CHIPPING Norton-based SWR have signed Howard Fuller for the inaugural TCR UK Championship.

The former British Touring Car Championship driver will be behind the wheel of the team’s Honda Civic Type-R for the first round at Silverstone on March 31-April 1.

Fuller, 25, returns from a two-year hiatus from the sport due to budget restrictions and cannot wait to start.

He said: “Sean (Walkinshaw, team owner) and I have been very good friends for donkey’s years.

“We both thought TCR UK would be very interesting for SWR to do, with all of the amazing Walkinshaw family history in touring cars, and it’s fantastic to now be racing for the team.”

Walkinshaw said: “We’re really happy to have signed Howard.

“It’s important for us to have a driver with touring car experience and Howard definitely ticks all the boxes.”