The Welch Motorsport had announced that they will use Proton Gen2 @ Persona in the Next Generation Touring Car spec series of the 2011 Dunlop MSA
British Touring Car Championship.For your information, in UK the
Proton Persona has been named as Proton Gen2, same with the Gen2 hatchback here in Malaysia.Read the full news by Jamie O’Leary from Autosport below.
PROTON SET FOR BTCC RETURN
The Proton name is set to return to the
British Touring Car Championship in the summer thanks to ambitious plans by independent squad Welch Motorsport.
The team plans to enter an NGTC-spec version of the
Malaysian manufacturer’s Gen-2 model, which will be powered by the TOCA engine.
Dan Welch, a race-winner in both the SEAT Cupra Cup UK and last season in the Leon Eurocup in a car run by his family’s team, will give the car its debut during the second half of the season, and possibly as early as the Snetterton round in August.
Last February,the Welch Motorsport has announced that they will use
Proton car in the
British Touring Car Championship this year.They will use the Persona (Gen2 sedan in UK) that will be powered by TOCA engine. The car will has its debut during the second half of the season, and possibly as early as the Snetterton round in August.It is a good news for Proton name, as Proton last competed in the
BTCC under Team Petronas Syntium Proton (PSP) in 2004 when Shaun Watson-Smith and Farique Hairuman drove a pair of works Impian
models to a number of points finishes.During that time, Proton used the Impian/
Waja model powered by 1.8 litre production engine which prepared by Mountune.
Preliminary wind tunnel testing went well with encouraging aerodynamic results. Thanks to Graham Heeps of PMW Magazine (Professional Motorsport World) for the photo’s.
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