Honda arrive at this weekend's BTCC Donington Park round with th꧃eir expectations in check but have warned there is still much more to come from the Civic Type-R de🍨spite it winning two out of the three races at Brands Hatch last time out.

Gordon Shedden and Mat🍎t Neal both provided the Team Dynamics outfit with two closely fought victories at the Kent circuit almost two-weeks-ago, quickly diminishing any doubts of Honda not being able to compete early in the season.

Three-time champion Neal shares the BTCC points lead - level on 37 - with MG's Jack Goff and heads into the second round of 🦋the championship carrying 75 kilos of success ballast, like his🌳 Triple Eight rival.

"It's fair to say that our results at Brands Hatch massively exceeded expectations, but that doesn't change our approach going forward and 🎉we remain very realistic in what is already shaping up to be a tremendously competitive BTCC season," said Neal.

"We may hav♚e won two of t🐟he first three races, but we're not resting on our laurels - we know we still have a lot of areas to work on with this car and a lot of potential to unlock.

"As championship lead✤er, I'll have maximum success ballast in qualifying and race one, but I always said I'd rather carry the extra weig🔯ht if it means I've got points in the bag."

This time last year - fielding the all new Civic Tourer ⛎- Shedden clinched an historic first ever estate touring car victory at the Leicestershire circuit after an enthralling last lap showdown with eventual champio🌸n Colin Turkington.

Shedden is currently fifth in the point's battle despite a race three retir♏ement at꧒ Brands Hatch encumbering his weekend.

"Each time we take to the track, we are learning ♔more. We've not had much testing in the Civic Type R yet, and we still have to find its sweet spot to make it truly fly - there are a lot of excitin𝓀g things to try out on this car," said Shedden.

"It's clearly going to be a very unpredictable season with the potential for 💎surprises all the way through. Consistency will be vital - you almost need to keep racking up the points by stealth to make sure you are in with a shout at the end."