M'zaka za m'ma 1990, Mpikisano wa Magalimoto a British Touring Car unali kudutsa gawo limodzi labwino kwambiri. Panali magalimoto amitundu yonse ndi zokonda zonse: magalimoto ngakhale ma vani; Aswedi, Achifalansa, Achijeremani, Achitaliyana ndi Achijapani; kutsogolo ndi kumbuyo.
BTCC, panthawiyo, inali imodzi mwamipikisano yothamanga kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi ndipo Alfa Romeo adaganiza zolowa nawo "phwando". Zinali 1994, pomwe mtundu wa Arese udafunsa Alfa Corse (dipatimenti yampikisano) kuti agwirizane ndi ma 155 awiri pamasewera awo oyamba nyengo ino.
Alfa Corse sanangotsatira pempholi koma adapitanso patsogolo, akugwiritsa ntchito njira yochepetsera malamulo okhwima (makamaka ponena za kayendedwe ka ndege) zomwe zinati magalimoto 2500 amtundu wofanana ayenera kugulitsidwa.
Chifukwa chake 155 Silverstone, wodziyimira pawokha wapadera, koma ndi njira zotsutsana za aerodynamic. Choyamba chinali chowononga chake chakutsogolo chomwe chikhoza kuikidwa m'malo awiri, imodzi mwa izo yokhoza kupanga kukweza kolakwika.
Yachiwiri inali phiko lake lakumbuyo. Zikuoneka kuti phiko lakumbuyo ili linali ndi zothandizira ziwiri zowonjezera (zomwe zinayikidwa m'chipinda chonyamula katundu), zomwe zimalola kuti zikhale zapamwamba komanso kuti eni ake azitha kuziyika pambuyo pake, ngati angafune. Ndipo pakuyezetsa nyengo isanakwane, Alfa Corsa adasunga "chinsinsi" ichi bwino, ndikutulutsa "bomba" kumayambiriro kwa nyengo.
Ndipo apo, mwayi wa aerodynamic wa 155 uwu pa mpikisano - BMW 3 Series, Ford Mondeo, Renault Laguna, pakati pa ena ... - anali odabwitsa. Ndizodabwitsa kwambiri kuti Gabriele Tarquini, dalaivala waku Italy yemwe Alfa Romeo adasankha "kuwongolera" 155 iyi, adapambana mipikisano isanu yoyamba ya mpikisano.
Mpikisano wachisanu ndi chiwiri usanachitike komanso pambuyo pa madandaulo angapo, bungwe la mpikisano lidaganiza zochotsa mfundo zomwe Alfa Corse adapambana mpaka pano ndikukakamiza kuthamanga ndi phiko laling'ono.
Osakhutitsidwa ndi chigamulocho, gulu la Italy lidachita apilo ndipo pambuyo pakuchita nawo FIA, adatsiriza kupeza mfundo zawo ndikuloledwa kugwiritsa ntchito kasinthidwe ndi mapiko akuluakulu akumbuyo kwa mafuko ena angapo, mpaka 1 July chaka chimenecho.
Koma pambuyo pake, panthawi yomwe mpikisanowo udapanganso kusintha kwazamlengalenga, Tarquini adangopambana mipikisano iwiri mpaka tsiku lomaliza. Pambuyo pake, m’mipikisano isanu ndi inayi yotsatira, akanangopeza chipambano chimodzi chokha.
Komabe, kuyambika kovutirapo kwa nyengoyi komanso kuwonekera kwanthawi zonse kudapangitsa woyendetsa waku Italiya dzina la BTCC chaka chimenecho, ndipo chitsanzo chomwe tikubweretserani pano - Alfa Romeo 155 TS yokhala ndi chassis no.90080 - inali galimoto yomwe Tarquini adathamangira kumapeto. mpikisano, ku Silverstone, kale ndi mapiko "wabwinobwino".
Chigawo ichi cha 155 TS, chomwe chinali ndi mwiniwake payekha pambuyo pa kukonzedwanso pampikisano, chidzagulitsidwa ndi RM Sotheby's mu June, pamwambo ku Milan, Italy, ndipo malinga ndi wogulitsayo idzagulitsidwa pakati pa 300,000 ndi ndi 400,000 euros.
Ponena za injini yomwe imapangitsa "Alfa" iyi, ndipo ngakhale RM Sotheby's sichikutsimikizira, zimadziwika kuti Alfa Corse adayendetsa 155 TS iyi yokhala ndi chipika cha 2.0 lita ndi masilinda anayi omwe amapangidwa ndi 288 hp ndi 260 Nm.
Zifukwa zambiri zolungamitsira ma euro masauzande angapo omwe RM Sotheby's amakhulupirira kuti apeza, simukuganiza?