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After winning
the 2003 European Touring Car Drivers Championship title with Gabriele Tarquini,
Autodelta Squadra Corse, the official Alfa Romeo team, will line up in 2004 with
three drivers: past championship winner, Tarquini, Fabrizio Giovanardi, who
after a one year break will again race with Alfa Romeo, and the young Brazilian
driver, Augusto Farfus, the 2003 European Formula 3000 Champion. These are the
drivers who will take the wheel of the new Alfa 156s that replace the cars used
last season.
Gabriele Tarquini competed in Formula 1 from 1988 to 1992; in 1993 he began
racing for the Alfa Romeo colours. An experience that continued up to 1996
during which time he was a leading driver in the Italian Super Touring Car
Championship and the British (winner in 1994), German and International Touring
Car Championships.
Fabrizio Giovanardi has won two Italian titles (1998 and 1999) and three
European titles (2000, 2001 and 2002) with Alfa Romeo. With Augusto Farfus the
Autodelta Team opens its doors to up-and-coming talents. The 21-year-old
Brazilian was runner-up in the World Kart Championship in 1991. In 2001 he won
the European Formula Renault Championship, then in 2002 he made his debut in
Formula 3000 (9th in the final standings), while in 2003 he went on to become
the champion in this category.
The calendar for the 2004 European Touring Car Championship includes 10 events,
each with two races. It will get underway on Sunday, March 28 at Monza.
The Autodelta Team is managed by Monica Sipsz, who has already won the last four
European titles and two Italian Championships with Alfa Romeo.
And again in the European Touring Car scene, the Oregon Team will be lining up
with three Alfa Romeo 156 GTAs, driven by Andrej Couto (a driver from Macao),
Salvatore Tavano (Sicilian, winner of the 2003 Italian Super Production
Championship with the Alfa 147) and Austrian, Michele Bartyan. |
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