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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">14/01/2001</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">Tom Ferrier</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">Triple Eight Astra Coupé</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><img border="1" src="Storage/rieroupéBTC.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"> Thursday at the NEC saw Tom Ferrier announced to drive a Triple Eight Vauxhall Astra Coupé in the Touring Class of the new look BTCC.<BR> <BR> Ferrier – barely out of his teens – will have an identical car to the Vauxhall Motorsport example seen in the photograph (drivers, Yvan Muller and Jason Plato).<BR> <BR> The young man doesn’t suggest that he’ll be a match for the current stars straight away, but is aiming to be right on the pace by mid-season. He has one year’s Alfa Romeo experience in the 2000 National Saloon series, but the prospect of a new name running at the front adds to the appeal of the new BTCC.<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>