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ALFA ROMEO RETURNS TO LE MANS.(Competition)

AutoWeek,  January, 2007  

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Alfa Romeo will end a three-decade absence from the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2008. The Italian manufacturer revealed it will develop its forthcoming 8C sports car into a GT2 racer. Alfa president Antonio Baravalle made a brief reference to the project at the end of a speech at the Bologna motor show in December but did not confirm details.

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It is almost certain that the 8C project will be masterminded from the Maserati motorsport facility built in Modena, Italy, for Maserati's MC12. It is likely that the 8C and a successor to the MC12 will be developed in parallel. Alfa's last Le ...

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