The Trofeo Abarth 500 GB will kick off in 2010 and the new series will be officially launched at Silverstone on Thursday with guests invited to the circuit to discuss, test, check, admire and enjoy the Abarth 500 Assetto Corse racing cars. Since the UK Round of the Trofeo Europe in Brands Hatch (above), the Abarth 500 Trofeo GB has been the subject of talk in the paddock over the summer. Abarth Turin is building a sufficient stock of cars to cover the demand of the UK market. The Abarth 500 Assetto Corse racing cars are being shipped to UK in batches of four.

The Trofeo Abarth 500 GB will kick off in 2010 and the new series will be launched at Silverstone on Thursday with media, guests and potential drivers invited to the Stowe circuit to discuss, test, check, admire and enjoy the Abarth 500 Assetto Corse racing cars and learn more about the proposed race series for next year and beyond.

Since the UK Round of the Trofeo Abarth 500 Europe in Brands Hatch, the forthcoming Abarth 500 Trofeo GB has been the subject of talk in the paddock over the summer. It has been a long journey from the initial idea of organising the series to today and Abarth UK has collected feedback from drivers, teams and sponsors in order to create a series by the competitors for the competitors.

The organisers will announced details of the Trofeo Abarth 500 GB for the inaugural 2010 season on Thursday. The series is expected to support key race weekends and appear on the card with important championship rounds, including the FIA World Touring Car Championship, the British Touring Car Championship and the British Superbike Championship. It will also join forces with next year's UK round of the pan-European Trofeo 500 Abarth Europe, the second edition of this series, which is just completing a promising first year taking in major European race tracks.

The championship launch this week will showcase the first batch of 500 Assetto Corse racing cars that have been sold and sent to UK. The first teams and drivers signed up for the series will also be on hand and as the Abarth 500 Trofeo GB starts to gear up for next season and competitors show growing interest another batch of four cars has been prepared by Abarth in Turin to be shipped to UK next month. All the cars are built in Turin and are randomly assigned to the teams with the same quality standards and processes applied to every unit that comes out of the factory. The cars not only go through a typical manufacturer check but are also subject to a shakedown and test at the Fiat Group proving ground in Balocco.

Abarth in Turin is building a sufficient stock of cars to cover the demand of the UK market. The Abarth 500 Assetto Corse racing cars are being shipped to UK in batches of four. The car comes as race ready with four new tyres. All cars are painted with the standard white Abarth racing colour. A passenger seat option is available on request.

Meanwhile Coastal Racing has become the first team to sign-up to the Abarth 500 Trofeo GB. Carl Bradley, team manager and driver, has been interested in the series for a while and now he has now committed to run a multiple car team in the inaugural Trofeo Abarth 500 GB. Costal Team has been racing successfully in the Mini Challenge and the Clio cup, and they are now ready to take up on a bigger challenge with the high profile Trofeo.

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