Sirromet distinguishes itself from the pack.

By Matthew Agius

In a year that is likely to feature similar looking liveries in the V8 Supercar Championship, Team Sirromet Wines has unveiled a predominantly white warpaint for its 2007 series campaign.

After running with varied, predominantly black designs since 2002, the Paul Morris Motorsports operation is set to compete with a white-dominated look for the forthcoming V8 Supercar championship.

Maintaining major sponsorship from Sirromet Wines and BWS, the new livery was unveiled on one of PMM's VZ Holden Commodores, although in accuracy, team owner Paul Morris will campaign the new VE specification model as of the Clipsal 500 Adelaide in three weeks time.

Morris said that the switch to white was to coincide with the upgrade to the VE Commodore, but was also an effort to distinguish the car's previous black and orange scheme from the matching colours used in 2006 by fellow Holden teams, the Toll HSV Dealer Team and Tasman Motorsport.

"I'm racing a brand-new car this year so we thought it would be good to go with a fresh look and switch to white colours at the same time," said Morris.

"When we started with the Sirromet Wines sponsorship there was only a couple of black cars on the grid, but now there are several."

"The change to white means our car will stand out better for the fans at the track and on television."

"We have kept the new design clean and tidy, with the aim of maximising the branding of all our sponsors."

"Sirromet has been winning gold medals overseas with white wines, so we're hoping that success rubs off on our white Commodore."

Currently, it seems as though Morris' VE Commodore will be prepared shortly before the season-start in Adelaide on March 1st, allowing time for the team to give both machines (second driver Fabian Coulthard will use the older VZ model) a shakedown at Queensland Raceway, Team Sirromet's home testing venue.