BTCC 2006 News, Rumours, Entries... - Page 13

Just Do It! · 28 Dec 2005, 23:38 (Ref:1491182)

Expect a major announcement coming up about a team coming back to this exciting series. Its not public knowledge yet, but give it about 20 days. Its pretty exciting!!

Craner Curves · 29 Dec 2005, 00:19 (Ref:1491200)

20 days is roughly Autosport International time. Hmm.....

Right who's having 1st guess?

**Stephen Green** · 29 Dec 2005, 07:55 (Ref:1491284)

A team or a manufacturer?

SPARK Msport · 29 Dec 2005, 09:03 (Ref:1491304)

"team coming back" hmmm... its not Proton is it?

**touringlegend** · 29 Dec 2005, 13:55 (Ref:1491414)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stephen Green

A team or a manufacturer?

Vital that we know this before we start guessing

Or we could be here all day

**Craig** · 29 Dec 2005, 14:23 (Ref:1491424)

I have it on good authority that JB&Q has reached an exciting agreement with TMSR and Conoco to return with a team of three alternative fuel cars. The team will be known as Team B&Q Varta York City Quest Brilliance Jet Racing and will consist of a Honda Civic, a Lexus IS200 and a Brilliant Brilliance Chinese show car which will be driven by Damon Hill, Nigel Mansell and Hyla Breese... watch this space for more news...

**Stephen Green** · 29 Dec 2005, 14:32 (Ref:1491429)

You been on the sauce early Craig

Alfa Fan · 29 Dec 2005, 15:07 (Ref:1491447)

I'm intrigued by your post, wonder who it could be.

I'm guessing it might have a connection to someone involved in V8 Supercars in Australia or New Zealand?

And you say they've been involved before, only two direct links I can see are West Surrey Racing (NZ A1GP), but I can't see it being them as they've been involved in the BTCC for years.

The other link I can see is Prodrive, who last competed in 2000.....

Damn, I hate half-storys! Last year it was Speed Equipe / Lexus.

John Winter · 29 Dec 2005, 15:16 (Ref:1491453)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Craig

Team B&Q Varta York City Quest Brilliance Jet Racing

Couldn't they think of a longer name?

BootsOntheSide · 29 Dec 2005, 15:35 (Ref:1491461)

Prodrive was the first name that came to mind for me. David Richards should have the time to set the operation up to be going well before his rumoured return to F1 in 2008. The question is, which cars would they run? Maybe Hondas?

GA are the other possibility, as they were scrambling around trying to get a team together throughout last year.

**touringlegend** · 29 Dec 2005, 15:45 (Ref:1491464)

Prodrive were supposedly getting the Honda works deal for the E/WTCC at one point. Don't know if anything ever came of that. And Honda did say they'd be returning to the BTCC, although I always take these comments from manufacturers lightly.

Alfa Fan · 29 Dec 2005, 15:45 (Ref:1491465)

Quote:

Originally Posted by BootsOntheSide

Prodrive was the first name that came to mind for me. David Richards should have the time to set the operation up to be going well before his rumoured return to F1 in 2008. The question is, which cars would they run? Maybe Hondas?

GA are the other possibility, as they were scrambling around trying to get a team together throughout last year.

GA wouldn't really be that exciting would it? Unless its Gary Ayles' new team?

BillyT · 29 Dec 2005, 19:55 (Ref:1491589)

Team comming back? Could it be RML running the Uk Chevys?

shinchley · 30 Dec 2005, 14:22 (Ref:1491940)

please tell me reido is coming back to drive a wsr mg zs

**touringlegend** · 30 Dec 2005, 23:18 (Ref:1492241)

WSR wouldn't be returning to the BTCC though.

Neil Adams · 31 Dec 2005, 10:33 (Ref:1492380)

i don't know its not really that clear, it could be a development about team we allready knew was returning, the poster posts alot in the V8s could paul radisich be involved?

**Stephen Green** · 31 Dec 2005, 12:40 (Ref:1492431)

Or could it be Tom Walkinshaw returning from Oz?

topwelshman · 31 Dec 2005, 13:48 (Ref:1492461)

Very exciting stuff , I suspect the announcement when it comes will shock a few preople, good luck..........

Alfa Fan · 31 Dec 2005, 13:55 (Ref:1492463)

Quote:

Originally Posted by touringlegend

WSR wouldn't be returning to the BTCC though.

The phrasing of the initial post doesn't necessarily mean the team has been away. Returning to the championship could just mean coming back again after the end of the 2005 season.

But I think we're being pedantic here, and its likely that it is a team that has not been in the series in 2005, but has been in the past.

topwelshman · 1 Jan 2006, 15:16 (Ref:1492880)

Exciting stuff

Neil Adams · 1 Jan 2006, 15:51 (Ref:1492896)

topwelshman seems to know who it is, xl motorsport run in the kumho bmw championship, could be clutching at straws but theres a connection there - could geoff steel racing be returning to the btcc?

topwelshman · 1 Jan 2006, 18:35 (Ref:1492933)

Didn't know he used to be in the BTCC in the 1st place!

Alfa Fan · 2 Jan 2006, 00:12 (Ref:1493092)

It has now been confirmed that Martyn Bell is entering the series in a BMW 320i E46 built by Schnitzer and run for Dirk Muller in the WTCC in 2005.

Ex-BTCC privateer in the 1990s, Geoff Steel, will run the car on Bell's behalf, under than name of Geoff Steel Racing.

The team expect to take delivery of the car within the month.

PDS · 2 Jan 2006, 00:15 (Ref:1493094)

Confirmation here...

http://www.crash.net/uk/en/news_view...=10&nid=123598

E46 · 2 Jan 2006, 00:20 (Ref:1493097)

Very interesting, a BMW in BTCC. However i doubt if it will be competitive.

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