|
| Site Partners: | SpotterGuides | Veloce Books |
| Related Sites: | Baltic Touring Car Championship | Your Link Here |
|
|
||||||||||
|
|||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||
|
|||||||||||
|
|
2 Feb 2005, 21:34 (Ref:1215925)
|
#1 | ||
|
Take That Fan
Veteran
Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts: 9,103
 |
Mercedes in the BTCC
There is an interesting interview in today's Motorsport News with Tim Sugdan, where he says that Mercedes Benz where going to enter the BTCC at the end of 1993.
The plan was to do the last 3 rounds of the 1993 season, before stepping up to a full prorgam in 1994. The project was top secret, but was not given the green light. The car was going to be entered by Prodrive, but it was to be built by AMG in Germany and developed by Bernd Schneider. It would have been interesting to see too who the Prodrive run Mercedes Benz's would have shapped up againest the Alfa's, BMW's etc of that era. |
||
|
__________________
There is only one way of life and thats your own ! ! ! 
|
|
3 Feb 2005, 00:26 (Ref:1216060)
|
#2 | ||
|
Veteran
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 1,471
|
I remeber this at the time rumours were that they were developing for 95 Btcc. But I think the expanded ITC killed off such ideas.
|
||
|
|
|
|
3 Feb 2005, 01:32 (Ref:1216079)
|
#3 | ||
|
Veteran
Join Date: Jan 1999
Posts: 3,919
|
I heard rumors of such a project as well. Someone gave me a picture of a C Class. But I've since lost the picture. But looking back, I'm not sure if it was a ST or DTM C Class that I was looking at?? I vaguely recall seeing a ST-ish spoiler on the back, but then if it was '93, there were no spoilers back then??
|
||
|
|
__________________
Supertouring Forever and Ever...
|
|
3 Feb 2005, 09:35 (Ref:1216209)
|
#4 | ||
|
Veteran
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,040
|
There were some Mercedes in the Australian Super Touring Championship, read this thread http://tentenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=64078
I also recall hearing about this, but from what i remember there was a car already built, and tone of the story was that it was a forgone conclusion. I'll have a look at some of my magazines from around that time and see what i can find. Surely any BTCC program for Mercedes-Benz would have teamed with an assault of the SuperTourenwagon Cup. |
||
|
|
__________________
"The Great Race" 22 November 1960 - 21 July 1999
|
|
3 Feb 2005, 09:39 (Ref:1216213)
|
#5 | ||
|
Racer
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 322
|
It would be interesting to see one in the pack with current regs.
|
||
|
|
__________________
Regards, Andrew Metcalf (formerly BTCCnews) "Tomorrow, is what you make it"
|
|
3 Feb 2005, 21:38 (Ref:1216915)
|
#6 | |
 Race OfficialVeteran
Join Date: Dec 2000
Posts: 8,949
|
There's probably a bigger chance of that happening since one has been built for the STCC. It'd be a car I'd love to see on the grid.
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 Feb 2005, 18:21 (Ref:1217593)
|
#7 | ||
|
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 687
|
It would be great to have one on the grid. Did the plans for a World Touring Car cup ever materialise?
|
||
|
|
|
|
5 Feb 2005, 09:55 (Ref:1218029)
|
#8 | |
|
Racer
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 173
|
Tim was a Prodrive contracted driver (drove the ProDrive BMW) and was targeted for the seat if it came off, hence he did not have a drive in the BTCC that year.
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Mercedes V8 - every bit as hot as the V10 | Glen | Formula One | 29 | 16 Sep 2005 17:28 |
| Current BTCC drivers who raced in BTCC supporting series' before racing in the BTCC | Invincible | Touring Car Racing | 18 | 27 Dec 2001 22:32 |
| Mercedes Pre-war LSR car... | MulsanneMike | Sportscar & GT Racing | 3 | 18 Dec 2001 12:48 |
| Mercedes, BMW in the BTCC | touringlegend | Touring Car Racing | 7 | 20 Sep 2001 08:23 |
| BMW: better than Mercedes? | Ralf's Girl | Formula One | 19 | 20 Mar 2001 14:06 |
Linear Mode
