BTCC 2006 News, Rumours, Entries... - Page 9

Alfa Fan · 26 Nov 2005, 16:58 (Ref:1470832)

Quote:

Originally Posted by BootsOntheSide

Yea I remember Alfa entering Giovanardi and Larini in 1998, a shame that never happened. I'm glad Fabrizio is having a crack at the series, but it's perhaps not ideal that Chilton is alongside him - although he's clearly more talented than we all thoguht at first, does he deserve a championship-challenging drive? And will there be a third works car? Might be a good time to update on what is and isn't confirmed?

Yes, Yes, Yes, Probabily

Alfa Fan · 26 Nov 2005, 17:00 (Ref:1470833)

BTCC 2006

Confirmed

Kartworld Racing MG ZS BTC-Touring
Northern South SEAT Leon Super 2000
Triple Eight Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch BTC-Touring
Team Dynamics Honda Accord Euro-R* Super 2000
Team Eurotech Honda Integra DC05 BTC-Touring
Techspeed Racing Vauxhall Astra Coupe BTC-Touring
Fast-Tec Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R BTC-Touring
Xero Competition Lexus IS 200 Super 2000
Motorbase Performance Honda Integra DC05 BTC-Touring
Synchro Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R BTC-Touring
Speed Equipe Lexus IS 200* Super 2000

*Car unconfirmed

Likely

West Surrey Racing Chevrolet Lacetti Super 2000
GA Motorsport Vauxhall Astra Coupe BTC-Touring
Daniels Motorsport Vauxhall Astra Coupe BTC-Touring
Ayles Racing Alfa Romeo 156 Super 2000
Emotional Engineering Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch BTC-Touring
Total Control Racing Vauxhall Astra Coupe BTC-Touring
TH Motorsport Volkswagon Golf Tdi Super 2000
PRS Group Alfa Romeo 156 Super 2000
HTML Honda Integra DC05 BTC-Touring
Fast-Tec Motorsport Vauxhall Astra Coupe BTC-Touring

Possible

Arena International Honda Accord Euro-R Super 2000
Barwell Motorsport SEAT Toledo Cupra Super 2000
Triple R SEAT Toledo Cupra Super 2000
Mardi Gras Motorsport Peugeot 406 Coupe BTC-Touring
Team Griffin Racing Peugeot 307 BTC-Touring
Team FirstServe Group Honda Civic Type-R Super 2000
Team Ireland SEAT Toledo Cupra Super 2000
MB Motorsport BMW 320i E46 Super 2000
Edenbridge Racing BMW 320i E46 Super 2000
RJN Motorsport Nissan Primera Super 2000
CMS Motorsport Ford Focus Super 2000
Embassy Racing Honda Civic Type-R BTC-Touring
GR Motorsport SEAT Toledo Cupra Super 2000
Neil Brown Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R BTC-Touring
AS Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R BTC-Touring

Craner Curves · 26 Nov 2005, 17:25 (Ref:1470839)

SEAT confirmed? Team Ireland?

How are you conjuring these up?

Alfa Fan · 26 Nov 2005, 17:29 (Ref:1470842)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Craner Curves

SEAT confirmed? Team Ireland?

How are you conjuring these up?

Oops, that slipped into the wrong category.

Team Ireland will exist. Jonathan Fildes will be driving for them at Mondello Park next year as a reward for winning the Dunlop Supecars. He hopes to extend the deal beyond one race.

BSchneiderFan · 26 Nov 2005, 17:54 (Ref:1470853)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alfa Fan

Would love to see arguably the best two modern day touring car drivers compete against each other.

Very 'arguably'! Schneider? Rydell? Menu? Winkelhock? Ravaglia? Soper?

Valker · 26 Nov 2005, 19:04 (Ref:1470878)

Remembering predicted entries last off-season I guess 1/4 of Alfa Fans list could posibly do at least one race and atmost 1/5 whole season.

