Racing team returns after devastating fire

Power Maxed Racing owner Adam Weaver praised his team for their hard work [BBC]

A racing team is competing in the new season of the British Touring Car Championships, just months after losing everything in a devastating fire.

Power Maxed Racing now has its headquarters in Studley in Warwickshire - after the blaze at its previous site in Bretforton near Evesham, Worcestershire.

Team Principal Adam Weaver told the BBC it was unbelievable that they were ready to race this weekend considering they had to completely rebuild.

But the hard work has paid off, with Weaver saying: "We will win races this year and it will mean everything, you will find somewhere in the region of 35 grown men trying their hardest not to cry, it'll be amazing."

Weaver told the BBC that the fire in August was catastrophic for the team: "We lost everything, absolutely everything, bar a couple of trucks basically. So we then had to try and rebuild from less than nothing.

"It's a lot of pressure. We needed to find premises and we also needed to design and build touring cars. There's probably more than 600 hours that goes into every single car, so to build three of them is a lot of work."

The team has worked flat out to rebuild after the fire [BBC]

Pre-season testing and a media day saw the team with one of the fastest cars on track.