Championnats de tourisme à travers le monde (BTCC, ETC Cup, TC2000, STCC, et autres)

Championnats 2012 :

ETC Cup :
1 Monza
2 SLovakia Ring
3 Salzburgring
4 Imola

Engagés :
S2000 :
Krenek Motorsport (BMW 320si) :
2 Petr Fulin (Cze)

Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport (BMW 320si)
3 Aytac Biter (tur)

Liui Moly Team Engstler (BMW 320si)
4 Igor Skuz (Ukr)

Rado Central KFT - RCM (Peugeot 407)
5 Gabor Tim (Hun)

Rikli Motorsport (Honda Civic FD, Honda Accord Euro R)
6 Peter Rikli (Swi)
9 Christian Fischer (Swi)

XFX Unicorse Team (Alfa Romeao 156)
7 Ferenc Ficza (Hun)

Sunred Engineering (Seat Leon Tdi)
8 Fernando Monje (Esp)

SMT :
Pfister Racing (Leon Copa)
22 Andreas Pfister (GER)

Stian Paulsen Racing (Leon Copa)
23 Stian Paulsen (NOR)

PCR SPort (Leon Copa)
24 Urs Sonderegger (SWI)

SP :
ASK Vitro Racing (Civic Type R)
31 Aleksandar Tosic (SRB)

Privé (Honda Civic Type R)
33 Nikolay Karamyshev (RUS)

S1600 :
Ravenol Team (Ford Fiesta 1.6)
42 Ulrike Kraft (GER)
43 Kevin Krammes (GER)
44 Paolo Necchi (ITA)

ATM Racing (Ford Fiesta 1.6)
45 Klaus Bingler (GER)

Rennsportteam Grossmann (Ford Fiesta ST)
49 Steffen Grossmann (GER)

NK Racing Team (Ford Fiesta ST)
50 Ronny Reinsberger (GER)
51 Michael Golz (GER)

Team LuxMotor (Ford Fiesta ST)
52 Gilles Bruckner (LUX)

ADAC Procar
D1
Thate Motorsport (BMW 320si)
2 Jens Guido Weimann (GER)

Liqui Moly Team Engstler (BMW 320si)
3 Roland Hetner (GER)
4 Paul Green (GER)

KM Racing Team (BMW 320si)
6 Michael Meyer (GER)

K&K Motorsport (Audi A4)
7 Andreas Kast (GER)

Vukonic Motorsport (BMW 320si)
8 Milenko Vukonic (SWI)

Yacco Racing (Toyota Auris S2000)
9 Mikhail Stepanov (RUS)

D2
Rhino's Leipert Motorsport (Ford Fiesta ST)
31 Nils Mierschke (GER)

Liqui Moly Team Engstler (Ford Fiesta 1.6)
33 Julia Trampert (GER)
34 Lennart Marioneck (GER)

Maurer Motorsport (Chevrolet Aveo)
35 Wilson Borgnino (ARG)
36 Vadim Merscheryakov (RUS)
37 Alexander Frolov (RUS)

ETH Tuning (Peugeot 207)
38 Guido Thierfelder (GER)

Ravenol Team (Ford Fiesta 1.6)
40 Yury Krauchuk (BLR)

Glatzel Racing (Ford Fiesta VCT)
42 Ralf Glatzel (GER)

Gena auto Sport (Ford Fiesta VCT)
46 Kevin Krammes (GER)

Lafia Motorsport (Citroën C2)
49 Felix Janning (GER)

BTCC
Honda Yuasa Racing Team (Honda Civic)

1 Matt Neal (GBR)
Palmarès :
1991-1993 : BTCC (BMW)
1994 : BTCC (Mazda)
1995-1997 : BTCC (Ford)
1998-2000 : BTCC (Nissan, 2 victoires)
2001 : ESTC (Nissan, 1 victoire)
2002 : BTCC (Vauxhall, 3 victoires)
2003-2007 : BTCC (Honda, 24 victoires, champion 2005 et 2006)
2008-2009 : BTCC (Vauxhall, 2 victoires)
2010 - ... : BTCC (Honda, 12 victoires, champion 2011)

52 Gordon Shedden (GBR)
Palmarès :
2000 : Ford Fiesta Cup Uk (Champion)
2003-2004 : Leon Cupra UK (2 victoires)
2006 - ... : BTCC (Honda, 21 victoires)

