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Triple Eight to prep PremiAir cars

Triple Eight to prep PremiAir cars

The newest Supercars team on the grid is currently in a race against time ahead of its rookie season, with a number of key positions, including a team manager, engineers and mechanics, yet to be filled.

As part of the pre-season negotiations, new team owner Peter Xiberras is in the throws of finalising the team’s customer relationship with Triple Eight.

Like its predecessor Team Sydney, PremiAir Racing will continue to field T8-built ZB Commodores.

The team’s two cars are currently at Triple Eight undergoing key upgrades, which, according to Xiberras, will put them at current spec, like the Red Bull-backed ‘factory’ cars.

PremiAir will also have access to T8 data across the season, while the cars will even run out of T8’s Brisbane workshop in the short term.

As it stands they are set to be prepped by T8 for the pre-season test at Queensland Raceway on February 16.

It is likely they will then return to T8 to be prepped for the opening round of the season at Sydney Motorsport Park…

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