Naples, 9 December 2021. Academy Motorsport in partnership with Alex Caffi Motorsport is already looking ahead to 2022 after confirming its commitment to the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series has announced its new technical partnership with Petri Corse.
Choosing Petri Corse, the professional Tuscan team mostly involved in the most important racetracks in the world with GT cars and in the Italian rally series, represents the first news for the new Euronscar season that has reached an incredible success in Europe.
For Academy Motorsport/Alex Caffi Motorsport, 2021 ended with a double win for Jacques Villeneuve on the Italian circuit of Vallelunga, a home win for the newly born Team at its debut in the Nascar Whelen Euro Series.
Petri Corse boasts successes and victories in the major international series and with the most prestigious car brands. The Italian team, led by Simone Petri, has a vast experience developed directly on the race track.
Federico Monti states “Alex Caffi is our coordinator and now we have the extra experience and knowledge given by Simone Petri. This new partnership will guarantee the growth that the team now needs after this year of exciting training. We have immediately appreciated the incredible enthusiasm shown by Petri Corse towards the new plan, and after this we are thinking of increasing our commitments in the series.
Alex Caffi underlined:” The team has significantly grown this first year, Jacque’s two Italian successes are the best confirmation of this, obviously growth must be matched by an adequate team and the choice of Petri Corse will add an extra value and the best support to implement our projects.
“New adventures always offer exciting motivations and we are absolutely sure that this will be the case with the debut in the Nascar Whelen Euro Series – said Simone Petri – it is a brand new series for us but to be alongside a young team that has already reached great results and has excellent drivers is certainly exciting, so we are sure that everything will be smoother. We are aware of the hard work ahead of us, but we will put our experience at the service of the team and we will draw on the knowledge of Academy Motorsport and Alex Caffi Motorsport”.
In the coming weeks Academy Motorsport/Alex Caffi Motorsport will formalize the name of the drivers and the number of cars that will be involved in the 2022 season, together with a testing calendar.
Nascar Whelen Series 2022 calendar: 9-10/04 Hockenheimring (GER); 14-15/05 Valencia (E); 11-12/06 Brands Hatch (UK); 09-10/07 Vallelunga (IT) All Stars; 07-08/09 Most (CZ); 08-09/10 Heusden Zolder( BE); 29-30/10 Rijeka (HR) Finals.
