1. Robert "Rob" Peter Huff was born on 25 December 1979 and is a British racing driver currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship for Toyota Gazoo Racing UK.
39 Facts About Robert Huff
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Robert Huff was the 2012 World Touring Car Championship champion and the 2020 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship champion.
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Robert Huff attended St Faith's School and The Leys School, Cambridge, from 1993 to 1996.
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Robert Huff won the 2000 Formula Vauxhall championship, and class B of the 2001 Ethyl MG Championship.
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Robert Huff's father's Chartered Surveying firm has been one of his main sponsors.
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Robert Huff entered the big time by winning the inaugural SEAT Cupra Challenge in 2003, winning a paid drive in the British Touring Car Championship for the next season alongside former champion Jason Plato as a result.
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Robert Huff 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.
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Robert Huff started fifth at Brands Hatch and he was leading just before the safety car came out.
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Robert Huff 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.
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Robert Huff 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.
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Robert Huff eventually fell down to 7th place but he scored his second podium of the season in the third race.
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Robert Huff claimed his first BTCC race win in round 24 at Brands Hatch and he repeated this success a fortnight later at Snetterton.
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Robert Huff adjusted well, finishing 7th overall in the championship.
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In 2017, Robert Huff made a return with PMR at Silverstone as a step in for Tom Chilton after he got ruled out on medical grounds.
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Robert Huff 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.
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In 2023, Robert Huff raced a Cupra Leon for Team HARD at Knockhill, replacing Nicolas Hamilton.
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Robert Huff came 13th in Race 1,14th in Race 2 and retired from Race 3, scoring 5 points.
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Robert Huff signed to drive a Toyota Corolla for Speedworks as part of an expanded 4-car line-up.
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Robert Huff collided with the BMW of Antonio Garcia in his home race at Silverstone, forcing him to retire.
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In what was a difficult season with the new car, Robert 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.
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Robert Huff finished the year joint 20th with Stephane Ortelli in the drivers' championship with only the three points scored in Mexico.
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Robert Huff was taken to hospital after an accident at Puebla.
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Robert Huff opened 2008 with four pointless races, but came in first and second in the two races at Valencia.
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Robert Huff was disqualified from the second race of the FIA WTCC Race of the Czech Republic due to his car having an illegal anti-roll bar linkage.
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Robert Huff led until a puncture three laps from the end.
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Robert Huff finished the season third in the championship, behind SEAT drivers Yvan Muller and Gabriele Tarquini.
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Robert Huff did not make the best of starts to the season, failing to progress through to Q2 at the Race of Brazil and scoring no points.
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Robert Huff passed pole sitter Menu and led away from the restart after the safety car but was re-passed Menu, depriving Huff of a home win and putting him under pressure from the BMW of Priaulx.
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Robert Huff took pole position for the season finale at Macau and dominated the first race.
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Robert Huff finished the season ranked fifth in the championship, ahead of teammates Alain Menu and Nicola Larini.
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The Chevrolet drivers were in a title battle all of their own, with Robert Huff leading the championship early in the season.
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Robert Huff won both races but this was not enough to stop Muller taking the title, his second with Chevrolet and his third in total.
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Muller took nine wins and led the championship for most of the season, Robert Huff showed consistency and finished in the points for all the races except two.
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Robert Huff lost the lead to Muller on lap one and overtook him on lap four to regain the lead but right after made a driving error and touched the barrier twice, forcing him to retire with damage.
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Robert Huff's car got repaired for race two, with the help of both Menu's and Muller's crews in Chevrolet.
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Robert Huff started the race eighth and had to finish fifth to secure the championship.
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Robert Huff 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.
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Robert Huff was allowed to start the races from the back and climbed up to sixth place at the end of race one.
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Robert Huff's car received further attention prior to the start of race two and he started from the pit lane and finished tenth.