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That was always a long shot that MG Rover, Chilton probably felt relieved he didn’t have to do it. The DTM wasn’t great at the time, so it was probably for the best. At least they had a plan though. Although it could have ended a few careers if it happened, like Reid. He at least came back to the BTCC eventually. And Johnny Herbert was probably proposed for the publicity
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What? It was probably one of the strongest fields in any touring car series in any year ever.
Ekstrom - DTM Champion Tomczyk - DTM Champion Kristensen - Le Mans Legend McNish - F1 Driver / Le Mans Series Champion Abt - Le Mans Podium Finisher Kaffer - Le Mans Class Winner Capello - 3x Le Mans Winner Stippler - FIA GT Race Winner Paffett - DTM Champion Alesi - F1 Race Winner Schneider - 4x DTM Champion Hakkinen - 2x F1 Champion Mucke - FIA WEC Class Race Winner Margaritis - Well they can't all be winners Spengler - DTM Champion Green - DTM Runner-up & Euro F3 Champion Fassler - 3x Le Mans Winner Frentzen - F1 Race Winner Aiello - DTM Champion, BTCC Champion & Le Mans Winner Reuter - ITC Champion Honestly it's probably one of the strongest fields of drivers ever assembled. I would argue it's overall strength in depth exceeded even Formula 1 that year. |
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There was a rumour linking MG Rover to Andy Rouse's stillborn SCV8 Series in 2004.
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That was a failed attempt. I have a lot of respect for Andy Rouse, but when Gow retook over the BTCC at the time, it looked unlikely to happen
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Richard Göransson tested for Mercedes in DTM and was quicker than Häkkinen, but it was Häkkinen Mercedes signed.
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James Thompson was supposedly going to follow Alain Menu to the DTM in 2001? Am I right?
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I think SEAT made a concept car for the TC1 regulations in WTCC
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If the SCV8 Series had gone ahead, the following would have been potential entries:
Team Dynamics Racing/Jaguar X-Type Team Varta/Vauxhall Vectra Vic Lee Motorsport/Peugeot 407 |
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Wasn't Andy Rouse strongly linked to a works Mercedes for the 1990 DTM, after he lost his Kaliber backing in the BTCC?
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https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/january-1994/58/korea-prospects - It says Hyundai were seriously considering entering a works team in the 1992 BTCC.
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It doesn't say, it just briefly says there were talks and that's about it, presumably it was the company.
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https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/january-1993/33/full-team-ahead
At the bottom, it mentions Roberto Ravaglia instead of Winkelhock as a possible BMW driver for 1993, as well as another mention of Hyundai. |
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The ETCC originally looked into adopting the BTC-Touring regs before switching to Super 2000.
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