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Dave Pinkney and Richard Marsh have announced they will race as team-mates in latest-specification Alfa Romeo 156s in this year's Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship.
The cars will arrive in the UK later this week and will be built to the same 2007 specification as the machines that will fly the flag for the official Alfa Romeo factory team in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC). The cars will be the only factory-sanctioned Alfas racing in the UK
this season.
The deal is the work of Pinkney and former BTCC racer Gary Ayles who have spent a considerable amount of time in discussions with officials at Alfa Romeo's headquarters in Turin, Italy.
The brand new cars will be run under the banner of a newly-formed team that has been created after Pinkney and Marsh pooled the considerable resources they have accumulated during their respective careers – spanning more than 100 BTCC starts. The new team name and structure will be announced at BTCC Media Day at the Rockingham circuit, Northamptonshire next Tuesday 13 March.
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Pinkney and Marsh are delighted that they will be behind the wheel of Super 2000-specification
cars that have been developed from the 156s that won four rounds of last year's WTCC.
Pinkney, aged 49 from Harpenden, Hertfordshire said: “This is an extremely exciting deal for everyone associated with the team and we can't wait to get the job started. There were a number of people chasing these cars but I'm thrilled that the people in Italy have chosen to place them
with us.”
Marsh, aged 39 from Ashbourne, Derbyshire added: “Dave and I both wanted to make a step up in machinery this season and getting hold of a brace of cars that are will be the same specification as those that will be used by the factory team in the WTCC is a massive coup.” |
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