SUPERLEAGUE FORMULA WINS AT HOME - SEVILLA JOINS THE CHAMPIONSHIP
 The
Spanish-based organisers of new Superleague Formula championship
have scored a home victory – signing two-time UEFA Cup
champions Sevilla FC to the motor racing championship which
will kick off in August this year.
The southern Spain club emerged as a leading contender for
European honours in recent years, taking back-to-back UEFA
Cup championships in 2005-06 and 2006-07.
They also claimed the 2006 UEFA Super Cup crown, beating Spanish
rivals FC Barcelona 3-0 in the final.
Sevilla’s Superleague Formula car will be unveiled
Thursday next week at the club’s home ground, Estadio
Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán by coach Manolo
Jiménez and club captain Javi Navarro with the entire
playing squad on hand.
The racing team selected to run the Sevilla entry also will
be revealed at next week’s unveiling.
While the Spanish media get their opportunity to see the
Seville car on February 7, Sevilla fans will also get their
own unveiling when the car is revealed prior to the game against
FC Barcelona the following weekend.
Sevilla joins leading European rivals AC Milan, PSV Eindhoven,
FC Porto, Olympiacos, Borussia Dortmund, RSC Anderlecht, Galatasaray,
FC Basel and Brazilian club, Flamengo.
With 10 of the 20 clubs already now secured, Brazilian and
UK football fans will be the next to celebrate with an upcoming
Superleague Formula announcement – the second Brazilian
team and the initial UK club. Additional clubs from France,
Mexico, Korea, Portugal and the United Arab Emirates have
also agreed to terms with Superleague Formula and these are
scheduled to be announced during the coming weeks.
After concluding 2007 with back-to-back launches for Flamengo,
RSC Anderlecht and FC Basel, Superleague Formula has kicked
off 2008 with a launch for FC Porto and a major appearance
at the Autosport International show in Birmingham, UK.
This will be followed by the Sevilla launch; a Galatasaray
launch in Istanbul, Turkey; and the first running of the 750
horserpower, V-12 powered Superleague Formula car at Donington
Park in early March.
“The Superleague Formula grid is filling fast and we
are thrilled to welcome our first Spanish club,” Superleague
Formula President and CEO, Alex Andreu said.
“Sevilla has recorded some outstanding results across
Europe in recent years and I am sure the club is very keen
to continue this European success on the race track as well.
“Being a Spanish-based company, having our first Spanish
club join the championship is a great moment for us. Superleague
Formula is going through a very exciting phase - the countdown
to our first race in August at Donington Park is looming large
and we have lots of exciting news about new clubs and a succession
of launches coming up very soon.”
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