Richard Göransson leaves Flash and rejoins WestCoast Racing
Touringcartimes are reporting that three times Swedish Touring Car champion Richard Göransson will leave Flash Engineering to rejoin his old team WestCoast Racing driving a BMW 320si in an attack for a historic fourth championship title.
Team mate to Göransson will be Robin Rudholm, who will stay for his fourth consecutive season with the team. Göransson will fill Fredrik Ekblom‘s seat who will, according to Touringcartimes, stay in the championship but will drive a front-wheel car for 2009. Swedish magazine Auto Motor & Sport reported on their website that Ekblom will be joining the new STCC Volkswagen team.
Flash Engineering’s team boss and driver Jan “Flash” Nilsson comments on Göransson’s departure on his homepage: “The reason for Richard Göransson’s move to WestCoast Racing is something only Richard knows himself. Personally I think his made a good short-term descision (more money in the wallet) but in the long-run a worse descision. Time will tell.”
Race Incident wonders on a slightly different note: how many STCC titles will Richard Göransson have to get before he’s considered for a WTCC drive?
