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ZÜRICH / WELLINGBOROUGH, May 10th, 2006 – The next stop of the 2006 World Touring Car Championship is Brands Hatch, in the United Kingdom. Not only can England be considered the home of motor racing in general but also of the RML Chevrolet team. In other words: Chevrolet will be running their home race on the Kentish track.
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Needless to say team and drivers are keen to play a home match, especially with Rob Huff and Alain Menu having raced and won there before. “Brands hatch is the kind of race track where experience counts for more than at other tracks,” Rob Huff said. “It's not an easy track to learn, and since neither the ETCC nor the WTCC have ever been there, so it's nice have an advantage.”
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Brands Hatch was the track were Huff scored his first ever touring car win, in the BTCC. “I'll probably remember than one forever,” he said. “The safety car pulls off the track with only one lap to go and I'm fourth. Two guys in front of me take each other off and I'm second behind Yvan Muller. He opens the door just a bit in Druids, I sneak through and win. So obviously it's great to be back at Brands Hatch. Both Alain and I know the place quite well, and Nicola will learn quickly enough.”
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Since Brands Hatch is a new track on the WTCC tour (last year's Race of England was held at Silverstone), the drivers get the usual extra half hour of testing on Friday. But in any case, the Kentish track is a circuit that the team knows very well. “We tested here in winter for two days, albeit on the shorter Indy course,” Team Manager, Mark Busfield said. “We should be in a position to put on a great show, as none of our cars carry any ballast weight, whereas a lot of our direct competitors do, which should give us an advantage considering Brands Hatch's very undulating nature. Having a car with less weight therefore should be a bigger plus than elsewhere.”
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To further close the gap on their main rivals, the team tested for three days at the Mira Proving Grounds last week, with Alain Menu doing the driving. “We made some improvements on the brakes and suspension that will make the drivers' job a little bit easier,” Busfield said. “As we have seen from the qualifying times in both previous rounds of this year's championship, lap times are getting ever closer, so we are now looking to gain just tenths of a second. But one tenth gained makes a big difference where you start the first race.”
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Chevrolet Europe's Motorsport Manager, Eric Nève said: “A spectacular track more suited to our car's characteristics, drivers who have won here before,. Knowing the passion for motorsports the British have, in particular for touring cars, I wouldn't be surprised if we were to perform for a full house.”
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CHEVROLET RACING AROUND THE GLOBE
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| In the USA, Dale Earnhardt Jr. scored his first win of the season in Richmond last weekend, leading home a Chevrolet clean sweep with Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick in second and third. At the previous race at the Talladega Superspeedway, Jimmie Johnson scored his third victory of the season, ahead of three other Chevrolets. Johnson is now back in the lead of the NASCAR Nextel Cup. More information on Chevrolet NASCAR programme can be found on http://www.nascar.com. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In Argentina, Chevrolet Astra driver, Matias Rossi still leads the TC2000 Touring Car Championship after four rounds. He finished second in Viedsma, but didn't finish in Santa Fe. More information can be found on http://www.tc2000.com.ar. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In Germany, the privateer Chevrolet Lacetti WTC finished on the podium of the first race of the ADAC Procar Championship in Oschersleben. Vincent Radermecker finished second, less than one second behind winner Claudia Hürtgen. In race two, again won by Hürtgen, Radermecker finished fifth. Team mate Rainer Bastuck did not finish race one and did not start race two. More information can be found on www.top10sport.de.
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| > | 19 July 2006 Chevrolet heads to Mexico after intensive tests |
| > | 30 June 2006 Brazilian winter and soccer fever welcome WTCC |
| > | 23 June 2006 Interactive live web conference from Curitiba |
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29 May 2006 Chevrolet Starts Four-Race “World Tour” In Germany |
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19 May 2006 Menu 8th in free practice session |
| > | 10 Mai 2006 Rob Huff Keen To Go Back To Track Of First Touring Car Success |
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21 April 2006 Balances and Calculators As Important as Stopwatches |
| > | 27 March 2006 35 Cars Expected In Closer Than Ever Touring Car Fest |
| > | 22 March 2006 Ideal Conditions At Second Day Of Official Test |
| > | 21 March 2006 Team Sees Winter Promise Confirmed |
| > | 10 March 2006 First Privateer Lacetti Runs In Magny Cours |
| > | 28 February 2006 Learning Process On New Tyres Continues |
| > | 21 February 2006 Drivers Enthused By 2006 Chevrolet Lacetti WTC |
| > | 08 February 2006 Rob Huff Happy With “Comfortable and Smooth” Car |
| > | 30 January 2006 First Customer Cars Will Run In ADAC Procar Championship; WTCC Outing Possible |
| > | 12 January 2006 Continues Involvement in Top-Level Motorsports |
| > | 11 Januar 2006 New Car To Start Testing In February; Customer Cars Available |
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