Redstone Racing (Ford Focus)
4 Mat Jackson (GBR)
Palmarès :
2000 : Clio Cup Uk (2 victoires)
2001 : BTCC (Ford)
2005-2006 : Seat Leon Uk (21 victoires, champion 2006)
2007-2008 : BTCC (BMW, 7 victoires)
2009 : BTCC (Chevrolet, 4 victoires)
2010 : BTCC (BMW, 1 victoire)
2011 - ... : BTCC (Ford, 4 victoires)

5 Aron Smith (IRL)
Palmarès :
2007-2009 : CLio Cup UK (1 victoire)
2010 : Clip Cup Italie (2 victoires)
2011 : Clio Cup UK (3 victoires)

6 Liam Griffin (GBR)
Palmarès :
2008-2009 : Scirocco Cup Uk (3 victoires)
2011 - ... : BTCC (Ford)

eBay Motors (BMW 320si)
8 Robert Collard (GBR)

Palmarès :
2000 : BTCC (Nissan, 1 victoire Classe B)
2001-2002 : BTCC (Renault, 1 victoire Production)
2002 : ETCC (Nissan)
2003-2004 : BTCC (Vauxhall)
2005-2006 : BTCC (MG, 2 victoires)
2007 : BTCC (Seat)
2008 - ... : BTCC (BMW, 2 victoires)

18 Nick Foster (GBR)
Palmarès :
2011-... : BTCC (BMW)

38 Tom Onslow-Cole (GBR)
Palmarès :
2004 - 2006 : CLio Cup Uk (? victoires, champion 2006)
2007 : BTCC (BMW, 1 victoire)
2008 : BTCC (Vauxhall, 2 victoires)
2009-2010 : BTCC (Ford, 4 victoires)
2011 : BTCC (VW)

Dynojet (Toyota Avensis)
11 Frank Wrathall (GBR)

Welch Motorsport (Proton Persona)
12 Daniel Welch (GBR)

Rob Austin Racing (Audi A4)
13 Rob Austin (GBR)

Team ES Racing.com (Vauxhall Vectra)
17 Dave Newsham (GBR)
78 Chris James (GBR)

Speedworks Motorsport (Toyota Avensis)
33 Adam Morgan (GBR)
50 Tony Hugues (GBR)

Team HARD (Honda Civic)
34 Tony Gilham (GBR)

BINZ Racing (Vauxhall Vectra)
43 Lea Wood (GBR)

MG KX Momentum Racing (MG6)
44 Andy Neate (GBR)
99 Jason Plato (GBR)

AmD Tuning.com (VW Golf MK5)
48 Ollie Jackson (GBR)

Pirtek Racing (Honda Civic)
55 Jeff Smith (GBR)
77 Andrew Jordan (GBR)

Thorney Motorsport (Vauxhall Insigna)
66 John Thorne (GBR)

STCC (Suède)

Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden (Chevrolet Cruze)
1 Ryckard Rydell (SWE)
4 Michael Nykjaer (DAN)

Team Biogas.se (VW Scirocco)
2 Jordi Gene (ESP)
3 Johan Kristofferson (SWE)

IPS Biogas (VW Scirocco)
15 Patrik Olsson (SWE)
21 Johan Stureson (SWE)

Honda Racing Sweden (Honda Accord)
17 Tomas Engström (SWE)

Seat Team Sweden (Seat Leon)
22 Robin Appleqvist (SWE)
23 Santosh Berggren (SWE)

Team Pansar Motorsport (Alfa Romeo 156)
89 Claes Hoffsten (SWE)

NP Racing (Seat Leon)
90 Niclas Olsson (SWE)

G Rex
91 Tony Johansson (SWE)

Memphis Racing (Opel Astra)
92 Andre Andersson (SWE)

BMS Racing (Audi A4)
97 Joakim Ahlberg (SWE)
98 Andreas Ahlberg (SWE)

TC2000 (Argentine) : à noter l'arrivée de Caca Bueno, le brésilien
Toyota Team Argentina (Toyota Corolla)
1 Matias Rossi (ARG)
2 Mariano Werner (ARG)
18 Bernardo Llaver (ARG)
19 Ignacio Char (ARG)

Renault lo Jack Team (Renault Fluence)
3 Leonel Pernia (ARG)
4 Guillermo Ortelli (ARG)
11 Mariano Altuna (ARG)
12 Emiliano Spataro (ARG)

Equipo Official Chevrolet YPF (Chevrolet Cruze)
5 Agustin Canapino (ARG)
6 Christian Ledesma (ARG)

Peugeot Cobra Team (Peugeot 408)
9 Nestor Girolami (ARG)
10 Facundo Ardusso (ARG)
20 Matias Munoz Marchesi (ARG)

