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The TCR Technical Regulations state: 'Manufacturers [...] may delegate to an Engineering Company to develop a TCR car and to represent the manufacturer's interests in relations with WSC[...] WSC is the only authority entitled to authorize any Manufacturers or Engineering Company to build a TCR car [...] Any Manufacturer [...] interested to build and certificate a TCR car must contact WSC' Which is almost the exact opposite of being against the rules. From the TCRA website: 'TCR Series rules stipulate that fully-fledged factory owned entires are prohibited, however, car manufacturers are encouraged to support its cars entered by professional or private teams.' Ignoring the spelling mistake with entries, then what are Mazda doing that is wrong if a factory supported entry does not align with 'manufacturers are encouraged to support its cars'? |
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By support, it implies that the manufacturer should invest in the car's development through a constructor, rather than throwing money directly at a specific team.
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At eastern creek I spoke to a former team owner from another series who said both Mazda and Toyota would be in the series in 2020, and that he was interested in putting something together.
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Obviously Gregg Hansford died in similar cars to TCR at this track, and it is a fairly well held belief that the crash between Courtney and Premat at PI could have resulted in a fatality if the car had been a production shell with driver in the standard position, rather than the COTF. So you can't argue with the fact that TCR is less safe, and more expensive to repair serious crashes than a bespoke racing chassis, but they are half the price to buy. Are TCR cars as fast as super tourers were? Quote:
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Supercars might trade off a touring car heritage, but the cars are purpose built prototypes, what separates them from a Radical?? ----- As for works cars, are there any complaints about Schnitzer's GT3 BMWs that race in factory colours, and have been a works BMW team for decades? Similarly the Msport Bentley's, or the Joest GT3 Audi's of the past. GT3 has the same works Entry principles as TCR, why don't those GT3 entries raise any ire but the Cyan entries do? |
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TCR is championing the fact that it is so cost-effective, but if they are going to allow de-facto factory operations then that could well change radically, and history repeats.
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