Thompson, who has confronted a monetary wrestle for a lot of his profession, starred on his debut in a rear-wheel-drive BTCC automotive final outing at Snetterton, when he joined BMW team West Surrey Racing under the Zeus Cloud Racing banner.
However now the Sunbury squad has been compelled to bench the Essex racer ‘attributable to monetary complexities exterior of WSR’s and Bobby Thompson’s management’.
Thompson received the Jack Sears Trophy sub-division in 2022 with the Group Exhausting Cupra squad, and was a podium finisher with the group in 2023, regardless of having to overlook some rounds when the troubled Kent operation discovered itself having to recalibrate its business offers with its drivers.
The collapse of Exhausting over the winter appeared to place Thompson’s hopes of remaining within the BTCC in excessive issue, till he was given a take a look at in one in every of WSR’s BMW 330e M Sports activities at Manufacturers Hatch in early April.
The group was extraordinarily impressed with Thompson’s efficiency, and a joint effort on the business facet appeared to have borne fruit when he was capable of make his seasonal debut at Snetterton final month, after lacking the opening two rounds.
Thompson certified fifth on the Norfolk circuit, and transformed that to a second-place finish behind the sister WSR BMW of Jake Hill in the opening race.
He was third on the highway in race two earlier than a 10-second penalty dropped him to seventh within the outcomes, and was eighth within the remaining race, through which he was compelled to make use of the unfavourable exhausting tyres.
Bobby Thompson
Picture by: JEP
These outcomes netted Thompson the second-highest general factors rating from Snetterton, behind solely Hill.
Though neither driver nor group are capable of touch upon the report, they’re understood to be on an excellent standing with one another, and are collectively engaged on new business alternatives for Thompson to rejoin the grid later within the season.
In a social media put up, Thompson wrote: “That is vastly disappointing for myself, WSR and particularly you followers who observe and help me.
“We are going to proceed to work with WSR and business companions to make sure this isn’t the tip of my 2024 BTCC season. Preserve the religion as we’re working away to get again on observe.”