Twix Aki Racing team press announcement.
Twix Aki Racing team (TART) are able to reveal they will keep their title sponsor and team name for 2016 after a stunning 2015 and second in the FGP championship.
The team are ready to announce their 2016 FGP team early this season after a settled winter. Last year was a tremendous season for TART but due to identical line ups to Henners F1 we narrowly missed out on our first Championship.
Since entering as Aki Racing Team in 2012 and achieving a solid 32nd out of 55 team aimed high for 2013, but fell short as lack of sponsorship saw the team finish 43rd of 46 in 2013. So for 2014 the team signed a major sponsor in the shape of Hedgehog gutter brush and so became Aki's Hedgehog racing team and with the injection of cash and a team up with Happy Bubble & Ford Focus F1 they finished 15th of 32. For 2015 a major new sponsor was signed as Twix joined the squad. Leaving 2015 as the new branded TART team. This partnership lead to a stunning runners up spot out of 30.
The team hopes its 5th season in FGP can be as good as 2015 and maybe it can be our year.
For 2016 due to a huge wage increase Raikkonen is dropped as is Ericcson who proved a solid driver. However he brings no sponsorship cash into the team.
The team were happy with the Mercedes Chassis, however make a gamble switching to Ferrari power for 2016.
Albeit uncertain how he will go. Alonso is bought in as lead driver, while Gutierrez is roped in as second driver bringing in valuable funds.
The 3rd driver is Pastor Maldonado however we never intend to let him near the car.
The team feels there best race may be Monza.
Team Details:
Name: Twix Aki Racing Team
First Driver: Fernando Alonso
Second Driver: Esteban Gutierrez
Res Driver: Pastor Maldonado
Chassis: Mercedes
Engine: Ferrari
Bonus: Italian GP /Monza