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Old 2 Aug 2005, 20:39 (Ref:1370507)   #1
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WTCC, 2006, Rumours, news, dates etc

or where should go. I read today on italiaracing.net that provisional schedule for 2006 could have 12 races, new tracks could be Helsinki (urban), Curitiba (according Spanish press) and one in Japan (Fuji?). The two American races would be Curitiba and Puebla and both in two straight weekends. WTCC in 1987 had 11 races (Europe and Australia, +1 in Japan), now surely 12. Comments? other possible countries to go? It isn´t an easy question thinking there are few S2000s out of Europe...
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Old 2 Aug 2005, 20:57 (Ref:1370525)   #2
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Well, Jonathan Palmer's trying to get Brands Hatch a race. I assume that's by poaching the Silverstone round though (which would be great!). {me steal news from TTT}

Expanding on World would be great...but big circuits don't suit S2000 cars too well. Maybe Adelaide if we had Australia would be good?
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Old 3 Aug 2005, 02:56 (Ref:1370705)   #3
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which 2005 venue will be pull away from calander?
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Old 3 Aug 2005, 05:38 (Ref:1370740)   #4
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Spa by the sounds of it will be dropped
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Old 3 Aug 2005, 07:59 (Ref:1370813)   #5
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Well, Jonathan Palmer's trying to get Brands Hatch a race. I assume that's by poaching the Silverstone round though (which would be great!). {me steal news from TTT}

Expanding on World would be great...but big circuits don't suit S2000 cars too well. Maybe Adelaide if we had Australia would be good?
Brands Hatch would be more suitable than Silverstone for WTCC, it could be a good thing.


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Perhaps Imola or Monza (two races in Italy again?), Spa would be a surpirse for me (sounds? i thought that it happens just in Zandvoort ).
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Old 3 Aug 2005, 09:29 (Ref:1370888)   #6
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Spa by the sounds of it will be dropped
Pulling one of the best tracks off the schedule would be lunacy.
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Old 3 Aug 2005, 09:53 (Ref:1370907)   #7
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Spa is a very very long track, and let's face it the cars aren't the fastest about. Now that they won't run with the GT cars do we really need large open tracks any more ?

It doesn't really warrant the World name at the moment but more non European tracks would help.
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Old 3 Aug 2005, 11:21 (Ref:1370979)   #8
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Ditching Spa would be a very bad decision IMO. Yes the FIA GT championship and FIA WTCC are going their seperate ways generally but I woudnt be suprised to see the 2 series racing alongside one another on the odd ocassion. Remember, theres 100,000+ people at Spa for the Spa 24hrs, that ensures a big crowd both for the FIA GT championship and the FIA WTCC. IMO ditching the Spa 24hrs weekend woudnt be good business sense.
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Old 3 Aug 2005, 11:27 (Ref:1370985)   #9
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how about doing an endurance touring car event ??? like the old days ???
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Old 3 Aug 2005, 15:56 (Ref:1371213)   #10
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Spa is a very very long track, and let's face it the cars aren't the fastest about.
Uhm - so what? The racing was exciting and unpredictable, and the track itself is a rare gem in itself these days, with it's flowing high-speed sections, massive elevation changes and surrounding scenery.

Removing it from the schedule would be downright criminal.
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Old 3 Aug 2005, 16:09 (Ref:1371218)   #11
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The Ring would be great.
a single lap of the ring would be as long as most of the WTCC races.
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how about doing an endurance touring car event ??? like the old days ???
Are people interested in endurance races for touring cars?

I would prefer longer races (40 min. for example) all meetings but not an endurance one...
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The Ring would be great.
Indeed

But since that will never, ever happen, we'll have to stick to Spa which, in quite a few ways, is the closest a FIA sanctioned event will ever come to anything like the 'Ring.
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It would be cool if they travelled to the west coast of the US, say Portland. They would make an awesome support series/race for the F1 Grand Prix. Imagine the marketing linkup that Honda/BMW could do with having their F1/S2000 cars together.
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Old 4 Aug 2005, 04:51 (Ref:1371597)   #16
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Perhaps Imola or Monza (two races in Italy again?), Spa would be a surpirse for me (sounds? i thought that it happens just in Zandvoort ).
That's true
and i think that Pubela's karting track should be dropped too.
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Are people interested in endurance races for touring cars?

I would prefer longer races (40 min. for example) all meetings but not an endurance one...
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Problem is these days people seem to prefer crashing and bashing rather than strategy good driving.
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Are people interested in endurance races for touring cars?

I would prefer longer races (40 min. for example) all meetings but not an endurance one...
75km for each race is enough
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Problem is these days people seem to prefer crashing and bashing rather than strategy good driving.

me too .. but i think those endurace touring car races shouldn't be part of WTCC . maybe a different championship ..
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a single lap of the ring would be as long as most of the WTCC races.
The German touring car championship (DPM) has a race (4 laps) on The Ring during the 24h weekend.

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That's true
and i think that Pubela's karting track should be dropped too.
No, it was a great race. Give these Mexicans another chance. Most European tracks are boring because of the F1 Maffia.


IMO An endurance race would be great, but I think it's not realistic. The current race length has to be increased.
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No, it was a great race. Give these Mexicans another chance. Most European tracks are boring because of the F1 Maffia.


IMO An endurance race would be great, but I think it's not realistic. The current race length has to be increased.
I am not mind they continue on another year if they tidy up the gravel and build a pit garage
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Problem is these days people seem to prefer crashing and bashing rather than strategy good driving.
Maybe with other kind of rules i would like endurance races, but with S2000...they aren´t fast cars, in long races we would lose aggressive driving style also. Result: boring races. In my opinion Group A were perfect cars for endurance races, three divisions, very different and fast cars,.... i doubt how this could be copied by S2000. Ideas?
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maybe here hopefully

http://f1.racing-live.com/f1/en/head...05093258.shtml
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Interesting article about the split between FIA GT and WTCC
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How about Mt Panorama? One of the worlds best racetracks that only gets used once a year.
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