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Originally Posted by Motormouth94
You're missing my point. No, the cars aren't cheap exactly, but once they've been purchased they can be raced in any TCR sanctioned series around the world.
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They make sense for teams but not for drivers - the cost to run in TCR UK is too much for what you get back. If a team can find a driver to race the car in the UK and then someone else to race the same car in Europe then ok (not sure that's practical given livery changes). But if a driver has budget to do TCR UK and TCR Europe for example - why would they not just do BTCC and get more coverage / return on investment for sponsors? Motorbase bought TCR Golfs with a view do doing exactly what you're suggesting - but couldn't get any interest - so the theory is sound but the reality is somewhat different.
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Originally Posted by Motormouth94
You can try as hard as you like, but you can't really fault the theory behind the formula on the whole, it just needs more support in this country to get it off the ground
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The theory behind the formula is sound - and in countries where there was no dominant touring car formula in place (or a failing one in STCC) it's a great idea. The same widespread ruleset was in place in the golden Super Touring years and to a lesser extent S2000. The problem is there doesn't seem to be a gap in the UK market for it as a stand alone championship at the moment. If they could grow the grid running as a class in another championship then it might take off.