SEAT Sport UK and RML Team Up for the 2004 BTCC

16 January 2004

SEAT Sport UK will work with Ray Mallock Limited as the brand enters the Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) for the first time this year.

SEAT Sport UK will enter two works SEAT Toledo Cupras in the 2004 BTCC, driven by the 2001 BTCC Champion Jason Plato and the 2003 Holiday Inn SEAT Cupra Champion Robert Huff. The cars will be built to ETCC specification by SEAT Sport in Barcelona and undergo a series of pre-season tests in Spain. Once the hi-tech race-prepared SEAT touring cars arrive in Britain, SEAT Sport UK and RML will work together to fine-tune and develop the Toledo Cupra for the very specific demands of the BTCC.

SEAT Sport UK will also continue to concentrate on running 20 Leon Cupra R racing cars in the 2004 SEAT Cupra Championship – which will race at selected rounds of the BTCC / TOCA Tour.

Grant Clearwater, Joint Team Principal of SEAT Sport UK, said: “This year promises to be very exciting for SEAT Sport UK, with the SEAT Cupra Championship entering its second year and joining the TOCA Tour, and with two cars in the British Touring Car Championship.”

Ray Mallock said: “We are absolutely delighted to be part of the SEAT Sport UK team at the start of this exciting new project. Under Alan Gow’s guidance, the BTCC looks set to flourish again and we will be working hard with SEAT Sport UK to ensure the programme achieves race and championship success for the SEAT brand.”

Scott Dennis, SEAT UK Motorsport Manager, said: “With SEAT UK entering the British Touring Car Championship for the first time this year, it’s important for us to create a team with enthusiastic people. Ray Mallock Limited not only has an impressive BTCC track record, it shares with SEAT Sport UK a style and individuality that we are confident will combine to realise our joint BTCC ambitions.”

See series calendar for British Touring Car Championship 2004

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