Equipo Official Honda Petrobras (Honda Civic)
14 Ricardo Risatti (ARG)
15 Gabriel Pablo de Leon (ARG)

PSG16 Team (Ford Focus)
16 Carlos Bueno (BRE)
17 Jorge Trebbiani (ARG)

Lanus Motorsport (Chevrolet Cruze)
22 Daniel Belli (ARG)

DP1 Team (Ford Focus)
24 Leandro Carducci (ARG)

JM Motorsport (VW Vento)
26 Ruben Salerno (ARG)

Riva Racing (Peugeot 307)
28 Francesco Riva (ARG)

Pro Racing (Fiat Linea)
37 Jose Maria Lopez (ARG)


TTA (Suède)
Flash Engineering (Saab)
2 Robin Rudholm (SWE)
20 Mattias Andersson (SWE)

Team Tido / PWR Racing (Saab)
3 Linus Ohlsson (SWE)
37 Daniel Haglof (SWE)

BMW Team WCR (BMW)
4 Fredrik Larsson (SWE)
8 Richard Goransson (SWE)

Volvo Polestar Racing (Volvo)
11 Fredrik Ekblon (SWE)
12 Thed Bjork (SWE)

Volvo Polestar Black R (Volvo)
14 Robert Dahlgren (SWE)
15 Tommy Rustad (NOR)

WestCoast Racing (BMW)
66 Martin Ohlin (SWE)
96 Andreas Ebbeson (SWE)

Miele Professional Brovallen (Citroën)
77 Stefan Sorderberg (SWE)
78 Viktor Hallrup (SWE)

Brovallen Design (Citroën)
79 Jan Brunstedt (SWE)
80 ...

Le résultat des qualifs hier à Braga :
1 James Thompson
2 Kristian Poulsen +0"071
3 Cesar Campanico +0"154
4 Michael Rossi +0"661
5 Tomas Engström +0"722
6 Marin Colak +0"911
7 Timur Sadredinov +1"256
8 Ibrahim Okyay +1"813
9 Yuriy Protasov +4"155
10 Leonid Protasov +5"752
11 Jens Löhning +6"898 (1er S1600)
12 Iryna Protasova +7"202
13 Carsten Seifert +8"082 (2ème S1600)
14 Marics Birkens +9"620 (1er SP)
15 Florian Heitmeier +16"704 (3ème S1600)

Très belle première course avec une bagarre entre les deux Honda de Thompson et Engstrom et les BMW de Poulsen et Campanico, qui terminent dans cet ordre. Juste dommage qu'il n'y a plus grand monde derrière.

Petit déterrage ! On a loupé le Salzburgring
Engagés :
1 James Thompson (Hartmann Racing / Honda Accord)
2 Tomas Engström (Engström Motorsport / Honda Accord)
3 Marin Colak (Colak Racing / Seat Leon)
4 Wolfgang Treml (Hartmann Racing / Honda Accord)
5 Irina Protasova (Bevz Konstantyn / BMW 320i)
7 Leonid Protasov (Bevz Konstantyn / BMW 320i)
10 Aytac Biter (Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport / BMW 320si)
12 Michaël Rossi (Sunred / Seat Leon)
13 Ibrahim Okyay (Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport / BMW 320si) :love:
17 Andrii Kruglyk (Tsunami Racing / BMW 320i)
19 Peter Rikli (Rikli Motorsport / Honda Civic)
20 Jörg Schori (Rikli Motorsport / Honda Accord)
21 Michel Nykjaer (Sunred / Seat Leon)
22 Oliver Mayer (Mayer Motorsport / Audi A4)
23 Rustem Teregulov (Liqui Moly Team Engstler / BMW 320si)

52 Fabio Fabiani (F Motorsport / BMW 320i)
54 Vojislav Lekic (Djelmas Sport / Honda Civic)

71 Carsten Seifert (NK Racing Team / Ford Fiesta)
72 Jens Lohnig (ATM Racing / Ford Fiesta)
74 Sergey Krilov (ATM Racing / Ford Fiesta)

beau plateau ! L'europe centrale attire toujours Le Portugal, je dis pas, c'est sympa, mais un peu loin pour beaucoup de concurrent, et les locaux se déplacent pas toujours en masse ... là l'Autriche, il y a l'Allemagne et l'Europe de l'est. Dommage qu'il n'y est pas de course plus au nord, pour que les scandinaves viennent ... Oschersleben ç'aurait été bien aussi, mais annulé L'Italie devrait être intéressant à suivre aussi

Bref, place aux résultats !
Thompson remporte la qualif haut la main devant Nykjaer et Engstrom. Derrière il y a un gouffre, sauf Rossi, 4ème, qui limite les dégats. Jorg Schori finit à 14 secondes alors qu'il est en S2000 Forfaits d'Oliver Mayer. Pour ne pas changer, Fabiani était dernier sur la grille Le serbe Lekic était pas trop mal classé Belle surprise avec Treml, 5ème, mais à 3"3.

