Rob Huff

Early years

A Christmas Day birth in 1979 in Cambridge, Huff had a long junior career in karting. He attended St Faith's School and The Leys School, Cambridge, from 1993 to 1996. He won the 2000 Formula Vauxhall championship, and class B of the 2001 Ethyl MG Championship (also finishing as runner-up in this series in 2000). His father's Chartered Surveying firm has been one of his main sponsors.[1]

British Touring Car Championship

Debut with SEAT

Huff entered the big time by winning the inaugural SEAT Cupra Challenge in 2003,[2] winning a paid drive in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) for the next season alongside former champion Jason Plato as a result. He battled on track with Plato in the second race at Thruxton but later lost his front splitter and retired, doing so again in the third race of the day. Huff started fifth at Brands Hatch and he was leading just before the safety car came out. He led away at the restart but was demoted to second by Matt Neal on the following lap and those position stuck until the end of the race, Huff claimed his first BTCC podium. He started round 8 at Silverstone on the reversed grid pole but second placed starter Kelvin Burt took the lead straight away and Huff soon fell victim to the Vauxhall of James Thompson.[3] A collision with Michael Bentwood in the second race at Mondello Park meant Huff was disqualified and he started race three from the back. Huff eventually fell down to seventh place but he scored his second podium of the season in the third race. He claimed his first BTCC race win in round 24 at Brands Hatch and he repeated this success a fortnight later at

One-offs with PMR and Team HARD

In 2017, Huff made a return with PMR at Silverstone as a step in for Tom Chilton after he got ruled out on medical grounds.[4][5] He led for a majority of race 3, but eventually dropped behind Matt Neal late in the race and finished second, scoring the team's best result of the season.

In 2023, Huff raced a Cupra Leon for Team HARD at Knockhill, replacing Nicolas Hamilton. He came 13th in Race 1, 14th in Race 2 and retired from Race 3, scoring five points.

Return with Speedworks

Huff returned to the BTCC full-time in 2024. He signed to drive a Toyota Corolla for Speedworks as part of an expanded four-car line-up.

Huff scored his first win in the reverse-grid race at Snetterton, where he led team-mates Aiden Moffat and Josh Cook to a Toyota 1-2-3. In doing so, he set a new record for the longest period between race wins in the BTCC at nearly 20 years, beating the previous record holder Dennis Leech by two years. He also won the reverse-grid race at Knockhill.

World Touring Car Championship

Chevrolet (2005–2012)

The SEAT BTCC team was run by Ray Mallock in 2004, and when his company took on the fledgling Chevrolet WTCC project, they retained Huff.[6] At the season opening Race of Italy, he finished ahead of his more experienced teammates Alain Menu and Nicola Larini in race one. He collided with the BMW of Antonio García in his home race at Silverstone, forcing him to retire. In what was a difficult season with the new car, Huff's best result of 2005 was a sixth place in Mexico and with it he took the first points for the Lacetti in the WTCC. He finished the year joint 20th with Stéphane Ortelli in the drivers' championship with only the three points scored in Mexico. That year, he also did a one off in the guest car of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB, but collided with championship contender Tim Harvey in race one.

In 2006, Huff finished fourth at Brands Hatch, which was his best result of the first half of the season. He was taken to hospital after an accident at Puebla.

Münnich Motorsport (2013)

Huff joined ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport in February 2013, driving one of the team's SEAT León WTCCs and replacing Markus Winkelhock in their line-up for the 2013 season.[19] He failed to set a time in qualifying for the Race of Italy having collided with the Wiechers-Sport car of Fredy Barth in the first few minutes of Q1 and breaking his suspension.[20] He was allowed to start the races from the back and climbed up to sixth place at the end of race one.[21] His car received further attention prior to the start of race two and he started from the pit lane and finished tenth.[22]

Lada Sport (2014–2015)

At the 2013 FIA WTCC Race of China, it was announced Huff would join Lada Sport for the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season, having signed a two–year deal with the team.[23]

Huff was the driver who did not drive the dominating Citroën C-Elysée and who won the most numerous races in 2014 : two races, thanks to the inverted grid departure for the race 2 and a 60 kg lower compensation weight. In spite of these advantages, he proved thus his level of driving performances.

Lada introduced a new car for the 2015 WTCC season : the Lada Vesta, developed mainly by the French company Oreca.

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races) ( * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) †Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete TCR International Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete World Touring Car Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.