A double date for the Abarth Team: this weekend it is taking part in the Bologna Motor Show with the Abarth Grande Punto S2000 driven by Anton Alen and Andrea Navarra, and the London Race of Champions with the new race Abarth 500 Assetto Corse.
Today at the Motor Show, on the Motor Sport Stadium with mixed earth-tarmac surface, there is the race reserved for the Super 2000: the Abarth Grande Punto – apart from the official drivers Alen and Navarra, the racing motorcyclist Marco Simoncelli, world champion of the 250 class, is also entered - is pitted against the Peugeot 207 and its leading drivers.
On Sunday 14 December, the international track debut of the race Abarth 500 Assetto Corse. The star of the 2009 scorpion single-brand trophies (Abarth 500 Europe, Abarth 500 Italia and Abarth 500), it will compete in the “Race of Champions” at Wembley Stadium in London. Participating in the event will be some of the greatest champions of motor sport who will be defying each other at the wheel of different cars, on a track built specially in the London stadium. Among these are Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel, David Coulthard, Jenson Button, the rally world champion Sebastien Loeb, the world touring car champion Yvan Muller and the world superbike champion Troy Bayliss.
Turin, 12 December 2008
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