2010 FIA EUROPEAN TOURING CAR CUP
RACE 1 RESULT
POS NO CL DRIVER NAT CAR TIME LAPS GAP KPH BEST
Weather/Track: Cloud 14c/Dry 19c
www.mstworld.com
Salzburgring
Circuit Length = 4.2410 km.
Start: 11:14 End: 11:32
Printed - 15:19 Sunday, 25 July 2010
Steward: Steward: Steward:
1 21 S20 Michel NYKJAER DEN SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI 18:03.258 12 169.13 1:28.599
2 1 S20 James THOMPSON GBR Honda Accord Euro R 18:04.856 12 1.598 168.88 1:28.822
3 2 S20 Tomas ENGSTROM SWE Honda Accord Euro R 18:17.456 12 14.198 166.94 1:29.411
4 4 S20 Wolfgang TREML AUT Honda Accord Euro R 18:20.463 12 17.205 166.48 1:29.689
5 10 S20 Aytac BITER TUR BMW 320si 18:26.755 12 23.497 165.53 1:30.652
6 17 S20 Andrii KRUGLIK UKR BMW 320i 18:41.942 12 38.684 163.29 1:31.868
7 13 S20 Ibrahim OKYAY TUR BMW 320si 18:46.892 12 43.634 162.58 1:31.752
8 7 S20 Leonid PROTASOV UKR BMW 320i 19:14.230 12 1:10.972 158.73 1:33.828
9 5 S20 Irina PROTASOVA UKR BMW 320i 20:10.785 12 2:07.527 151.31 1:35.627
10 54 SP Vojislav LEKIC SRB Honda Civic Type-R 18:18.561 11 1 LAP 152.87 1:37.650
11 52 SP Fabio FABIANI ITA BMW 320i 18:22.361 11 1 LAP 152.34 1:38.610
12 20 S20 Jorg SCHORI SUI Honda Accord Euro R 18:39.922 11 1 LAP 149.96 1:35.686
13 71 S16 Carsten SEIFERT GER Ford Fiesta ST 18:59.028 11 1 LAP 147.44 1:39.791
14 74 S16 Sergey KRYLOV RUS Ford Fiesta ST 17:59.750 10 2 LAPS 141.39 1:42.559
NOT CLASSIFIED
72 S16 Jens LOHNIG GER Ford Fiesta 1.6 16v 19:30.480 7 N.C.F. 91.30 1:39.751
19 S20 Peter RIKLI SUI Honda Civic Type-R 19:01.793 4 N.C.F. 53.48 1:41.887
12 S20 Michael ROSSI FRA SEAT Leon 2.0 TFSI 0 D.N.F. N/A

2010 FIA EUROPEAN TOURING CAR CUP
RACE 2 RESULT
POS NO CL DRIVER NAT CAR TIME LAPS GAP KPH BEST
Weather/Track: Bright 16c/Dry 22c
www.mstworld.com
Salzburgring
Circuit Length = 4.2410 km.
Start: 13:33 End: 13:51
Printed - 15:25 Sunday, 25 July 2010
Steward: Steward: Steward:
1 21 S20 Michel NYKJAER DEN SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI 18:05.668 12 168.75 1:28.963
2 1 S20 James THOMPSON GBR Honda Accord Euro R 18:07.023 12 1.355 168.54 1:29.108
3 2 S20 Tomas ENGSTROM SWE Honda Accord Euro R 18:15.960 12 10.292 167.17 1:29.594
4 4 S20 Wolfgang TREML AUT Honda Accord Euro R 18:21.037 12 15.369 166.39 1:30.222
5 12 S20 Michael ROSSI FRA SEAT Leon 2.0 TFSI 18:21.324 12 15.656 166.35 1:29.701
6 13 S20 Ibrahim OKYAY TUR BMW 320si 18:31.203 12 25.535 164.87 1:31.230
7 17 S20 Andrii KRUGLIK UKR BMW 320i 18:44.289 12 38.621 162.95 1:32.357
8 10 S20 Aytac BITER TUR BMW 320si 18:49.898 12 44.230 162.14 1:30.914
9 7 S20 Leonid PROTASOV UKR BMW 320i 19:12.390 12 1:06.722 158.98 1:33.777
10 20 S20 Jorg SCHORI SUI Honda Accord Euro R 19:14.105 12 1:08.437 158.74 1:34.047
11 54 SP Vojislav LEKIC SRB Honda Civic Type-R 18:15.603 11 1 LAP 153.28 1:37.091
12 52 SP Fabio FABIANI ITA BMW 320i 18:24.694 11 1 LAP 152.02 1:38.697
13 72 S16 Jens LOHNIG GER Ford Fiesta 1.6 16v 18:39.330 11 1 LAP 150.03 1:39.637
14 71 S16 Carsten SEIFERT GER Ford Fiesta ST 18:39.485 11 1 LAP 150.01 1:39.741
15 74 S16 Sergey KRYLOV RUS Ford Fiesta ST 19:03.151 11 1 LAP 146.91 1:41.604
16 19 S20 Peter RIKLI SUI Honda Civic Type-R 19:31.620 11 1 LAP 143.34 1:34.776
NOT CLASSIFIED
5 S20 Irina PROTASOVA UKR BMW 320i 11:27.390 7 D.N.F. 155.47 1:35.728

