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British Touring Car Championship racer Rob Collard will contest the Brands Hatch finale this weekend, despite his spectacular crash at Silverstone last month.

Collard was hospitalised after being launched into a series of rolls in the second race at Silverstone.

The 46-year-old sustained no serious injuries and WSR has managed to rebuild his 125i M Sport, which was doing around 90mph at the point of impact with Jack Clarke's Motorbase Ford Focus.

"I was bracing myself for what was to come," said Collard of the incident.

"My natural instinct was to just hang on. The marshals got to the car very quickly and got me out, they did a great job, as did the entire medical team.

"It's a testament to WSR and the NGTC rules in the BTCC that these cars are very, very safe. It was a huge incident, and I can tell you it hurt."

Collard fell from fifth to sixth in the points at Silverstone and hopes to fight back at Brands Hatch, where team-mate Colin Turkington will attempt to secure his second BTCC crown.

"It would be nice to get back into the top five in the standings to finish the season on a positive note after all the hard work we have put in," added Collard.

"We have had a really positive year, Colin is very much in contention for the championship and the BMW has just been a great car to race."

BTCC STANDINGS:

Pos Driver Points 1 Colin Turkington 417 2 Jason Plato 367 3 Gordon Shedden 317 4 Mat Jackson 283 5 Andrew Jordan 279 6 Rob Collard 251