Freisinger does the un-thinkable to Wilcox Motorsport ahead of 2005

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(Free-Press-Release.com) January 17, 2005 -- A disagreement with German GT team Freisinger Motorsport has spelt the end of reigning GT Cup champion Adam Wilcox's ambitions of adding a second title to his haul in 2005.

The Briton, who triumphed with the DRM team in 2004, had intended to reform his own, eponymous, team to run a new Freisinger-prepared Porsche GT3-RS, but claims that he was priced out of the deal.

"Basically, Manfred Freisinger almost instantly set an interest rate on the balance of the car, having received the already huge deposit he had demanded," he explained, "He then imposed a deadline for the final balance - plus interest - to be paid, which was last Friday. Unfortunately, I was unable to meet his harsh demands, as we didn't finalise any drivers for the GT2 car before his ridiculous deadline."

Wilcox went on to explain that the process of untangling the deal would now mean that he could not press ahead with alternative plans.

"I will now have to spend a great deal of time and money recovering this debt from Freisinger Motorsport, and it will certainly take the focus off running a GT2 car this year," he sighed, "I would think it highly unlikely, having lost the amount of money I have on the deposit, that Wilcox Motorsport will field any GT2 car this year."

Despite his own personal setback, Wilcox remained confident that his team would be represented in the class that he claimed last season.

"Personally, I was looking forward to challenging for the GT2 Championship, but I can't see that, this late in the day, it will be possible for me to drive in 2005," he insisted, "I would be prepared to offer my services to another team as a driver and, if they are looking for a proven race- and championship-winning driver, then they can contact me.

"I am still looking at running a GT3 car in the British championships, and we still have the infrastructure in place to do fantastic job for people looking at winning the class this year," he insisted, "However, I would only be interested in running this car with two very strong drivers."