Je le mets ici puisque ça concerne le tourisme européen: Rickard Rydell, laissé sur la touche suite au retrait officiel de Seat du WTCC l'an dernier, va faire son retour en tourisme chez Chevrolet Team Sweden l'an prochain dans le nouveau championnat scandinave.

http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=5350

yeah

Engagés Fraciacorta :
S2000 :
Accord : James Thompson, Tomas Engström, Wolfgang Treml, Jörg Schori
BMW 320si : Aitac Biter, Ibrahim Okyay
BMW 320i : Massimo Zanin, Mariano Bellin
Civic : Peter Rikli
Leon : Michael Nykjaer

SP :
320i : Fabio Fabiani
Civic : Vojislav Lekic

S1600 :
Fiesta : Carsten Seifert, Jens Löhnig, Sergey Krylov, Charlie Geipel
C2 : Zeljko Markovic


Nykjaer devance Engström, Thompson, Treml et Okyay en course 1

Mince alors, je ne savais même pas que c'était ce weekend! Il y a un gros effort de promotion à faire...

Course 2 dans 5 minutes.

Sympa les courses sous la pluie à Adria !

Victoire de Nykjaer devant Engström et Thompson. Il n'y avait pas photo en performance pure. "Heureusement" pour le suspense que Bitter a envoyé Nykjaer en tête-à-queue au premier tour, ce qui l'a contraint à une remontée pour finalement dépasser Engstrom dans l'avant dernier tour.

Au classement général, Thompson remporte la Coupe d'Europe avec 44 points devant Nykjaer, qui a remporté toutes les courses auxquelles il a participées, avec 40 points et Engström avec 38 points.

C'est pas tout à fait ça mais je pense qu'on peut se faire un truc commun au tourisme européen !

Ford reveals global touring car concept
Ford has revealed the global touring car concept on the new Ford Focus at the Los Angeles International Auto Show.
"This teamwork has resulted in a global racing platform using a common Focus body and a safety cage built to FIA regulations – a competitive platform that can be tailored for regional competition, based on different rules," said Jost Capito, director of Ford Global Performance Vehicles and Motorsport Business Development.
The car is going to be available for touring car privateer teams around the world.

"There has been tremendous interest from the racing world in the new Focus, and it’s the perfect fit for a global touring car. Even more, by working with professional private race teams, we’re ensuring Focus has the support it needs to compete and win around the world," said Capito.

Ford made a similar effort with the older version of the Focus. Ford Hotfiel Sport ran four Ford Focus with semi-official support from Ford in the 2005 FIA World Touring Car Championship with limited success.

This time though Ford says it is going to be different.

"Ford’s commitment to using motorsports to influence high-performance vehicles will be highly evident, as the development of the Focus touring car will also provide valuable input as we develop the upcoming Focus ST production car," said Capito.

While Ford has confirmed to build the car in S2000 specification, it has not been confirmed to be built in NGTC specification for the BTCC. Despite that, Ford expects it to make it first appearance in the BTCC 2011.

Des Ford en WTCC l'an prochain ?

