ANDY PRIAULX is still in fighting mood despite seeing his bid for a fourth World Touring Car Championship title suffer a potentially fatal blow in Japan.

THE Chevrolet pit team cheered as Andy Priaulx’s bid for a fourth world touring car title all but ended in the thick gravel at turn seven in rain-sodden Okayama yesterday.

ANDY PRIAULX promises to attack as he heads into the penultimate weekend of the World Touring Car Championship in the best possible shape and bidding to overhaul leader Yvan Muller.

ANDY PRIAULX produced two solid drives in Valencia yesterday but found himself losing vital ground on his championship rivals Yvan Muller and Gabriele Tarquini.

ANDY PRIAULX wants no dramas, certainly not of the negative kind, as he goes into a crucial weekend of racing in Spain.

ANDY PRIAULX left Brazil frustrated that what promised to be an excellent opening weekend to the 2010 FIA World Touring Car Championship ended prematurely in the pits.

ANDY PRIAULX gave away hard-won points under BMW team bosses’ instructions yesterday in Porto.

ANDY PRIAULX will be burdened by the maximum ballast in Spain this weekend, despite trailing by 19 points in the World Touring Car Championship standings.

ANDY PRIAULX was on the podium in his BMW Team UK car for both FIA World Touring Car Championship races at the final event of the season in Macau, but had officially to hand over his crown.

ANDY PRIAULX races in Macau at the weekend and for the first time he will be without the pressure of the FIA World Touring Car Championship title weighing down on him.