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05.09.2008

Japanese driver Manabu Orido to drive for Chevrolet

COUNTDOWN: - 16 DAYS to the 2008 FIA WTCC Race of Europe - 20th / 21st September, in Imola

Chevrolet will campaign a fourth Lacetti car in the final three meetings of the FIA WTCC season for Japanese driver Manabu Orido.

The 39-year old from Chiba will make his debut in Monza, before taking part in his home event at Okayama and the WTCC finale at Macau. His car, usually driven by Tomas Schie in the Swedish Touring Car Championship, will be run by the Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden team.

Orido is a very popular driver in Japan; he started his career winning the 1992 Fuji Freshman series. In 1995 he became the Japanese Super Sylvia champion before moving to the Japanese Super GT Championship. Among the important results he achieved are second places in the 2001 Macau Guia Race and the 2004 Le Mans 24 Hours in the GT class.

"It is a great honour to represent Japan in WTCC," Manabu Orido said. "I would like to thank all those who made this happen for me. I hope that my presence will help the series to gain popularity in Japan, especially for the Okayama event in October. Hopefully my knowledge of the track, which is new to the WTCC calendar, may help the other three Chevrolet drivers in their races."

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