Carl Breeze. British Touring Car Championship Thruxton 2004 (© PSP Images)
Category
S2000
Make / Model
Alfa Romeo 156
Chassis No
00-047-AR156 001
Built By
Bigazzi
Date Built
2000
Current Status
Under Restoration
Comments
Built by Scuderia Bigazzi and one of two cars run in the 2001 European Super Production Championship, this one being used by Tobai Masini.

For 2002, both cars were updated to S2000-spec used the kit of parts supplied by works team N.tehnology. Driven by Éric Cayrolle in 2002 and the first half of 2003, with Mattias Andersson, Reinhard Huber and Adriano de Micheli taking over the car for one meeting each.

Sold in 2003 to GA Motorsports and run in the BTCC with a chassis number of "59" according to the TOCA logbook. Initially for Carl Breeze before Stefan Hodgetts took over for the final 3 races of the year. The car was damaged when Hodgetts went into the wall at Brands Hatch, and although the team were able to repair the car and complete the remainder of the season. At the end of the year the car went to N.Technology in Italy.

Whilst in Italy the car was sold to Mark Smith with the intention of running it in the 2006 BTCC. However on assessing the repaired car, Smith decided to transfer the running gear into another shell. The work was carried out by PT Motorsport.

In early 2008, the car would make a brief appearance at the BTCC Media Day. Team 48 had intended to buy and run the two cars (SE107-009 and SE107-010) from A-Tech, but were unable to secure funding in time. Desperate to have something to show to the media, the shell of this car was obtained and hastily converted to an non-running show-car using whatever running gear was available.

The car was eventually stripped for its parts and initial report suggested the shell was scrapped, although that proved not to be the case. In 2010 the shell was acquired by Bianco Motorsport. In 2014 the car was re-painted black but remained untouched whilst the team sourced the necessary parts for a rebuild and worked on other projects. The rebuild is due to be completed in 2020.
Tobia Masini, Silverstone ESPC 2001 (© PSP Images)
2001 FIA European Super Production Championship
Scuderia Bigazzi
#16 Tobai Masini
All rounds
Eric Cayrolle. 2002 Donington Park (© PSP Images)
2002 FIA European Touring Car Championship
Scuderia Bigazzi
#16 Éric Cayrolle
All rounds
Eric Cayrolle. ETCC Donington Park 2003 (© PSP Images)
2003 FIA European Touring Car Championship
Scuderia Bigazzi
#25 Éric Cayrolle
Rounds 1-6
2003 FIA European Touring Car Championship
Scuderia Bigazzi
#26 Mattias Andersson
Round 7
Reinhard Huber. ETCC Oschersleben 2003 (© Ulrich Zensen/Facebook)
2003 FIA European Touring Car Championship
Scuderia Bigazzi
#26 Reinhard Huber
Round 8
2003 FIA European Touring Car Championship
Scuderia Bigazzi
#26 Adriano de Micheli
Round 10
Carl Breeze. British Touring Car Championship Silverstone 2004 (© PSP Images)
2004 British Touring Car Championship
Team Sureterm / GA Motorsports
#23 Carl Breeze
Rounds 1-7
Steffan Hodgetts. British Touring Car Championship Brands Hatch 2004 (© PSP Images)
2004 British Touring Car Championship
Team Sureterm / GA Motorsports
#26 Stefan Hodgetts
Rounds 8-10
2005 (© Mark Smith)
2005
Purchased by Mark Smith to use in the British Touring Car Championship.
2008 British Touring Car Championship Media day. (© PSP Images)
2008 British Touring Car Championship
Team 48
Show car for pre-season Media day only
 (© Bianco Motorsport)
2010 - 2020
Bianco Motorsport
Rebuild
Other Pictures
Tobia Masini, Silverstone ESPC 2001 (© PSP Images) Stefan Hodgetts. Brands Hatch 2004. (© PSP Images) 2008 British Touring Car Championship Media day. (© PSP Images) Chassis plate (© Bianco Motorsport)