
4		 CZE
1
20		 CZE
2
NC		 POR
1
2		 POR
2
11		 SWE
1
1		 SWE
2
11		 GER
1
11		 GER
2
6		 GBR
1
6		 GBR
2
3		 ITA
1
8		 ITA
2
4		 MAC
1
3		 MAC
2
Ret		 9th 57
2008 Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti BRA
1
Ret		 BRA
2
Ret		 MEX
1
9		 MEX
2
9		 ESP
1
1		 ESP
2
2		 FRA
1
4		 FRA
2
5		 FRA
2
9		 CZE
2
DSQ		 POR
1
4		 POR
2
5		 GBR
1
21		 GBR
2
10		 GER
1
2		 GER
2
3		 EUR
1
4		 EUR
2
3		 ITA
1
6		 ITA
2
26		 JPN
1
4		 JPN
2
5		 MAC
1
5		 MAC
2
1		 3rd 87
2009 Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT BRA
1
Ret		 BRA
2
13		 MEX
1
NC		 MEX
2
14		 MAR
1
1		 MAR
2
3		 FRA
1
1		 FRA
2
3		 ESP
1
22		 ESP
2
22		 CZE
1
Ret		 CZE
2
12		 POR
1
2		 POR
2
6		 GBR
1
2		 GBR
2
6		 GER
1
Ret		 GER
1
9		 ITA
1
3		 ITA
2
17		 ITA
2
3		 JPN
2
6		 MAC
1
1		 MAC
1
8		 5th 80
2010 Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze LT BRA
1
2		 BRA
1
5		 MAR
1
2		 MAR
2
Ret		 ITA
1
3		 ITA
2
3		 BEL
1
5		 BEL
1
2		 POR
1
18		 POR
1
15		 GBR
1
2		 GBR
2
6		 CZE
1
1		 CZE
2
4		 GER
1
18		 GER
2
7		 ESP
1
3		 ESP
2
6		 JPN
1
1		 JPN
2
3		 MAC
1
1		 MAC
2
3		 3rd 276
2011 Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T BRA
1
1		 BRA
2
4		 BEL
1
1		 BEL
2
6		 ITA
1
1		 ITA
2
1		 HUN
1
4		 HUN
2
2		 CZE
1
1		 CZE
2
4		 POR
1
3		 POR
2
1		 GBR
1
2		 GBR
2
2		 GER
1
2		 GER
2
6		 ESP
2
5		 ESP
2
2		 JPN
1
2		 JPN
2
3		 CHN
1
3		 CHN
2
3		 MAC
1
1		 MAC
2
1		 2nd 430

References

  1. ^ http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=21988
  2. ^ http://www.btccpages.com/news/NewsStory.php?ArticleID=221
  3. ^ http://www.gmeurope.info/social_media_newsroom/news/2006/news_060802b.html
  4. ^ http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wtcc/feature/10632-0/qa_rob_huff__exclusive.html
  5. ^ http://www.huffsport.com/wtcc31.html
  6. ^ http://www.huffsport.com/wtcc26.html
  7. ^ http://crashnet.cars.msn.co.uk/feature_view.asp?cid=88&id=12506
  8. ^ http://www.huffsport.com/wtcc34.html
  9. ^ http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn_sport_motorsport/displayarticle.asp?id=334423

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
None		 SEAT Cupra Championship
2003		 Succeeded by
James Pickford
Preceded by
Alain Menu		 Guia Race winner
2008 Race 2–2009 Race 1		 Succeeded by
Augusto Farfus
Preceded by
Augusto Farfus		 Guia Race winner
2010 Race 1		 Succeeded by
Norbert Michelisz
Teams and drivers competing in the 2011 World Touring Car Championship season