MORGAN TO MAKE BRITISH GT DEBUT AT DONINGTON
Ciceley motor sport eyeing an expansion into the series next year
British Touring Car Championship racer Adam Morgan will take part in the last round of the British GT Championship next month as his Ciceley Motorsport team is looking to branch out into endurance racing.
Morgan, who was a race winner at Rockingham last weekend, will line up in a GT4 Mercedes-benz SLS alongside sportscar racer David Fairbrother for the two-hour contest on September 23.
Morgan, who has contested long distance races in Dubai before, said it would be a toe-in-the-water for the team, which is considering an expanded programme in 2019. Ciceley Motorsport has previously operated a Renault UK Clio Cup team alongside the two BTCC Mercedes-benz A-class machines.
Morgan said: “We are going to run the car in the Gulf 12 Hours in Abu Dhabi and the Dubai 24 Hours in January and we have already had some interest from possible drivers. This could be a whole new attack from us.
“Our main focus is the British Touring Car Championship and it always will be. But there are so many other series out there that are appealing to us and we will see how we get on at Donington Park. We will have our first test in the car at the beginning of September.”
Morgan said that the team would gauge the level of interest after its maiden run in British GT to see if it should commit for 2019.
“There are some clashes in the calendar between British GT and the BTCC, but we have the capability to do it,” he added. “We will see how we run and see what the reaction is like.”