As its Audi plans fall through, BTCC teams' champions Motorbase could now remain with its Ford machinery for 2023. Full story ⬇️
Motorbase initially investigated an Audi S5, but the production model’s 3.0-litre engine is beyond the 2.5 litres for a base car stipulated under the BTCC’s NGTC regulations.
Attentions then turned to the Audi A5, which is available in showrooms in four-wheel-drive or front-wheel-drive configuration, but the team needed a tweak to the NGTC rules to allow the race version to be rear-wheel drive. The rules state that a four-wheel-drive car can only run in rear-wheel-drive configuration in NGTC if the engine is mounted longitudinally, and the A5 has a transverse engine.Rule’, from when Rob Austin Racing introduced a RWD Audi A4 to the BTCC over a decade ago when the NGTC ruleset was in its infancy.
The matter was recently put to the teams, but there was not a sufficient majority for the rule change to be carried through.“We’ve built a relationship with Audi,” Motorbase team boss Pete Osborne told Autosport. “The S5 couldn’t come in because it’s a 3.0-litre, and we were fine with that – we agree with the teams.
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