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A family-run team?
With TCR you can!
In a time when big articulated trucks
line up behind the garages at each ra-
cetrack and hospitality suites fill the
paddocks, a driver who brings his ra-
cing car on a trailer and sleeps in a
camper van is news and reminds of
the… good old times.
And yet, this is the way Daniele Cap-
pellari takes part in the TCR class of
the Italian Touring Car Championship,
proving that the category is really af-
fordable for independent teams and
drivers.
“During the two weeks before the
events I look after my car each day
after 7:00pm. The day before leaving
for the track, together with Fabiola, my
partner, we load the van we have re-ar-
ranged to serve as both workshop and
caravan
,” Cappelari explains.
With his SEAT León on a flat-bed trai-
ler, Daniele and Fabiola drive to the
circuit, where they must put up the
small tent that will shelter the car,
plus a couch and a table that serve as
office and living room.
“Sometimes we have only a couple of
hours of sleep before going through the
technical checks, the administrative
formalities and the free practice. Fa-
DANIELE CAPPELLARI EXPLAINS HOW A RACING PROGRAMME MAY BE RUN ON A LIMITED BUDGET