**FIRE** · 26 Nov 2005, 20:03 (Ref:1470894)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alfa Fan

BTCC 2006

Confirmed

Kartworld Racing MG ZS BTC-Touring
Northern South SEAT Leon Super 2000
Triple Eight Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch BTC-Touring
Team Dynamics Honda Accord Euro-R* Super 2000
Team Eurotech Honda Integra DC05 BTC-Touring
Techspeed Racing Vauxhall Astra Coupe BTC-Touring
Fast-Tec Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R BTC-Touring
Xero Competition Lexus IS 200 Super 2000
Motorbase Performance Honda Integra DC05 BTC-Touring
Synchro Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R BTC-Touring
Speed Equipe Lexus IS 200* Super 2000

*Car unconfirmed

Have all these teams confirmed they will enter at least 1 car all the races?

**touringlegend** · 26 Nov 2005, 23:04 (Ref:1470972)

With all due respect Alfa Fan, I would advise anyone looking at your lists to take them with a pinch of salt.

To everybody: We see these lists every year without fail. I think it would be appropriate if when quoting an entry is confirmed a source of the confirmation is provided too, just to avoid any confusion on what is going on.

kristof14 · 26 Nov 2005, 23:35 (Ref:1470993)

Ive been out of the loop a bit, if Giovanardi and Chilton are driving Vauxhalls next year whats Yvan Muller doing?

Alfa Fan · 26 Nov 2005, 23:37 (Ref:1470995)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alfa Fan

BTCC 2006

Confirmed

Kartworld Racing MG ZS BTC-Touring (Source: MN a few weeks ago)
Northern South SEAT Leon Super 2000 (Source: Apologised about this already)
Triple Eight Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch BTC-Touring (Source: Everywhere)
Team Dynamics Honda Accord Euro-R* Super 2000 (Source: MN a few weeks ago)
Team Eurotech Honda Integra DC05 BTC-Touring (Source: BTCC.NET yesterday)
Techspeed Racing Vauxhall Astra Coupe BTC-Touring (Source: Deal was always for 06)
Fast-Tec Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R BTC-Touring (Source: MN/Autosport this week)
Xero Competition Lexus IS 200 Super 2000 (Source: MN/Autosport month ago)
Motorbase Performance Honda Integra DC05 BTC-Touring (Source: Autosport/MN last few weeks)
Synchro Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R BTC-Touring (Source: Well there always in aren't they!)
Speed Equipe Lexus IS 200* Super 2000 (Source: Autosport a few weeks ago)

*Car unconfirmed

Added the source information.

Alfa Fan · 26 Nov 2005, 23:37 (Ref:1470996)

Quote:

Originally Posted by kristof14

Ive been out of the loop a bit, if Giovanardi and Chilton are driving Vauxhalls next year whats Yvan Muller doing?

WTCC with SEAT

Kicking-back · 26 Nov 2005, 23:57 (Ref:1471014)

Quote:

Originally Posted by kristof14

Ive been out of the loop a bit, if Giovanardi and Chilton are driving Vauxhalls next year whats Yvan Muller doing?

WTCC

redshoes · 27 Nov 2005, 10:37 (Ref:1471244)

Quote:

Originally Posted by touringlegend

With all due respect Alfa Fan, I would advise anyone looking at your lists to take them with a pinch of salt.

Absolutely. We seem to have this problem every year. Nice to see some enthusiasm but lets try to be realistic.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alfa Fan

Added the source information.

Just because MN/Autosport report that a team is thinking about entering doesn't mean they have confirmed that they will be entering. Every year there are stories that teams have 'confirmed' and every year we're left waiting. You'll see the phase "if plans come to fruition" used regularly in MN reports, and for good reason.

This time last year for example you would have told us that GA Motorsport were confirmed and 6 months ago you would have said Gary Ayles new team was confirmed, yet the 2005 season is long since over and still no sign of either.

I seem to remember you recently re-opening a 3 year old thread just to prove the point that what someone else had said would absolutely positively happen eventually never actually happened. How many of these "confirmed list" posts are we going to be able to do the same with?

