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BTCC 2006 News, Rumours, Entries...
Might as well get the off season thread started, with only a round to go and a lot of speculation for 2006 already around.
So what sort of grid are we realistically looking at next year?
Drivers wise it looks like there may be some changes, with the return of James Thompson possibly? And the possibilility of Muller leaving to join the WTCC. The third car seems to change season to season, so I think its far from certain Gavin Smith will retain his drive, although he has improved in recent meetings.
SEAT have been huge supporters of the series, and has gained huge publicity from it, greater than reigning champions Vauxhall IMO. The Leon looks very promising, and it would be great to see it in the series next year.
As far as I'm aware they haven't categorically confirmed they will race in the BTCC, but it seems the most likely option. They could run in the World series, but I think they'll decide that it makes comercial sense to run in the BTCC, a series they can compete in with a reasonable budget. If I'm not mistaken, Steve Neal hinted at a continuation in the BTCC at the weekend after Howell's win.
Admittedly, they have a history of over promising and under delivering, so it will be interesting to see what happens with this team over the winter. Maybe they will finally run Alan Morrison again??
They are currently looking for a manufacturer deal to continue there participation in the series, although haven't ruled out running as a privateer entry.
Note, most of these are just rumours, and I don't expect that more than half of them will appear next year. |
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In defence of the other memebers of the Varta team it was one hell of a quick little car. Unfortunately the second 307 wasn't delivered until late in the season and was in a shocking state - Vic obviously didn't have any interest in it!! By the time Jimmy and the guys had sorted out all the niggles the season had ended
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Maybe what we've all discovered about Vics activities had an adverse affect on all his racing activity, ie, the poor performances of his Peugeots.
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Vauxhall - Regardless of how much Gavin Smith has improved the third car will be down to whoever has the money.
Arena - suspect they will be back to Sportscars TCR - it's about time Adams got into Touring Cars, he's got nothing left to prove in Clios. It's all a question of finance of course. |
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Just checked the current points table - only 3 points, not so good.
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I have heard a rumour that Martin Bell, who is currently running in the BMW Kuhmo Championship is planning to graduate to the BTCC next season, probabily in a privatly entered BMW 320i E46
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former BTCC production class champions HTML want to enter 2 cars in 2006 BTCC
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Yeah - read that in MN yesterday. HTML are a well organised team - so whatever they do, it should be good.
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Wasn't Givonardi linked with a drive in BTCC some years ago with an Alfa project that never appeared? I think it was back in like 1998 or something?
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Why not buying some former ETCC BMW's? Carly Motors has some available.
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Edenbridge attempted to run a BMW in 2004, but found that it was't possible to make the car competitive due to the weight penalty on rear-wheel drive cars. I'm not sure if this has changed, but if not, I doubt any BMWs will reach the UK. There are plenty of rumours out there, but it's a shame that more well-known or genuinely promising youngsters aren't in contention to enter the championship as it stands.
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Wow, the rumor list makes the BTCC look quite strong and very independent (entry) driven. OTOH, most of the teams will probably only race for limited rounds, if at all? And despite the rule change, it seems the BTCC still hasn't drawn many used S2000 cars from other championships to it?? I haven't seen too many S2000 put up publicly for sale though? How much are they asking? If teams are preferring to use converted DTCC cars or old Astras
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I've never heard of Richard Lloyd's Apex Motorsport, was he a BTCC team back in the late 80s? I don't recall hearing his name since the 90s? Why go with them when there's WSR available? OTOH, perhaps WSR was asking for too much money to run a team? What's his connection to Kia? Does he own some dealerships?
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