Ciceley Racing is going to field a Mercedes-Benz A-Class in the 2014 British Touring Car Championship.
& ~/ j( h/ W3 l$ n5 c3 a+ T“It’s great to finally announce our plans for 2014, the switch made sense for us in many different ways,” said Ciceley Racing Team Principal Russell Morgan.公仔箱論壇 P: @5 \! Y$ p8 p
: [8 t6 l' |& T公仔箱論壇“With Paul Ridgway at the helm of the project holding high aspirations and Adam continuing to mature as a driver, we think that the A-Class can be a competitive package in the series next year.”
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* R1 [# k( y8 `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbCiceley Racing has competed with Mercedes cars before, running a 190 model in rallying in the late eighties. The team is fielding a Toyota Avensis this year for Adam Morgan, currently seventh overall, who will continue next year, driving the Mercedes.公仔箱論壇. i8 R% s* I3 |0 L
4 P% Z8 O+ v' A6 W1 I“This programme by Ciceley Racing is a perfect demonstration of the strength and adaptability of our ‘NGTC’ technical regulations – the team are able to change from racing a Toyota and onto developing and racing a Mercedes-Benz, whilst utilising the vast majority of the NGTC components they already possess. It will be great to see a Mercedes-Benz on the grid, to add to the already huge roll-call of other great brands competing in the BTCC,” said series director Alan Gow.0 Z& \; ^5 L$ u; S( }) k6 w
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