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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">FIA SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">18/01/2001</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">Ascari</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">FIA SCC And Le Mans Plans</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><img border="1" src="Storage/carilansSPO.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"> Team Ascari will run one A410 Judd in the FIA Sportscar Championship, with Werner Lupberger likely to be joined by a similarly talented, younger driver.<BR> <BR> The team are organising a ‘shoot out’ in Spain next month, with three or four drivers short-listed. Team Manager John McNeil says that he "wants someone on Werner’s pace who wants to make a name for himself. Young guys like Werner are hungry and keen to make an impression and that is the whole philosophy of the team." <BR> <BR> Klass Zwart is planning a three car effort for Ascari at Le Mans this year. “The plans are exciting,” said Werner Lupberger. “I am sure that we can turn the promise of last year in to solid results this year."<BR> <BR> Any likelihood of an association with Gabriele Rafanelli’s team – who tested the Ascari in Italy before Christmas – now seems remote.<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>