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James Cole has left British Touring Car Championship squad Team HARD following a tough start to his tin-top career.Cole, 24, moved into the series with Tony Gilham's squad this year, achieving a pair of 13th places as his best results in an NGTC Vauxhall Insignia.He believes he needs a change of scenery if he is to realise his potential in the category."This was a very hard decision to make as the BTCC is a great championship," said Cole."I moved into touring cars this season and it was meant to be the first chapter of my education into driving a tin-top car, but I didn't feel that I was getting any real grounding into the skills needed by working with Team Hard."That has led me to seek new opportunities."Cole, who beat IndyCar racer Josef Newgarden to the 2009 Formula Ford GB title, and was also a runner-up in the British F3 National Class the following year, is now aiming to return to the BTCC with a new team."I will now look for opportunities with other partners who share the same vision as me and those with the capability of giving me the tools and the experience I need to progress as a top-level touring car driver," he added.Cole currently lies 20th in the BTCC and 16th in the independents' standings.
Dunlop will introduce a new construction of tyre across all its British Touring Car compounds for 2014.Most BTCC teams ran at Snetterton's tyre test on July 9-10 and two types of development rubber were tried alongside the 2013 tyres.Dunlop's Michael Butler has now confirmed one has been selected for 2014."There will be a new construction for next year," he told AUTOSPORT. "You never stand still - there were things we wanted to improve from driver feedback, like feel and confidence, and I think we've done it."Butler believes the 2014 tyres will be faster, with similar or better degradation compared to this year's rubber."Colin Turkington did his best [test] time on the 2014 tyre with the medium compound during a race run," he added.Butler also emphasised the importance of being able to test away from race meetings."I think the test helped a lot of people," he said. "It's been really positive and the track was consistent."It's a shame Honda/Dynamics weren't there – it was two really good days of proper running, really beneficial."
As for its ability to cut grass, the Mean sports two electric motors on the cutter deck, spinning a 3mm steel cutting cable at 4000rpm, with Honda stating that the mower can cut grass at around 15mph (24km/h), which is more than double the top speed of the original HF2620.