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<body> <Table Width="550" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" cellpadding="0"><TR><TD Width="35"><IMG SRC="//www.totalmotorsport.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH="35" HEIGHT="1"></td><td> <CENTER><Table border="0" width="100%"> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="5">BTCC</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">03/12/2001</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">Muller And Thompson</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">To Spearhead Vauxhall's 2002 BTCC Campaign</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><img border="1" src="Storage/2silver06a.jpg"></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="1">  </FONT></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">Vauxhall have announced their driver pairing for the 2002 Touring Car Championship. Yvan Muller and James Thompson will lead the current champions bid to retain their title, though the competition should be better prepared to take on the Vauxhall's next season.<BR> <BR> Mike Nicholson, Vauxhall Motorsport Operations Manager said: "There is no doubt that we are going to have some staunch competition in next year's British Touring Car Championship and as reigning BTCC Manufacturers' and Teams' Champions we wanted to field the two drivers who we feel would work well together to defend our titles in 2002. Yvan and James have a wealth of experience between them and given their knowledge of our Championship winning Astra Coupé, we have every confidence that we will be starting next year's assault on the BTCC with a formidable duo."<BR> <BR> Yvan will be hoping to go one better next year after losing the championship to Jason Plato at the last round this year.<BR> <BR> <BR> </FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE><BR> </CENTER> <BR><CENTER><font size="1" color="#808080" face="Tahoma">Copyright ©2000-©2023 TotalMotorSport</font></CENTER> </td> </tr> </table> </body>