HiQ British Touring Car Championship 2009
HiQ British Touring Car Championship 2009
2009 Line Up
Vauxhall:
1 Giovanardi
5 Neal
77 Jordan
RAC:
4 Turkington
44 Jelley
Cartridge World (Seat Leons)
9 Jones
85 Eaves
Aon (Ford Focus)
10 Chilton
TBA
Airwaves BMW
11 Collard
12 Adam
Sunshine.co.uk
15 Bell
20 O'Neill
Tempus
17 Vaulkhard
TBA
Team Dynamics
52 Shedden
55 Pinkney
27 - McMillan (SEAT Toledo)
28 - Hughes (Mg)
50 - George (Honda Integra)
63 - Johnson (Vauxhall Astra)
Vauxhall:
1 Giovanardi
5 Neal
77 Jordan
RAC:
4 Turkington
44 Jelley
Cartridge World (Seat Leons)
9 Jones
85 Eaves
Aon (Ford Focus)
10 Chilton
TBA
Airwaves BMW
11 Collard
12 Adam
Sunshine.co.uk
15 Bell
20 O'Neill
Tempus
17 Vaulkhard
TBA
Team Dynamics
52 Shedden
55 Pinkney
27 - McMillan (SEAT Toledo)
28 - Hughes (Mg)
50 - George (Honda Integra)
63 - Johnson (Vauxhall Astra)
Last edited by phil1993 on 19 Mar 2009, 17:51, edited 2 times in total.
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So who do people think new manufacturers might be that come in? If any?
I'd say the favourites are:
BMW (the team who run Andy Prixaul help Matt Jackson already)
Volvo (flirting with WTCC, enter Swedish championship)
Honda (maybe to support team Halfords, but would love to see them enter Accord's, proper tourers)
and why not...
Lada! (entered a WTCC round, would be lolz)
Also will be great seeing Andrew Jordan in a Vectra And wonder if any one will snap up a couple of Seat diesels...
I'd say the favourites are:
BMW (the team who run Andy Prixaul help Matt Jackson already)
Volvo (flirting with WTCC, enter Swedish championship)
Honda (maybe to support team Halfords, but would love to see them enter Accord's, proper tourers)
and why not...
Lada! (entered a WTCC round, would be lolz)
Also will be great seeing Andrew Jordan in a Vectra And wonder if any one will snap up a couple of Seat diesels...
Re: HiQ British Touring Car Championship 2009
Plato will probably run a Diesel Seat and may be joined in a team by Adam Jones? he already runs a private seat
Re: HiQ British Touring Car Championship 2009
Plato will only run if he gets a paid drive, which will only be with a manufacturer. He will not drive for a privateer team, as motor racing is his job, so he needs a salary from a manufacturer like Seat paid him.
Other drivers who don't drive for manufacturers have other business interests. For example Gordon Shedden has a job with Knockhill, Rob Collard owns a demolition company and Stuart Oliver runs and drives for a super truck team.
Other drivers who don't drive for manufacturers have other business interests. For example Gordon Shedden has a job with Knockhill, Rob Collard owns a demolition company and Stuart Oliver runs and drives for a super truck team.
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Re: HiQ British Touring Car Championship 2009
we need ford back woth the great rs500's!
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Plato might move to WTCC
Bring Renault, Ford, Audi, Volvo, Nissan and Honda back!!
Bring Renault, Ford, Audi, Volvo, Nissan and Honda back!!
