O’Young and Taniguchi stay at Bamboo

Bamboo-engineering announced that their driver line up for the 2011 FIA WTCC will remain unchanged, with Darryl O’Young from Hong Kong and Yukinori Taniguchi from Japan.

In their first season in the series the team came very close to clinching both the Drivers’ (with O’Young) and Teams’ Yokohama trophies.

Taniguchi who joined the team for the last four events in 2010 and clinched a victory in Race 1 at Okayama, is the first Japanese driver to commit for a full season in WTCC.

Team Principal Richard Coleman said: “ We are obviously delighted that Darryl and Yukinori have resigned with us. The continuity is vital to the development of the team. We were of course disappointed to have just missed out on both Yokohama trophies last year, but to be in that position was a fantastic achievement for us and we are wanting to build on that success this year.”

The team will start the season with their existing pair of Chevrolet Lacetti cars that will be replaced by the Cruze with the new 1.6L turbocharged engine from the second event at Zolder.