Citroen C1 Cup to be launched in Scotland
The Scottish Motor Racing Club last week launched the Citroen C1 Cup, which will make its debut in 2019.
Competitions director Steve Burns says that the new series’ technical regulations will be based largely on the C1 Challenge and will consist of two eight-lap sprints per weekend as part of the SMRC bill.
The club is offering members a chance to run a competitive car for £6,500 for their first year, with the second estimated at around £2,000.
“We want to bring more people into motorsport and this is a cost-effective way of doing it,” Burns said.
“The format will be sprint races up here, but the series allows drivers to take part in the endurance races down south and abroad.”
The announcement comes after the SMRC decided to merge the Scottish Fiesta and BMW Compact Cup into the Hot Hatch Championship for 2018, following a lack of entries in the latter.
Burns is confident the C1 Cup will prove popular, having already received several “serious offers” from prospective teams. The club presented the first race-spec C1 car at last weekend’s BTCC meeting at Knockhill, having been converted from a road-legal version by Scottish Mini Cooper outfit Minimax. The car, purchased by the SMRC, will also be raced at this weekend’s Rockingham three-hour event.