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Re: HiQ British Touring Car Championship 2009
seats are having ordinary petrol engines instead of the diesal engines for the cars in btcc next year
Re: HiQ British Touring Car Championship 2009
Confirmed at the moment:
Fabrizio Giovanardi (VX Racing)
Colin Turkington (Team RAC)
Andrew Jordan (Team Eurotech)
Phiroze Bilimoria (Cylde Valley Racing)
Dan Eaves (Cylde Valley Racing)
Chris Stockton (BTC Racing)
Rick Kerry (AFM Racing)
Nick Leason (AFM Racing)
Rob Collard (Motorbase Performance)
Stephen Kane (Motorbase Performance)
Tom Chilton (Arena Motorsport)
Harry Vaulkhard (Tempus Sport)
Fabrizio Giovanardi (VX Racing)
Colin Turkington (Team RAC)
Andrew Jordan (Team Eurotech)
Phiroze Bilimoria (Cylde Valley Racing)
Dan Eaves (Cylde Valley Racing)
Chris Stockton (BTC Racing)
Rick Kerry (AFM Racing)
Nick Leason (AFM Racing)
Rob Collard (Motorbase Performance)
Stephen Kane (Motorbase Performance)
Tom Chilton (Arena Motorsport)
Harry Vaulkhard (Tempus Sport)
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clyde valley have new driver- wonder what hes like?????- dans good so should be nice to see him fighting up their
Re: HiQ British Touring Car Championship 2009
What's happening to Tom Onslow-Cole with Andrew Jordan now going to VXR?
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not sure
volvo are planning to return to btcc with plato as first driver
volvo are planning to return to btcc with plato as first driver
Re: HiQ British Touring Car Championship 2009
Steve Rider and Louise Goodman will join Ben Edwards and former champion Tim Harvey in ITV's commentating line-up of the British Touring Car Championship this year.
Rider and Goodman had been two of the stars of ITV's Formula 1 coverage over the past years. Formula 1 in Britain will be broadcast by the BBC from this year.
"It's particularly satisfying to be involved in a sport which is always strong on storylines, personalities, humour and controversy," said Rider.
"The chemistry the BTCC delivers is unsophisticated, so makes it easily accessible for a casual motor sport audience which is of great importance. Indeed, the BTCC is perhaps the one series that has brought the general public flooding back into race circuits across the UK and very probably also breathed new life into some of those circuits.
"With that in mind, it is worth re-emphasising ITV's continuing and comprehensive commitment to the championship - if you add up the hours of motor sport coverage on mainstream television in the UK then the BTCC will receive more air time than any other form of motor sport."
Goodman, ITV's F1 pitlane reporterm, had last presented coverage of the series in 2007.
"The BTCC never fails to deliver," she said. "I'm not just a TV presenter, I'm also a motor sport fan and this series consistently produces the kind of top class entertainment and high standards of competition that all motor sport fans love. As a TV reporter, it's a very accessible series to work in.
"The teams are open and friendly; I can take the viewers right to the heart of the action so they can hear the news first-hand... and it can get a little controversial, too, so there's always plenty to talk about."
Rider and Goodman had been two of the stars of ITV's Formula 1 coverage over the past years. Formula 1 in Britain will be broadcast by the BBC from this year.
"It's particularly satisfying to be involved in a sport which is always strong on storylines, personalities, humour and controversy," said Rider.
"The chemistry the BTCC delivers is unsophisticated, so makes it easily accessible for a casual motor sport audience which is of great importance. Indeed, the BTCC is perhaps the one series that has brought the general public flooding back into race circuits across the UK and very probably also breathed new life into some of those circuits.
"With that in mind, it is worth re-emphasising ITV's continuing and comprehensive commitment to the championship - if you add up the hours of motor sport coverage on mainstream television in the UK then the BTCC will receive more air time than any other form of motor sport."
Goodman, ITV's F1 pitlane reporterm, had last presented coverage of the series in 2007.
"The BTCC never fails to deliver," she said. "I'm not just a TV presenter, I'm also a motor sport fan and this series consistently produces the kind of top class entertainment and high standards of competition that all motor sport fans love. As a TV reporter, it's a very accessible series to work in.
"The teams are open and friendly; I can take the viewers right to the heart of the action so they can hear the news first-hand... and it can get a little controversial, too, so there's always plenty to talk about."
Re: HiQ British Touring Car Championship 2009
Season starts today!
ITV4 Sunday 05 April 1145AM- 6PM will show the 3 BTCC races and support races. 6 and a quarter hours!!!!
ITV4 Sunday 05 April 1145AM- 6PM will show the 3 BTCC races and support races. 6 and a quarter hours!!!!
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and the rest................for many incidents lol