RML Motorsport

23/11/2007

The RML Chevrolet team rounded off the 2007 season by cleaning-up at the glittering World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) awards in Macau last Sunday evening.

As the dust settled on the final race of the season around the torturous street circuit, the RML Chevrolet drivers, team bosses and crew celebrated the team's amazingly-successful season in style at the sparkling ceremony held at the Fisherman's Wharf.

The team collected trophies for Alain Menu's victory in race one in Macau, as well as one for being race one winning manufacturer, which was presented to Ray Mallock, RML Group Chief Executive. Trophies were also given for Rob Huff's third place in race one and Nicola Larini's second place in race two. Eric Neve, Motorsport Manager of Chevrolet Europe was presented with a special trophy to mark the team's finish as third-placed manufacturer in the WTCC. With a total of five trophies on the evening, RML took two more than BMW and SEAT, and three more than Alfa Romeo.

The RML Chevrolet team enjoyed a hugely successful 2007 season, with Alain Menu becoming the driver with the most wins (five) and pole positions (five) over the course of any WTCC season. RML Chevrolet took seven wins from 22 starts, representing a win rate of 32%, also leading more laps than any other team. Alain was also topped the charts for the most laps led over the season with 64, 16 more that Augusto Farfus.

Ray Mallock said: "We have enjoyed another fantastic season with Chevrolet, with most successful since the start of our partnership in 2005. These trophies are an important reflection of our success, as they represent the hard work, dedication and unwavering spirit throughout the RML Chevrolet team.

"We have recently renewed our partnership with Chevrolet for a further three years, and I am confident that our  teamwork, continuous improvement, attention to detail, reliability and winning focus will lead us to our next goal of being World Touring Car Champions."

Notes to editors:

RML was founded by Ray Mallock in 1984.

RML Group comprises six divisions; Motorsport, Automotive, Engines, Historic, Events and X-Pro.

Based in Northamptonshire, England, the company's 4,300 square metre facility includes full design, development, manufacturing and operational support for automotive engineering projects.

RML has achieved success throughout motorsport categories including GT/sportscars, touring cars, rally cars, single seaters and oval speedway cars. In 2007 RML won the LMP2 class of the Le Mans Series and competed in the World Touring Car Championship. RML also produced the Mercedes Mclaren SLR 722 GT. 

RML work together with a number of specialist official suppliers and technical partners including Autoglym - www.autoglym.co.uk, Beissbarth UK - www.beissbarth.co.uk, DuPont Refinish - www.dupontrefinish.com and Chicago Pneumatic - www.cp.com.

More information on RML is available at www.rmlmallock.co.uk

For further information please contact RML:

Dan Shires, Marketing/PR Co-ordinator

Tel:  +44 1933 402440 

Email: dans@rmlmallock.co.uk

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