[WTCC] 2014 WTCC speculation, rumours and news

[Rubio]

No James Nash this year. Very dissapointed. I believe his place at Bamboo (if they really get TC1 Chevys) will be taken by a "money bag"...

[auroan]

Originally Posted by Rubio

No James Nash this year. Very dissapointed. I believe his place at Bamboo (if they really get TC1 Chevys) will be taken by a "money bag"...

I'm not so sure.... Someone seems to be putting 2+2 together and getting 5.... with Nash being at Onyx in an Audi ????

[touring fan01]

he will race an Audi in GT
nothing to do with wtcc

[S griffin]

Shame about Nash. He was fast and solid and also is a nice young man, as I found out when I got his autograph at Ford Fair two years ago.

[thlbtcc]

Damn, I will miss Nash in WTCC if it turns out to be GT3 Audi. Finishing ahead of Monteiro, Huff, Coronel, Thompson, Chilton, Oriola, Nykjaer and the likes is no mean feat.

I also have concerns for Bamboo's existence at this stage. They aren't doing GP3 this season and even though they talked a while back about RML Chevy's for WTCC, it wasn't officially confirmed

[adamcas]

Would be a real shame to see Bamboo leave the series and it would be a big loss to see James Nash go as well, drove pretty damn well last year to finish were he did

Also don't know if its been asked as am new here (be gentle) where is Michel Nykjaer these days? he was having a great season felt bad for the guy when he lost his drive last year

[Rubio]

According to Alessandro Dragossei's twitter a massive comeback is expected at Le Castellet. My own guess is it has something to do with Onyx (who are likely to skip the first round (or rounds maybe) due to delays) but who knows..

Anyway it has been awfuly quiet for more than a month. With 50 days to go there is too much uncertainty. I just want to hear some confirmations

[porsche962fan]

Originally Posted by Rubio

Anyway it has been awfuly quiet for more than a month. With 50 days to go there is too much uncertainty. I just want to hear some confirmations

maybe there aren't much of any left..

[Metzo]

the only ones left should be the entries for tc2

[Tarzaan]

So we still only have 14 cars in the grid. Onyx is only a maybe and 6 Cruze seem just a nice dream.

Does any of you still think the fast introducing of new rules was a good move?

Originally Posted by touring fan01

he will race an Audi in GT
nothing to do with wtcc

BTCC Audi?

[Rubio]

Originally Posted by Tarzaan

Does any of you still think the fast introducing of new rules was a good move?

Though it has been a while since the last driver confirmation, it's too early to judge whether it was a good decision or not. Time and championship will tell us. I still think it's possible to see 2 Chevys, 2 Onyx cars (but not for the whole championship probably) an 6-7 TC2 cars. Let's wait and see

[Metzo]

Originally Posted by Tarzaan

is that the lada on the left?

[kurski]

Originally Posted by Metzo

is that the lada on the right?

Yes.

[jondownunder]

Davide Valsecchi is looking at WTCC for this year, although it would appear to be his second option after a possible IndyCar ride -

http://sport.panorama.it/formula-1/d...-lotus-ferrari

[Mies7337]

Are there going to be any TC2 entries? With less than 50 days before start of the season it doesn't look like there are going to be many.
Onyx is also a weird story, TouringCarTimes said they would test somewhere in februari, but not a single story has been published ever since.
I'm sure the season will be spectacular as always, but I hope there will be a lot of cars on the grid, TC1 and TC2.

[porsche962fan]

Originally Posted by Mies7337

I'm sure the season will be spectacular as always, .

you mean BORING as always

[FIRE]

Last couple of seasons were pretty good.

[TheNo1F1Fan]

Originally Posted by porsche962fan

you mean BORING as always

Any reasons why it's boring as always?

[porsche962fan]

Originally Posted by TheNo1F1Fan

Any reasons why it's boring as always?

too few car models, too few good drivers that can be on top and it's way to tame and a procession parade compared to the BTCC

farcial tracks like Marakesh don't help at all

[Craner Curves]

Originally Posted by porsche962fan

you mean BORING as always

Troll alert

[TheNo1F1Fan]

Originally Posted by Craner Curves

Troll alert

You think he's a troll?

[Sjoestrem]

Doesn't he ??
Look at his words

For Me a couple years ago WTCC was more interesting than these days
For example the battle between BMW-5 and SEAT-5
That season make me love to WTCC
Last 2 years was dominated by Chevy's so it became really a little bit boring, but because of WTCC rules this series is always thrilling.
To be honest races of touring cars for me are more interesting than F1.

And one more question, can someone remind me the deadline of signing to WTCC ?

[porsche962fan]

WTCC was actually decently good around 2005-2007


you had big field of cars, more types of cars, no controversies with Leon TDI , you stil had some guys like Farfus a bi more agreesive

then from 2008 it wend downhill fast

now you barelly have 15 cars, more downforce, less weight and more power do NOT make racing more exiting, but more boring

look at german DTM back in the 90s (races on youtube) see say seasons 1990-1992 and then from 94-96 when they did exactly that, changed rules with more power, less weigh, more downforce etc

it did NOT produce bigger grids and more exiting racing by comparison and numbers of manufacturers drooped too, by 1996 in its last year you had exploding costs and only 3 types of cars on the grid

[TheNo1F1Fan]

Originally Posted by Sjoestrem

Doesn't he ??
Look at his words

For Me a couple years ago WTCC was more interesting than these days
For example the battle between BMW-5 and SEAT-5
That season make me love to WTCC
Last 2 years was dominated by Chevy's so it became really a little bit boring, but because of WTCC rules this series is always thrilling.
To be honest races of touring cars for me are more interesting than F1.

And one more question, can someone remind me the deadline of signing to WTCC ?

Yes he is.

[porsche962fan]

Originally Posted by FIRE

Last couple of seasons were pretty good.

here from 2006 when the WTCC was actualy good

almost 30 cars, diversity and all cars to the same rules with many name drivers and close and exiting racing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEHGE6Ocy3E