NEW LOOK FOR SIMONA DE SILVESTRO IN 2018

Simona De Silvestro’s Harvey Norman backed Nissan Motorsport Altima will feature a new look for the 2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship.

The new livery is an evolution on last years Harvey Norman design, with additional support from Lenovo, LG and Trend Micro.

“You always want to have a good looking car and the team have done a great job,” said De Silvestro.

“I can’t wait to see what it looks like on track. I spent the off-season training back in Europe, but I was constantly talking to the team and keeping updated on everything. But now I’m focused on building upon last year and showing what we can do.”

De Silvestro is taking positives from a strong showing of speed late in the 2017 season, particularly the season-ending Newcastle 500.

“I can’t wait to get to Adelaide. This year is a big change, as I’ll be familiar with most of the tracks. It means we won’t be dedicating valuable track time to learning which way the circuit goes or where braking markers are.” said De Silvestro.

“We started to really put all the pieces of the puzzle together in the second half of last year. Newcastle and Bathurst were a lot of fun, and it was exciting to be racing inside the Top 10. I have high expectations on myself to improve and be racing up the front on a consistent basis.”

The Swiss racer will be working alongside a new engineer for 2018. Chris Stuckey joined the Braeside-based squad during the offseason and the pair will work together for the first time at this week’s pre-season test at Sydney Motorsport Park.

“I’m really looking forward to working with Chris this year. The team were very keen to get him on-board and that obviously means he knows what he’s doing. The test day will help us understand each other and by Adelaide we’ll be speaking the same language. I just want the season to start now!” De Silvestro continued.

The 2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship begins at the Adelaide 500, March 1-4.

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