Jeff Smith joins Eurotech in a Vauxhall Vectra
Jeff Smith is going to drive a NGTC powered Vauxhall Vectra for Team Eurotech in the British Touring Car Championship 2011.
"It’s great to have my plans for next season set in place. After my outing at Knockhill I really have a taste for the BTCC – it is the most competitive race series in the UK," said Smith to btcc.net.
The 44-year-old drove a Vauxhall Vectra for Triple Eight this year in the BTCC race weekend at Knockhill where he finished 14th in two of the races. For 2011 Smith is hoping to break in to top ten.

"I would like to be pushing towards and getting into the top ten but I’m realistic enough to know that’s not going to come instantly I don’t think people realise just how tough it is at this level," said Smith.

Eurotech ran a NGTC powered Vauxhall Vectra for Andrew Jordan in the BTCC 2010 and Smith is confident that the team is going do a good job in 2011.

"Now between Pyro and Eurotech Racing I have the opportunity to race in a championship-winning car (the Vectra won the 2007 and 2008 BTCC titles with Triple Eight) and with a race-winning team in 2011. Eurotech achieved some strong results last season with Andrew Jordan and Pirtek, particularly when you consider it was a one car team, so hopefully things will move even further forward next season," said Smith.

Smith has previously taken part in the Renault Clio Cup UK.

James Thompson confirms talks with Volvo
James Thompson has confirmed that he is in negotiations with Volvo for a drive in the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship 2011.
"We have been talking for a while, there is nothing set yet, but it could be a potentially very exciting project," said Thompson to TouringCarTimes.
Robert Dahlgren is leaving the Scandinavian championship to do a full season in the FIA World Touring Car Championship for Volvo, meaning that there is a seat available in the Polestar Volvo team for the Scandinavian championship.

"We have had a meeting, I know Christian Dahl [team boss] of Polestar Racing from before and we get along well," said Thompson.

Thompson took part in the Scandinavian Touring Car Cup this year as well as the European Touring Car Cup for Hartmann Honda. For 2011 Thompson is keeping his options open.

"My goal is to be involved in a manufacturer program. Polestar has done a fantastic job with the C30, I have raced them both in the WTCC and the Scandinavian championship," said Thompson.

The Brit says he is keen to continue racing in the Scandinavian championship next year and that Volvo could be a good option for him.

"From what I saw the Scandinavian championship is well supported and there are a lot of good cars and teams there. I mean, outside the world championship [WTCC], the Scandinavian is one of the best out there," said Thompson.

Alongside his racing, Thompson has been appointed official test driver for the new BTCC regulations NGTC. The Brit was supposed to drive the prototype NGTC Toyota Avensis last week.

"We were supposed to test last week, but it has been delayed this week. We will hopefully get a few days of testing and that is the final work before the new year," said Thompson.

Pour info : pour modifier le titre du topic, il faut que tu édites le 1er message du topic

je sais je ferrais ça

vino_93 a écrit:

James Thompson confirms talks with Volvo
James Thompson has confirmed that he is in negotiations with Volvo for a drive in the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship 2011.
"We have been talking for a while, there is nothing set yet, but it could be a potentially very exciting project," said Thompson to TouringCarTimes.
Robert Dahlgren is leaving the Scandinavian championship to do a full season in the FIA World Touring Car Championship for Volvo, meaning that there is a seat available in the Polestar Volvo team for the Scandinavian championship.

"We have had a meeting, I know Christian Dahl [team boss] of Polestar Racing from before and we get along well," said Thompson.

Thompson took part in the Scandinavian Touring Car Cup this year as well as the European Touring Car Cup for Hartmann Honda. For 2011 Thompson is keeping his options open.

"My goal is to be involved in a manufacturer program. Polestar has done a fantastic job with the C30, I have raced them both in the WTCC and the Scandinavian championship," said Thompson.

The Brit says he is keen to continue racing in the Scandinavian championship next year and that Volvo could be a good option for him.

"From what I saw the Scandinavian championship is well supported and there are a lot of good cars and teams there. I mean, outside the world championship [WTCC], the Scandinavian is one of the best out there," said Thompson.

Alongside his racing, Thompson has been appointed official test driver for the new BTCC regulations NGTC. The Brit was supposed to drive the prototype NGTC Toyota Avensis last week.

"We were supposed to test last week, but it has been delayed this week. We will hopefully get a few days of testing and that is the final work before the new year," said Thompson.

J'aurais trouvé plus logique qu'on envoie Thompson en WTCC et Dahlgren en STCC, bien que ce dernier mérite tout à fait sa chance au niveau mondial.

