BTCC 2011 Rumours

[F1boat]

I watched three more races - from Brands Hatch - all very cool!

[Alfa Fan]

Harry Vaulkhard back with Bamboo and a pair of Chevrolet Lacetti's! Did not see that one coming.

[Allyc85]

Nor me!

Will the S2000 engine be allowed in the WTCC next year or is it straight into 1.6t and Bamboo have effectively been forced out?

[Alfa Fan]

Can still use S2000 in WTCC this year. I assume you meant this year? Can't use it in 2012 (next year)

[Allyc85]

Ah yea, I really do need to check my posts before I submit lol

[BDunnell]

Well, it's certainly going to be a big grid, which is impressive in these straitened times. But is it a high-quality one? I'm not altogether sure. With the two Focus teams and the possible Bamboo Lacettis, there are more non-current cars than I'd personally like. And I fear, though I hope very much to be proved wrong, that the NGTC Toyotas and Audis, to say nothing of the Protons, will form a 'second division' much as the three new F1 teams did last year.

[Sabri Mutlu]

Hello, are you returned Erkut Kizilirmak 2011 ????

Techspeed

JAG going into administration can't have helped finances, just ending this season has been a struggle. Will need major new financial backing to return in 2011. Martyn Bell's return from injury could see the team continue to be represented.

Possible 1-3 x TBA (O'Neill? George? Bell? Kizilirmak?)

[c8nay]

....With the two Focus teams and the possible Bamboo Lacettis, there are more non-current cars than I'd personally like. And I fear, though I hope very much to be proved wrong, that the NGTC Toyotas and Audis, to say nothing of the Protons, will form a 'second division' much as the three new F1 teams did last year.

Team AON's Focus will be the latest version according to BTCC.net and the others aren't exactly ancient, I don't think either the BTCC or the STCC has suffered too much because of some of the even older cars that have been used in the past. The NGTC cars won't win the title this year that's fair to say, but it's hard to predict whether they might have advantages in some areas (like the new bigger wheels and RWD) that get them into points positions on merit by season end.

[VkmSpouge]

Hello, are you returned Erkut Kizilirmak 2011 ????

I would like Erkut Kizilirmak to return, he was one of my favourite drivers in 2007-08.

[DazzlaF1]

This could be amazing, here's how it could turn out (a best case scenario)

CHEVROLET: 2 Cars (not yet announced but they should be there)
DYNAMICS HONDA: 2 Cars (Matt Neal, Gordon Shedden)
SPECIAL TUNING SEAT: 4 Cars (Tom Boardman + 3 others possible)
MOTORBASE FORD: 3 Cars (Mat Jackson, Liam Griffin + one other possible)
ARENA FORD: 2 Cars (Tom Chilton + one other)
EUROTECH VAUXHALL: 2 Cars (Andrew Jordan, Jeff Smith)
ROB AUSTIN AUDI: 2 Cars (Drivers not yet known)
BAMBOO CHEVROLET: 2 Cars (Harry Vaulkhard + one other)
TRIPLE EIGHT VAUXHALL: 2 Cars (James Nash, Tony Gilham)
WEST SURREY BMW: 2 Cars (Drivers not yet known)
AMD MILLTEK VOLKSWAGEN: 1 Car (Shaun Hollamby)
DYNOJET TOYOTA: 1 Car (Frank Wrathall)
SPEEDWORKS TOYOTA: 1 Car (Tony Hughes)
WELCH PROTON: 1 Car (Daniel Welch)
WOOD HONDA: 1 Car (Lea Wood)

And this is not including the likes of Techspeed (possible 2 cars), Forster (1 car) or Boulevard (1 car) so potentially...

NUMBER OF CARS: A potentially incredible 32
NUMBER OF REPRESENTED MANUFACTURERS: 10 (Chevrolet, Honda, SEAT, Ford, Vauxhall, Audi, BMW, Volkswagen, Toyota, Proton) And I beleive that would be a new BTCC record since it became a single formula

So with the NGTC rules becoming so popular, there could there be a possibility of the championship for the first time ever to become over-subscribed