page_title: Mat Jackson
section_title: Departure from Motorbase and subsequent hiatus
hierarchical_section_title: Mat Jackson / Racing career / Departure from Motorbase and subsequent hiatus
caption_attribution_description: English: Mat Jackson (Team Shredded Wheat Racing with Duo), at the Knockhill round of the 2017 British Touring Car Championship.
context_page_description: Mat Jackson is a British racing driver. He will be competing in the 2020 British Touring Car Championship with Power Maxed Racing driving a Vauxhall Astra, alongside Jason Plato.
context_section_description: Jackson was announced at the Autosport International Show as one of the drivers for Motorbase heading into 2018, and was set to partner Tom Chilton in what would have been a formidable line up in the now upgraded NGTC Focus RS.  However, on 18 February 2018, the team announced they had split with Mat and he would no longer be driving for them. Although reasons behind the split are unknown, Jackson had been heavily linked to the Team Dynamics Honda seat vacated by Gordon Shedden,  it is unknown how close to the drive Mat got, and tensions over contractual disputes have been suggested as the main reasoning with Motorbase boss Dave Bartrum referencing loyalty and commitment in a string of press releases. The timing of his departure appeared calculated on Motorbase's part as the Team Dynamics Honda seat was then taken by Dan Cammish, leaving Jackson without a drive for 2018.
  In a rare outing in 2018, Jackson raced with former-BTCC driver Stewart Lines in the Dunlop Endurance Championship in a SEAT Cupra TCR for Maximum Motorsport at round three at Oulton Park in June. They failed to finish the first race completing only 15 laps and in they were later disqualified from race two.
caption: Jackson, at the Knockhill round of the 2017 British Touring Car Championship.
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