à voir ce que voulait Thompson ? Enfin Dahlgren c'était prévu d'avance aussi, et Thompson a peut être débarqué un peu à l'improviste, et on allait pas dire à Dahlgren : ah bah non tant pis on te renvoit en Suède

Pas faux!

PS: tu as quand même oublié le célèbre BTCC dans ton titre.

oh le boulet

Décision du WMSC du 10/12 concernant l'ETC Cup:

From January 2011, points will be awarded after each qualifying session in races counting towards the FIA European Touring Car Cup. For each category, points will be awarded as follows and will be added to the points scored according to the race classifications:
1st
2nd
3rd
3 points
2 points
1 point

Regulations relating to the allocation of success ballast in the FIA European Touring Car Cup have also been amended.

J'ai un peu de mal à comprendre le réel intérêt mais bon.

j'ai pas tout compris

Les trois premiers de la séance de qualification (en S2000, en SP et en S1600) se verront attribuer des points.

aaah ... bah ils pouvaient plus simple

j'en vois pas l'intérêt non plus surtout si le challenge dur sur 3 courses

Donington Park & Spa added to SuperStars calendar
The Italian based SuperStars championship will extend its international calendar in 2011, adding races in the UK at Donington Park and at Belgium's Spa-Francorchamps circuit
The SuperStars International Series nine round calendar will visit circuits in Italy on four occasions, with the remaining five rounds in Belgium, UK, Germany, Spain & Portugal.

The championship will visit Donington Park for the first time in its brief history on June 19th for the fourth round of the championship.

Spa-Francorchamps will host the sixth round on August 7th.

SuperStars International Series 2011 Calendar

April 10th - Monza, Italy
May 8th - Valencia, Spain
May 22nd - Portimao, Portugal
June 19th - Donington Park, United Kingdom
July 10th - Misano, Italy
Aug 7th - Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium
Sept 11th - Hockenheim, Germany
Sept 25th - Mugello, Italy
Oct 10th - Vallelunga, Italy

A Spa, je me demande avec quoi ça sera ? En tout cas c'est un sacré championnat, faudra que j'envisage d'y aller

López and Ponce de León join Fiat
Scuderia Fiat has signed two TC2000 champions in José María López and Gabriel Ponce de León for 2011 as the team announce their full line-up.
José María López has joined the team after four seasons racing for the Equipo Petrobras Honda Racing team, with which he won two titles.

In 2010, López had a less impressive season by his standards, finishing sixth in the drivers' standings and third of the five works Honda drivers.

Three-time TC2000 champion Gabriel Ponce de León ends an 11 year association with Ford by joining the Italian Fiat marque next year. de León was overshadowed by his new Ford team-mate Norberto Fontana this year, with the ex-Formula 1 driver taking the title in his first year with the team.

Scuderia Fiat have also confirmed that Emiliano Spataro, who took two wins on his way to finishing in fourth place in the standings will remain with the team, being the only driver of the teams' 2010 five driver line-up who does.

Emiliano López will be the newest addition to the team, moving up from the TC Pista championship. Emiliano is also the younger brother of team-mate José María.

la dream team

Saab Dealer Team ditches STCC plans
The Saab Dealer Team has decided to close down their planned programme for the Swedish Touring Car Championship.
"We are closing it down, there will not be anything of it," said team boss Jan Warnestad to vf.se.
The team has completed a test program with a S2000 specification Saab 9-3, powered by a bio-gas engine. The plan was initially for the team to join the STCC for a full season in 2009, plans that has been postponed several times.

The fact that the STCC is moving towards new regulations for 2012, which are reported to be set before christmas, is one of the reasons for the team to ditch their STCC plans.

"The regulations makes it hard. It does not look like we are going to make it. You'll never know what happens in the future, but as things are now we are closing it down," said Warnestad.

TouringCarTimes visited the Saab Dealer Team during a test earlier this year at Karlskoga, as shown in the video below.

Ca serait bon ça !

Airwaves BMW switches to Ford
The Airwaves BMW team will switch to Ford Focuses for the 2011 BTCC season, purchasing the three cars built by Arena Motorsport and will run with the new Mountune developed NGTC-spec engine.
The Motorbase Performance team will compete as Airwaves Racing in 2011, with the brand entering a third year in title sponsorship of the Kent based squad.

The team are also hoping to run all three cars in this year’s British Touring Car Championship.

“From the point of view of the team going forward we need to progress, and I don’t think we can progress with what we’ve got," said Team Principal David Bartrum to TouringCarTimes.

“This opportunity came up and it was too good to miss.”

“We’ll have exactly the same engine (as Arena). The first time it runs in anger in the first race it will be the same in engine in both cars for the first time.”

