September 16, 2012
Published on tags: Supercup
Supercup team CSG Racing have slammed allegations from rivals Torrent Motorsports that suggested the British-based team had used ?dirty tactics? in a bid to enhance their championship standing.


Torrent Motorsports boss Simon Melhuish was quoted as saying that call up of a Superleague driver to stand in for the absent Martin Schumacher was an underhand attempt to boost the CSG team?s championship chances as they look to capitalise on a strong run of form as the Supercup season draws to a close.


CSG Racing boss Dave Carr-Smith reacted strongly to the allegations, stating that a case of force majeure had led to the legitimate acquisition of Jamez Shepherd?s services for the duration of the German event just under two weeks ago.






?It?s flattering that Torrent Motorsports have reacted so strongly to the decision to bring in Jamez for the German race. It shows without doubt that they consider us a threat to their positioning at the head of the field.


Whilst the hiring of a Superleague driver for any event is not what we want to be doing as a team, given our obvious ties with the Midnight Motorsport Superleague team as a development squad, unfortunately that is our best option when our primary driver, in this case Martin Schumacher, is unable to attend an event as has been the case for the past two race meetings.


Hiring a driver externally at this stage of the season is unrealistic. There is little time to become accustomed with the car and indeed, the team. Both of which are important when you consider that we are still battling for our positioning within the championship, not only with an outside shot of Torrent Motorsports, but also from behind with Halcyon, Malta Force and Hawkeye all posing a credible threat to our position. As such we naturally looked for those individuals that have or continue to work with the team, as we did with Lukas in the Netherlands and recently Jamez in Germany.


We are not a big team, and so we do not have a vast catalogue of world class drivers to fall back on when required, as Torrent Motorsport do with Jim, Rickard, Borna and countless other vast talents that they have lurking in the background, all of whom would be extremely successful Superleague drivers given the opportunity.


Utilising the expertise of a Superleague driver is not against the regulations of the series and when the regulations that do relate to this matter have been toyed with so frequently this season by other teams without complaint from Torrent Motorsports, well, that does nothing other than boost the confidence of those involved with our team.?