NEW
COMTEC FORMULA FORD BREAKS COVER
14 January,
2008: Comtec Racing has unveiled the car with which the team
will bid to recapture its past British Formula Ford Championship
glories. The D08 made its bow on Comtec's stand at the Autosport
International show in Birmingham ahead of an intensive testing
schedule designed to bring the car up to pace in time for Easter's
championship kick-off.
It's the first
in-house Formula Ford design from Comtec, whose British
championship wins in 2000 and '02 came courtesy of Van Diemen
chassis.
Comtec's driver
development manager, Martin Donnelly, says there will be two works
cars on the grid - one for Westley Barber, who will return to the
championship he won six years ago, and another for a young
Brazilian pilot, Francesco Wieller. "Francesco comes to us
highly recommended," added Donnelly, "and with him,
Westley and the new car we certainly have the right package to
win.
"The D08 is
innovative in a number of areas, especially in its aerodynamics,
and in the fact that it is equipped with wheel safety
tethers." The Scholar-powered car will begin testing in
mid-February.
Comtec is also
making the D08 available to other teams contesting the Ford-backed
championship. Its arrival on the grid is expected to bring to six
the number of different chassis in action this season, joining
Mygale, Van Diemen, Ray, Getem and Spectrum.
Stars from British
Formula Ford gave an impressive account of themselves in the
Autosport Show's Live Action arena, staging a total of 13 showcase
races during the four-day exhibition. Alex Jones, Jamie Jardine,
James Nash, David Brown, Marco Sorensen, Callum Holland and Jay
Bridger were the men in action. "They were the stars of the
show," said proud co-ordinator Penny Mattocks, "and
there were plenty of thrills and spills to keep the audience on
the edges of their seats." |
