The Holden VF Commodore that will contest the 2013 V8 Supercars Championship has been revealed. It will be up against the new comers in Mercedes-Benz and Nissan although Nissan was around in the nineties.
Three of the teams are currently showing their new cars for the race season. This will be a season that will see more than just Ford and Holden competing.
All VF Commodore racers are built around the same chassis, with changes between teams centering largely on the powertrain and set up options.
The front of the V8 Supercar VF Commodore shows a clear similarity to the Commodore SS and American Chevrolet SS but with a wider front grille and larger lower air intake, the V8 Supercar model hypes up the aggression level compared with the production Holden VF Commodore and Calais V-Series.
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The Gary Rogers Motorsport VF Commodore |
The three teams to be revealed were the Garry Rogers Motorsport cars with Fujitsu/Valvoline colours and are to be driven by Scott McLaughlin and Alexandre Premat. Team BOC with their car and Jason Bright behind the wheel for the fourth year running. They have an unchanged engineering and race crew, and are hoping to achieve the championship-winning success it earned in 2011.
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Team BOC VF Commodore |
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The third being the Holden Racing Team (HRT) with the white-and-red team changing to predominantly white and continuing with sponsors Toll and Coates Hire. Drivers Garth Tander and James Courtney remain behind the wheel, with HRT also naming New Zealander Greg Murphy as a driver for the V8 Supercars endurance races at Sandown and Bathurst.
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Holden Racing Team VF Commodore |
The 2013 V8 Supercars Championship launch day and testing debut is Saturday February 16 at Sydney Motorsport Park, ahead of the first round of the championship at the Clipsal 500 on 2 March.
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