Alain Menu leaves the WTCC for the Porsche Supercup

Il va voir ailleurs. Alain Menu vient de signer en Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup pour la saison 2013. Après huit années passées en championnat du monde des voitures de tourisme (WTCC), le Suisse a préféré se lancer dans un nouveau défi. “It’s a challenge that I like”, he commented on this subject. The 49-year-old from Geneva has just signed up with the Swiss team Fach Auto Tech, which is moving up a level after racing for several years in the German Porsche Supercup championship.

Although he had the best season of his career in the WTCC last year, including six victories and a place as vice-world champion, Alain Menu was forced to consider an alternative when Chevrolet announced its official withdrawal. of the competition. If the RML team in which he was enrolled last year will enter two private Chevrolet Cruze 2013Ts in 1.6 with his former teammate Yvan Muller and the young British Tom Chilton, Alain Menu was no longer part of the team's plans for this new year.

In 2003, Alain Menu had already tried his hand at the Porsche Supercup by participating in a British national championship event. It was at Outlon Park, and he won in both races.