09.08.2003 ALFA ROMEO GEARING UP TO SELL ETC-SPECIFICATION 156GTA'S AS EUROPEAN ORGANISERS LOOK TO HARMONISE REGULATIONS
|
|
 |
KSO, promoter of the FIA European Touring Car Championship, and Eurosport, organised a meeting with the promoters of the major national Touring Car championships in Europe. It was the first time in the history of Touring Car racing that such a meeting was organized.
The meeting, which was held on July 29th, at the Eurosport headquarters in Paris, was attended by: Angelo Codignoni, President and CEO of Eurosport; Jacques Behar, Chairman of SRW Events; Jonathan Ashman, President of FIA Touring Car Commission; Marcello Lotti, promoter of the FIA European Touring Car Championship; Alfredo Scala, ACI Sport Italia; Pierre Gosselin, Fédération Française du Sport Automobile; Stéphane Ratel, promoter of the Championnat the France Supertourisme; Hans and Brigitta Niemann, promoters of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Challenge; Staffan Svenby, promoter of the Swedish Touring Car Championship; Peter Elgaard, promoter of the Danish Touring Car Championship; Frédéric Lequien, sales manager of Eurosport and Fabio Ravaioli, media delegate of the FIA European Touring Car Championship. Alan Gow, promoter of the British Touring Car Championship was also invited, but he could not attend due to a previous commitment. Mr. Gow and Mr. Lotti had a separate meeting in London on July 21st.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss a common strategy for the future of the Touring Car competition. The basic points which emerged during the meeting were: the will of the national Touring Car championships to adopt the FIA Super 2000 technical regulations, which are currently used for the FIA European Touring Car Championship; the aim of running, from 2004 onwards, joint events with the FIA European Touring Car Championship and the national Touring Car championships in the same race.
At the end of the meeting, Marcello Lotti commented: “I believe that today we have moved a step forward to unifying the concept of Touring Car racing on an international basis under the FIA rules, for the joint benefit of the FIA European Touring Car Championship, the national Touring Car series, the Manufacturers and the competitors.”
N-Technology who build the
factory European Touring Car Championship Alfa Romeo 156GTA cars are gearing
up to provide Super 2000 update kits for the 156. From the British Touring
Car Championship, which has already indicated that it will run to ETC regulations
next year, GA Motorsport, are already in talks to update their production
class Alfa 156's to full Super Touring specification next year.
