Richard Kaye will replace Rustem Teregulov at the wheel of one of the two BMW 320i cars run by the German Engstler Motorsport team owned by the experienced Franz Engstler who will be racing himself in the FIA World Touring Car Championship’s final meeting at Macau.
This will mark Kaye’s racing comeback after a while.
Russia-based Sport-Garage team will run two different types of cars in Adria’s FIA Super 2000 Cup: one Audi A4 and one Ford Focus.
The Audi will be in the hands of Alexander Lvov jr who, in spite of having the very same name, is not related to his fellow countryman driving for Golden Motors. Lvov jr was classified 8th in the Touring class of this year’s Russian Touring Car Championship...
The Italian patrol in the FIA Super 2000 Cup is made up of five men and led by Maurizio Ceresoli at the wheel of the very same GR Asia SEAT León he uses to drive in the FIA World Touring Car Championship. The other four Italians will race in BMW 320i cars.
Arsenio Corse’s Cesare Cremonesi, 37-years old, has only started racing in 2006...
Further to the requests coming from some National Sporting Authorities, Super 1600 cars have been accepted for the first time in the FIA European Touring Car Cup.
“The Super 1600 class is becoming more and more popular in a number of national championships and the FIA Touring Car Commission is now working to establish common international regulations,” KSO GM Marcello Lotti explained.
Besides the large Russian contingent, two other competitors are coming from Eastern Europe.
33-years old Latvian Janis Horeliks is one of the most successful drivers from the Baltic Touring Car Championship. Last year he was classified third in the FIA Super Production Cup driving a Honda Integra, while in the current season he has finished third in the Finnish Touring Car Championship...
In 2006 the Russian outfit Golden Motors ran two Super Production Honda Civic cars for Alexander Lvov and Andrey Smetsky, achieving important results including Lvov’s victory in the FIA Super Production Cup at Estoril.
For the current season team and drivers have upgraded to Super 2000 Honda Accord cars.
22 Oct 2007 TWO CHEVROLET LACETTI CARS FROM DENMARK
Chevrolet will be represented in the FIA Super 2000 Cup by two Lacetti cars run by the Danish importer’s team and driven by Henrik Lundgaard and Swede Pontus Mörth.
They were both among the top drivers in this year’s Danish Touring Car Championship, claiming two victories apiece, the first ever for Chevrolet in Denmark.
