BRC Racing Team
Italian team known for LPG rally cars and TCR success.
Based in Cherasco, Italy, BRC Racing Team is an Italian motorsport squad active in the TCR International Series and Tour European Rally. Backed by BRC Gas Equipment, the team is recognized for competing with rally cars modified to use liquefied petroleum gas. Starting in 2009, they first raced a Nissan 350Z in the Spanish Endurance Championship, later entering events like the Suzuki Rally Trophy and Seat Léon Supercopa. The team also created the Green Scout/Hybrid Cup, which evolved into the Italian Alternative Energies Championship, running from 2011 to 2015.
Quick Facts
- Founded
- 2009
- Base
- Cherasco, Italy
- Sponsor
- BRC Gas Equipment
- Drivers' title won
- 2019 (Norbert Michelisz)
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LPG Rally Cars
Between 2014 and 2015, BRC Racing Team campaigned LPG-converted Ford Fiesta R5s in the Italian Rally Championship for driver Giandomenico Basso. Across those two seasons, the team secured two victories and thirteen podium finishes, with Basso placing second in the championship both times. In 2016, Basso switched to a conventional Fiesta R5, winning two rallies and earning four more podiums to claim the championship title, while teammate Simone Campedelli took fourth in the standings driving the LPG-powered car. The following year, Basso and the team moved to the new Tour European Rally series with a Hyundai i20 R5.
TCR
BRC Racing Team is a partner of Hyundai Motorsport in the TCR International Series, assisting with development and fielding the Hyundai i30 N TCR. When the series became the World Touring Car Cup in 2018, the team fielded 2 i30s for Norbert Michelisz and Gabriele Tarquini. Michelisz won the drivers' title in 2019 for BRC Racing, the second time the team had won.
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