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Geneva 2011: Ford Focus Touring Car

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We are more than happy to bring a motorsport development coming straight from the Geneva floor: the first touring race car based in the new Ford Focus has made its debut at the Swiss event, a few weeks ahead of its track debut, which will take place at Brands Hatch (British Touring Car Championship).

The project is being handled by Arena Motorsport, which is receiving technical support from Ford - the company is aiming to support private teams from around the world to develop one common race car to S2000 specification.

The first application appears on the track only a few weeks after the road-going Ford Focus will be on sale to customers across Europe and North America,” stated the press release.

The racer will be run by Team Aon in the British Touring Car Championship, where it is expected to be entered in all 10 rounds of the 2011 season. The team will use a turbocharged 2.0-liter Ford powerplant in order to meet local regulations. However, other teams that will use the car in the future to take part in FIA Championships will use a 1.6-liter Ford Ecoboost engine.

"Arena Motorsport's UK-based Team Aon has been a successful long-term competitor in the British Touring Car series with a version of the previous Focus ST model. Just 18 months after their first race with this car, the team and driver Tom Chilton secured both the 2010 Independent Teams’ Championship and Independent Drivers’ Championship titles in the UK," stated the press release.
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