The new Alfa Romeo Giulietta British Touring Car Championship challenger has broken cover at the Autosport International Show today.
The car will be driven by three-time race winner Rob Austin. The car will be run by HMS Racing (formerly Handy Motorsport) and will receive support from the Italian manufacturer through its UK dealer network, with individual dealerships encouraged to get behind the programme.
The two-litre, turbocharged car will begin testing at the end of this month, ahead of the opening rounds of this year’s Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch on 8 April.
Austin said: “We are so proud to finally be unveiling the new Alfa, everyone in our team has put in an incredible amount of work to keep the project on schedule while maintaining an impressive attention to detail.
“We also have to give a huge amount of credit to our fantastic technical partners, this is a unique BTCC car and both Willie Poole Motorsport Services and ABS Motorsport have really gone above and beyond, on the bodyshell and bodywork respectively, to overcome the challenges involved in such a unique design and still meet their deadlines.”
Austin finished 11th in the overall BTCC standings last year and won the final round of the championship at Brands Hatch. He ended up in fifth place in the Independents Trophy chase.
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Why now
The car is around 8 years old and is due replacement/ dropping altogether soon!
I expect to see a few write-ups, is that an Autocar sticker I see?
"two-litre, turbocharged" is engine swaping allowed? I thought the max petrol was 1.7?
That the car is getting on a
That the car is getting on a bit isnt really relevant for racing. Pretty sure this team is not allowed to break the rules, so you must be wrong. :-o