The fledgling Teamwork Motorsport outfit is set to debut the all-new Citroen C-Elysee CTCC at China’s Guangdong International Circuit (GIC) in Round 1 of the 2014 SINOPEC LUBRICANTS China Touring Car Championship (CTCC) this weekend (26-27 April).
The crack team – re-launched from the ultra-successful China Dragon Racing outfit – will run a GUSTO Technik-designed, built and developed Citroen C-Elysee from its technical base at the GIC, in an independent two-car assault against the might of Ford and Volkswagen’s fully factory-supported efforts in China’s premier motor racing championship.
The CTCC continues to go from strength to strength with each passing year, as the professionalism and popularity of motorsport in China increases.
Alex Hui, one of Teamwork Motorsport’s drivers, graduates to the CTCC after successfully campaigning a Group N Honda Integra and joins Hong Kong-based driver, Sunny Wong, who steps up from the Touring Car Series in Asia by IMSP (TCSA), where he collected two Group N2000 race wins and four second places over the course of six rounds in 2013.
On the eve of Teamwork’s CTCC debut, Hui explained the philosophy behind the fledgling team, saying: “At China Dragon we had created something quite special; not only a successful racing team but a tight knit group of friends who took racing seriously and shared in our teammates’ successes as much as our own. We decided that we would evolve the concept into Teamwork Motorsport and move up into China Touring Cars together, taking the team onto the next level with a new platform that would better suit professional motorsport and provide a winning environment for our business objectives in the future.”
Wong, who has raced as teammate to Hui since 2011, said: “The team has done an amazing job to deliver the C-Elysee to the first round of the CTCC after a typically ambitious decision to build an all-new car, rather than taking on a tried and tested model. I am really looking forward to getting to grips with the Citroen which will be my first experience of turbo-powered front-wheel-drive machinery. I am sure that, after the first round, I will have gained enough time with the car to become increasingly competitive as the season moves on.”
You can follow Teamwork Motorsport’s progress outside of China via a live stream or at http://leader.pptv.com/ctcc/live which goes out at 13:00 local time (BST +7 hours).