Support Our Paras Racing will run one car for the remainder of the 2015 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship. The announcement follows confirmation that driver Max Coates had failed to secure a sponsorship package in time for this weekend’s event at Snetterton.

 Coates, who made his BTCC debut in the Infiniti Q50 at Croft in June, departs following a week of meetings between the 21-year-old and potential sponsors that unfortunately failed to reach fruition. "It's a major disappointment for the team that Max failed to deliver the sponsorship package he had pledged," team principal Derek Palmer Snr said, "and as a result we have had one of our TOCA BTCC licences cancelled for the remainder of 2015. "We fully accept the decision made by TOCA.

 "For the remaining five rounds of this season's BTCC, we will concentrate on ensuring we maximise the performance of the No22 Infiniti Q50, which will continue to be driven by Derek Palmer."

 Under the TOCA BTCC licencing system (‘TBL’), each entrant cannot make more than one change of driver per car during the course of a season except in genuine cases of force majeure.

 With the car having been previously driven by Richard Hawken, and then Martin Donnelly due to a case of force majeure, Coates was the one allowed driver change for this vehicle.

 An entry unused for one event in the season will also void the TBL and therefore TOCA has now cancelled one of the two TBLs issued to Support Our Paras Racing for the remainder of the 2015 season.