ETCC and Superstars for Ravaglia

Team ROAL, headed by touring car legend Roberto Ravaglia, is going to take part in the European Touring Car Championship and the Italian series Superstars in 2010.
“As BMW Team Italy we will be present (in Superstars) with four M3 coupè E92 and the objective will be to stay at the top,” said team boss Ravaglia.

“In addition to this, we are working to take part in four races in the ETCC with the two BMW 320si that we employed in the WTCC in 2009,” said Ravaglia.

The team ran two cars in the World Touring Car Championship 2009 with drivers Alessandro Zanardi and Sergio Hernández under the name BMW Team Italy-Spain.

As BMW have reduced their WTCC programme for 2010 to only two cars, the team has been forced to head for Superstars and ETCC instead. But team boss Ravaglia is pleased with the progress of the team.

“2009 has been a positive year for us: we obtained two victories in WTCC with Zanardi and Hernandez while, in Superstars, Gianni Morbidelli awarded us the Italian and the International title thanks to six victories,” said Ravaglia.

The main focus of the team in 2010 is going to be Superstars, a championship that is potentially hitting over 30 entries this season with a lot of big names.

“The championship promoted by FG Sport is definitely growing and this will be our main commitment,” said Ravaglia.

TouringCarTimes is currently evaluating the possibility to cover the Superstars series during 2010, stay tuned for more news!