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25 Mar 2023, 13:27 (Ref:4149119) | #1 | |
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Looks like the series’ future is in doubt. Had honestly not even noticed there were no calendar or driver announcements yet |
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25 Mar 2023, 13:48 (Ref:4149125) | #2 | ||
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Discovery/Eurosport were a terrible promoter anyway, so any series would be better off without them.
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You would have to say that’s probably it for this series
Difficult to watch not a fan of the noise of the cars sounds like a load of screaming banshees but they did look pretty good Also the format to the weekend was boring and often a struggle to keep up |
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25 Mar 2023, 18:47 (Ref:4149168) | #5 | ||
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Wonder how the STCC will fare - if ETCR goes it’ll be leading the way for electric touring car racing now. |
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27 Mar 2023, 17:24 (Ref:4149403) | #6 | ||
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The cars on track didn't look bad. I prefer them over Formula E. Will be interesting to see how STCC evolves. On paper it looks more interesting than ETCR. Last edited by FIRE; 27 Mar 2023 at 18:15. |
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27 Mar 2023, 17:49 (Ref:4149407) | #7 | |
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That's the thing, the cars were actually quite enjoyable to watch (not hear, sadly), if there were more of them and a 'normal' racing format then it could be quite an interesting championship. Otherwise too gimmicky and I had little to none interest in that.
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30 Mar 2023, 23:45 (Ref:4149732) | #8 | ||
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I see 2 logical directions. The manufacturers involved could go ahead and organise the series themselves (wasn't that how British F3 once worked in the 00s?), or they could sit down with STCC and form a universal eTouring car rulebook with a proper "international" touring car series. All the equipment is there, the underlying premise is interesting and its an important development for the future. Be a shame to waste it all and it would really suck for an independent group like Romeo Ferraris that put a hell of a lot work into competing with works VAG and Hyundai entries.
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5 Apr 2023, 09:05 (Ref:4150470) | #10 | ||
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It's a shame it hasn't worked
I saw the last season and I thought the series has some potential but the format was too gimmick and not so original... basically a rallycross format on track. Nah... To be a real touring car series they should have adopted a less "twitchy" format. The problem however was the poor manufacturers involving: only Cupra and Hyunda. Romeo Ferraris was and interesting but indipendent entry. It seemed more of a experiment of all sort rather than a real proposal of electric touring car racing. And I fear it will end in nothing... Now let's wait and see for the new DTM Electric |
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5 Apr 2023, 13:31 (Ref:4150502) | #11 | |
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DTM Electric is still far away - if happens at all. As long as DTM was under ITR's (and Berger's) control, there was a big push towards DTM Electric. Now, with ADAC taking over nothing is too certain. They're open to that but money is king.
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Lotti (or Ribeiro, do not remember to be honest) once said that ETCR cars cost like highly expensive TC1 cars. Guess the TV ratings were poor (just like social media streams) and contributed to negative ROI. Wonder what happens next with ETCR, will WSC going to try and restore the championship or focus on hybrids from 2024 and then gradually evolve into electric racing from petrol TCR. |
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