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Chevrolet testing in Albacete

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Chevrolet Racing wrapped up a week of testing the new Lacetti World Touring Car in Spain today. All three drivers drove the two cars at the Albacete track and gathered more valuable data for their campaign in the 2005 World Touring Car Championship.

“Despite the weather not always being on our side, it’s been a good week,” said Chevrolet Europe’s Motorsport Manager, Eric Nève. “Although we didn’t look for times, we still came away with a very good feeling about the car. We managed to get most of the information we were looking for and we didn’t have any reliability issues whatsoever.”

Driver Alain Menu, who did most of the driving this morning, was equally impressed by the car RML has built: “We progressed a lot on the shocks and the stabilizers as we are learning the car and its reactions. We obviously still need more time to get the best from it, but I’m very happy with the car. It’s clear that it has lots of potential, and I’m pleasantly surprised with what is an FIA WTCC car. Looking at the technical regulations, I didn’t expect an FIA WTCC car to be this quick. “

The next test session for the Chevrolet Lacetti WTC is scheduled for early March.