Sparco With Citroen And M-Sport In WRC
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| Citroen C3 |
Only few hours before the start of the World Rally Championship in Montecarlo. Also in 2017 SPARCO will be in the WRC and will point at the top along with the drivers of the Citroen Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team and the M-Sport World Rally Team.
The French team, led by Yves Matton, will field two cars in Monte Carlo, awaiting the third Citroen C3 WRC Plus that will come during the season. Kris Meeke, Stephane Lefebvre and Craig Breen, with their co-drivers Paul Nagle, Gabin Moreau and Scott Martin will be the crews of the transalpine team that will debut in the World Rally Championship the Prime SP-16 + suit, the same worn, in the last season, by the McLaren F1 team’s drivers, and that has accompanied the drivers in the Peugeot 1-2-3 at the 2017 Dakar. The lightest suit ever produced by SPARCO, with a weight of just 590 grams and with its two layers, will be the "second skin" of the Citroen’s drivers, also, wear Arrow RG-7 gloves and Formula RB-8 boots that will ensure comfort and grip on the World Rally Championship special stages.
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| Ford Fiesta RS |
Two cars lined up by the English M-Sport World Rally Team. Led by Malcolm Wilson, on Ford Fiesta RS WRC Plus 2017 there will be the 4 times World Champion Sebastien Ogier, with his co-driver Julien Ingrassia and the Estonian crew Ott Tanak and Martin Jarveoja. Also for the crews of M-Sport, Prime Sp-16+ suit will be the loyal companion in the 2017 World Championship. Different choices regarding gloves. Ogier will use the Arrow RG-7, while Tanak will wear the Force RG-5. Also regarding the shoes, Ford M-Sport crews have opted for the Formula RB-8. SPARCO, in addition to wear the drivers and co-drivers of the British team, will be present inside the Ford Fiesta RS WRC Plus 2017 with ADV Elite seat, the lightest in its class for comfort and safety, and with ADV SC seat, resistant to loads in excess of 3000kg. The new belts meet the approval FIA 8853-2016 and the steering wheel go to complete a package that brings SPARCO alongside the Dovenby team.
Claudio Pastoris – SPARCO CEO: "Being alongside the best teams and drivers of the World Rally Championship is a great honor for us. Our mission has always been to ensure the comfort of drivers and co-drivers with maximum security and improving performance. The FIA regulations, increasingly strict, have never been for us an obligation to be fulfilled, but a goal to reach and exceed. If today the leading teams and drivers entrust their safety in our hands, means we have achieved the goal. A big good luck to all crews that, from Montecarlo, will begin their World Championship, hoping to see them at the top, celebrating with SPARCO"