Ciceley Racing is going to field a Mercedes-Benz A-Class in the 2014 British Touring Car Championship.5 }" r' T9 u1 o, r! B" d& q
“It’s great to finally announce our plans for 2014, the switch made sense for us in many different ways,” said Ciceley Racing Team Principal Russell Morgan.; a+ V3 m+ S; V* G2 Q+ [+ L; h* I
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6 b( G0 X, i( Z2 _4 N% ]Ciceley Racing has competed with Mercedes cars before, running a 190 model in rallying in the late eighties. The team is fielding a Toyota Avensis this year for Adam Morgan, currently seventh overall, who will continue next year, driving the Mercedes.公仔箱論壇0 ~+ C, O2 e7 ^
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“This programme by Ciceley Racing is a perfect demonstration of the strength and adaptability of our ‘NGTC’ technical regulations – the team are able to change from racing a Toyota and onto developing and racing a Mercedes-Benz, whilst utilising the vast majority of the NGTC components they already possess. It will be great to see a Mercedes-Benz on the grid, to add to the already huge roll-call of other great brands competing in the BTCC,” said series director Alan Gow.公仔箱論壇; N4 W' X% J( j, N) p$ [
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