Ciceley Racing is going to field a Mercedes-Benz A-Class in the 2014 British Touring Car Championship./ ~6 g1 W) A7 g1 B/ P
“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.2 Y* l+ Y0 G4 N, S
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“With Paul Ridgway at the helm of the project holding high aspirations and Adam continuing to mature as a driver, we think that the A-Class can be a competitive package in the series next year.”tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. R- v, C" {: p0 T7 Z' n" X' {, l
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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.9 U( h& x* q3 o, W1 X
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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. K% i! d$ z/ \6 ~, k) ~; _% [: g+ s1 p
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