Rob Austin Racing has confirmed that it will be entering the Dunlop British Touring Car Championship in 2011 with the purchase of two new Audi A4 Next Generation Touring Cars (NGTC). The cars are on order with GPR Motorsport Ltd for delivery in early March 2011 in time for the start of the 2011 season.
Commenting on the move Rob Austin said, “This is a great step for us and a fantastic challenge. We are convinced that the NGTC concept is going to make the BTCC even more competitive and exciting and that the Audi will be a race winner.”
Commenting on the deal Gary Blackham of GPR Motorsport said, “We are pleased that Rob has made the decision to join the BTCC. We are delighted to be building the cars and are sure that they will be competitive from the outset.”
Discussions are taking place with potential drivers and sponsors and the team hopes to be in a position to confirm the line up at the Autosport Show in January. However, the team will welcome enquiries from interested parties. Please note that it must be stressed that the picture included is merely a rough artist’s impression and not necessarily representative of how the car will appear under NGTC regulations.
Sidenote - It is unclear if they will use a NA BPY code derivative engine. The older Audisport engines were 2.0 litre NA High Rpm engines which made power from 4500k-9000k range. The current 2.0T engine is in the old BTCC Audisport format - 2.0 litre 16valves.
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