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It's finally
official: Alfa Romeo announce that they will enter three
Alfa 156 'SuperTouring' cars, which will be run by
the N.Technology outfit, in the 2006 FIA World Touring Car
Championship.
The N.Technology operation, which is directed by Mauro and
Monica Sipsz, will officially represent the Italian carmaker
in the 2006 FIA World Touring Car Championship. The team will also be
fully eligible to
compete in the Manufacturers’ Championship. N.Technology is
Fiat Auto's official competitions' department, and they
have already developed and built the Alfa Romeo 156 'SuperTouring
2000' racers which have won many races and titles in the FIA World and
European Touring Car Championships in recent years. Other
current N.Technology programmes including building the successful Alfa 147 GTA Cup racers and
the 'Trofeo Panda' rally cars.
22-year old Brazilian Augusto Farfus Jr is now facing
his third consecutive season with the team and in FIA
Touring cars; last year Farfus, a former single-seater
racer, was classified in fourth
position overall in the inaugural FIA World Touring Car Championship, the youngster
scoring his first series' victory in the opening race at the
season's closing round, which was held on the streets of Macau.
Farfus’ team-mates this year will be Gianni Morbidelli and
Salvatore Tavano, both from Italy.
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Vallelunga has
hosted Alfa Romeo and BMW FIA WTCC teams for a three-day
test. From Friday to Sunday Alfa Romeo Racing, BMW Team
Germany and BMW Team Italy-Spain covered a great deal of
laps around the circuit located near to Rome. |
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It's finally official: Alfa Romeo announce that they
will enter three N.Technology-run Alfa Romeo 156s in
the 2006 FIA World Touring Car Championship for
Augusto Farfus, Gianni Morbidelli and Salvatore
Tavano. |
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Morbidelli (36) boasts an impressive racing CV, including in
Formula One (he started in 67 Grands Prix) and many successful touring car campaigns
as a works driver for BMW, Alfa Romeo (in the 1993 Italian
Touring Car Championship) and for Volvo. Tavano (26) has
been a regular competitor in the FIA European and World
Touring Car Championships since 2001, and was the winner of
the 2004 Italian Super Production title (driving an Alfa
Romeo 147); last year he raced in both, the World and the
Italian Championships at the wheel of an Alfa Romeo 156
which was prepared by Antonelli Sport.
After conducting a 3-day test and development session at
Vallelunga last month when Farfus was joined for the first
time by Morbidelli in the Alfa 156, the N.Technology team
will be testing at Magny-Cours in France next week, on
Thursday 9th and Friday 10th March, as they crank up their
preparations towards the first races of the 2006 FIA World
Touring Car Championship which take place on home soil at
Monza on 2nd April.
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