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New car for Priaulx

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The damage to Andy Priaulx’s BMW 320si obtained in the high speed collision with Dirk Müller in Race 2 at Monza was so severe that the body shell has been replaced for this weekend’s Magny-Cours meeting.

From analysing the data, it has been calculated that the force of the impact was a massive 4G.

“There simply wasn’t enough time for us to re-build the existing car in time for Magny-Cours,” commented Bart Mampaey, team manager of BMW Team UK. “It took us 19 days of very hard work to build the new car and has compromised our testing programme.”

Reigning champion, Priaulx, sits 3rd in the drivers’ championship entering the second round of the season.