Italian car builder Top Run Motorsport recently completed a day of testing at the Mugello circuit with Luigi Ferrara, leading to the team declaring the car to be ‘significantly improved’.
Top Run made a brief return to the TCR International Series in the event in Thailand in August, but the team failed to finish race one and didn’t start race two due to technical issues.
With further work being done on the car back in Europe, they decided to enter the car into the Campionato Italiano Turismo (TCR Italy) series at the end of October, again with Ferrara at the wheel.
At the time, Ferrara finished third in race one before being eliminated in race two in an accident.
Now Team Manager Renato Russo believes that the team have made gains that would see the Subaru WRX TCR car lapping amongst the fastest drivers in the TCR Italy Series.
“The car had been significantly improved between our last appearance in the International Series in Thailand and the Monza event,” explained Russo. “We can now consider this as the final evolution step.
“Our main concern was the engine reliability, so we focused our work on this and I have to say that we are happy with the results.
“Ferrara drove a long run of 14 laps in race set-up without any problems and clocking lap times that were faster than those the TCR Italy top drivers had set during the race meeting in June.”