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Alliance further develops Focus for Sutton record-breaking BTCC bid

Reigning British Touring Car champion team Alliance Racing says it has improved its car further as it confirms the retention of its four drivers from 2023 for this season.

Four-time title winner Ash Sutton will once more be joined at the Ford Focus ST-equipped squad, which has moved into new premises in Northampton, by race winners Dan Cammish and Dan Rowbottom, plus Sam Osborne.

The announcement comes days after Excelr8 Motorsport revealed that it has retained 2022 title winner Tom Ingram and veteran Tom Chilton alongside impressive 2023 rookie Ronan Pearson and one yet-to-be-confirmed driver for its four-car squad of Hyundai i30 Ns.

Sutton scored a season-record-equalling 12 victories as he stormed to the 2023 crown, with Cammish claiming three wins and Rowbottom one to give the team 16 triumphs out of 30 races; between them, these three drivers also claimed all but one of the 10 pole positions.

Key to this form was the development work done on the Focus over the 2022-23 winter led by Sutton’s long-time engineer Antonio Carrozza.

“The approach this winter is similar to the last,” Alliance team manager Oly Collins told Autosport. “We did a lot of work last year to the Focus.

“That’s less of a fear this year, but we haven’t eased up and we’ve still got some weaknesses we’ve identified from last year, and everyone’s working hard behind the scenes to make it even faster.

Source: Autosport

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