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EXCELR8 reveal Team VERTU colours for 2025 season

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EXCELR8 Motorsport has taken the covers off two of its British Touring Car Championship challengers at a special event held alongside Birmingham City Football Club’s Foundation.

The Hyundai i30 N Fastback machines of Tom Ingram and Tom Chilton – who will run under the Team VERTU banner this season – were revealed at Wast Hills; the training base for both the Birmingham City Football Club Women’s team and the Club’s various Academy sides.

“The livery reveal is always one of the most exciting moments of the off-season as everything feels more real when you see the car in its colours for the first time – particularly when it looks as good as it does,” said Ingram.

“As we go into a new season as Team VERTU, it was great to showcase the new livery for the first time with the kids competing in Vertu’s Primary Schools Cup. Seeing them getting excited about the reveal was fantastic, and hopefully the experience has created some new fans who will cheer us on to success this season!”

Chilton added: “Revealing the new livery alongside children playing in the Vertu Primary Schools Cup has been a great experience, particularly when they had no idea it was going to happen! Seeing the excitement on their faces was fantastic, and putting smiles on faces is a big part of what the BTCC is all about.

“With the change to Team VERTU for 2025, we always knew that the livery would be different for this season, and I’m a big fan. Every year I say that the first thing you want as a driver is for your car to look fast, and with the new colours, it looks very quick!

“Having been able to go out and get some testing under our belts before Christmas, I feel we are good shape going into the new season. On the back of a positive year in 2024, I’m looking to bring home more silverware for Team VERTU during the new campaign.”

Justina Williams, Team VERTU Team Owner, concluded: “Our relationship with the Vertu and Bristol Street Motors brands, part of the Vertu group, has gone from strength to strength. We are incredibly excited to enter the 2025 season as Team VERTU.

“In recent years, we have had one of the best-looking cars on the grid, but I feel the new livery is the greatest one yet, and will allow us to really stand out on track as we battle for the title.