Alfa Fan · 27 Nov 2005, 11:57 (Ref:1471277)

We'll find out I suppose.

**Craig** · 27 Nov 2005, 13:04 (Ref:1471311)

We will indeed. I can guarantee that at least four of your 'confirmed' list are no longer going to happen. But I am not going to expand on that as it is not 100% fact but just whispers that I have heard from those involved... much like the rumours Autosport will print. Incidently Autosport and MN will pick up a lot of their rumours on this forum... so just because a rumour which started here gets to print in Autosport doesnt mean it's accurate. The only proof of accuracy is what turns up on the grid at round one.

andy_b · 27 Nov 2005, 19:32 (Ref:1471564)

I would ignore Alfa Fan's list.

I'm still in the know on a few teams, cars plans etc with livery proposals and just in the confrimed part, I know of 1, possibly 2 not happening with another one as a different car and thats just the ones I know about!!!!

....and even that will change prior to 2006.

**FIRE** · 27 Nov 2005, 19:42 (Ref:1471574)

So the only 3 drivers which are officially confirmed are:

VX Racing (Triple Eight) - Vauxhall Astra (BTC-Touring) - Fabrizio Giovanardi
VX Racing (Triple Eight) - Vauxhall Astra (BTC-Touring) - Tom Chilton
Team Eurotech - Honda Integra (BTC-Touring) - Mike Jordan

ATF · 27 Nov 2005, 19:49 (Ref:1471583)

Quote:

Originally Posted by FIRE

So the only 3 drivers which are officially confirmed are:

VX Racing (Triple Eight) - Vauxhall Astra (BTC-Touring) - Fabrizio Giovanardi
VX Racing (Triple Eight) - Vauxhall Astra (BTC-Touring) - Tom Chilton
Team Eurotech - Honda Integra (BTC-Touring) - Mike Jordan

I'd call that a 100% competitive line-up! 3 top drivers, 2 race-winning cars and 1 championship-winning car - fantastic!

andy_b · 27 Nov 2005, 20:18 (Ref:1471606)

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cos · 28 Nov 2005, 15:51 (Ref:1472246)

Mr Gow has confirmed that the BTCC will be on ITV1 again for 2006 so that should act as a spur for SEAT and others to commit.

newoutsider · 28 Nov 2005, 16:37 (Ref:1472291)

All he has got to do now is sort out the equivelence formula and that'll get Seat back on the hook (those were the two things they wanted to know)

redshoes · 29 Nov 2005, 17:58 (Ref:1473196)

SEAT now officially confirmed

Quote:

Jason Plato will spearhead SEAT Sport UK’s assault on the 2006 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship when he races the all-new Leon in the UK for the first time.
...
SEAT Sport UK is aiming to fight for the BTCC Manufacturers’ title in 2006 and while no decision has yet been made on who will drive the second car, it’s likely that Plato’s team-mate will also be an experienced racer who has the potential to win at every race circuit

The "experienced racer who has the potential to win" rules out Pickford and Hines.

**FIRE** · 29 Nov 2005, 18:06 (Ref:1473202)

Where's the full article?

Confirmed entries:
VX Racing (Triple Eight) - Vauxhall Astra (BTC-Touring) - Fabrizio Giovanardi
VX Racing (Triple Eight) - Vauxhall Astra (BTC-Touring) - Tom Chilton
Team Eurotech - Honda Integra (BTC-Touring) - Mike Jordan
SEAT Sport UK (Northern South) - SEAT Leon (S2000) - Jason Plato
SEAT Sport UK (Northern South) - SEAT Leon (S2000) - ???

redshoes · 29 Nov 2005, 18:18 (Ref:1473212)

Sorry, emailed press release. It's on Toca site as well - http://www.btcc.net/artman/publish/article_776.php

**FIRE** · 29 Nov 2005, 18:22 (Ref:1473214)

Thx

BTW are the SEAT's still entered by Northern South?

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