The new cost saving Next Generation Touring Car platform comes into force for all teams in 2011 after a limited engine development programme by Eurotech and Pinkney Motorsport in 2010. Airwaves Racing are now the latest team to switch to the S2000 chassis with NGTC engine combination.

“The engine saving is obviously a major thing,” said Bartrum.

“The two-litre turbo NGTC Mountune engine is very cost effective, and it’s a good engine.”

“For us it’s a must, we’re a young team, we’ve not been in touring cars long and we can’t afford to have a year where we’re not going forwards….this package will enable us to do that hopefully.”

Airwaves Racing’s chief rival in the BTCC independents’ championship was Arena this season, with the Aon backed squad claiming the drivers’ title with Tom Chilton. With Arena now becoming the chassis and parts supplier to Airwaves Racing, Airwaves don’t expect to be running second best to the indie champions either:
“You always want to go up and race against everyone who wants to race you, and you want to do the best against them. Whether it’s Arena, Dynamics, West Surrey, Chevrolet – whoever it may be, we want to beat them and as a small independent team it’s quite tough to do and that’s why we want the best equipment available for us to do it with.”

David Bartrum has a history racing Fords in UK Motorsport, winning the 1998 Ford Saloon Car Championship in a Ford Escort Cosworth with 11 wins from 14 races, as well as racing with BTCC regular Dave Pinkney in the Esso Production Saloon Championship in the late 80s in Sierras.

“My own background is quite heavily Ford funnily enough, so it feels comfortable…we needed a two-litre turbo-charged engine and there isn’t one available (for the BMW) at the moment.”

"We could have carried on with the BMW, and I really am genuinely quite sad about not running the BMW, it’s a fantastic car, and their touring car heritage is massive…but if I’ve got to move brand, then a Ford it will be”.

The team have not confirmed drivers for next year, recently evaluating drivers Liam Griffin, George Richardson, Tim Bridgman and Ben Collins in the BMW 320si at Brands Hatch, but Bartrum admitted:
“We want to keep Mat Jackson, Mat’s blisteringly quick in front or rear-wheel drive…we’ve not got anything concrete done yet but I’m sure we’ll be there and we will be running three cars.”

Petite pensée au champion d'Europe des voitures de tourisme 1984 récemment disparu.



Et dont l'équipe fut aussi longuement présente en BTCC, "dernièrement" avec Volvo (titre en 1998).

Rob Austin Racing planning to enter Audis
Rob Austin Racing plans to step up to the BTCC with a pair of Audi A4s prepared to the new NGTC regulations in 2011.
BTCC.net confirms the team plans to enter two cars, which will be prepared by GPR Motorsport, who have already developed the template Toyota Avensis which will be used by Speedworks and Dynojet Racing next season.

GPR Motorsport's owners have a background working with Audi, and this will be the first non Toyota Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) in the BTCC also developed by GPR Motorsport.

The team has released this artist's impression, based on Audi Sport Italia's Audi RS4 which has raced in the Italian SuperStars series.

The team hopes to have the car ready in early March, giving them a month to prepare before the first round at Brands Hatch on April 3rd.

Les news depuis le début de l'année pr les différents chpts !

BTCC :
- Seat Special Tuning UK veut engager 4 Seat cette année. Tom Boardman sera de la partie.
- Airwaves Racing (Focus) a engagé Mat Jackson !
- Moutune racing devrait gérer 6 véhicules cette année, pr Arena Motorsport et Motorbase Performance
- Andrew Jordan a prolongé avec Pirtek Racing
- Dynojet engagera bien une Toyota Avensis avec la nouvelle réglementation NGTC
- James Nash et Tony Gilham rouleront pour Triple Eight
- WSR engagera 3 BMW
- Welch Motorsport essaye d'engager des Proton Gen-2 pour cette année

STCC :
- Thompson a rejoint Volvo, et roulera aux côtés de Rustad.
- Viktor Hallrup devrait être le 2ème pilote Chevrolet Suède aux côtés de Rydell.
- L'Honda Accord d'Engström sera aux couleurs de Gulf
- Thed Björk quitte la série ... mais espère revenir en 2012 !
- Göransson a signé pour trois ans avec WestCoast Racing
- Flash Engineering a signé Turkington, qui sera aux côtés de Flash Nilsson
- Les organisateurs ont décidé de faire confiance à la réglementation NGTC pour 2012 : les deux réglementations (S2000 / NGTC) seront côté à côté l'an prochain, avant de laisser place au NGTC définitivement.