ETC. WSR and Motorbase entries

[VXRDartford]

Was just looking on touring car times and it said that they are expecting WSR to enter 3 BMW's (which I had heard about) and Motorbase to enter a single Beemer. Just wondered if anyone knew any more about this

[m0rk]

http://www.fiaetcc.com

Nothing on the entry list yet

[Eurotech]

who will be in the motorbase car?

[PDS]

who will be in the motorbase car?
No one! Motorbase are not going!
http://www.crash.net/motorsport/btcc/news/169841-0/motorbase_not_planning_etcc_entry.html

[Eurotech]

shame, Wonder if Adam Jones is a possibility?

[VkmSpouge]

The official 2008 European Touring Car Cup has been released:

Super 2000
1 Michel Nykjær Chevrolet Motorsport Denmark Chevrolet Lacetti
2 Tomas Engström Engström Motorsport Honda Accord
3 Richard Göransson Flash Engineering BMW 320si
4 Alexander Lvov Golden Motors Honda Accord
5 Andrey Smetsky Golden Motors Honda Accord
6 Oleg Petrishin Team Engstler BMW 320si
7 Oscar Nogués SUNRED Engineering Development SEAT Léon
9 Jan Nilsson Flash Engineering BMW 320si
10 Kristian Poulsen Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si
11 Jens Reno Møller Hartmann Honda Racing Honda Accord
12 Franz Engstler Team Engstler BMW 320si
14 Mikko Eskelinen GTM Finland BMW 320si
15 Wolfgang Treml Kissling Motorsport Opel Astra GTC
16 Philip Geipel Yaco Racing Toyota Auris
17 Charlie Geipel Yaco Racing Toyota Corolla
18 Janis Horeliks JH Motorsport Honda Civic
19 Urmas Kitsing Saksa Auto AMK BMW 320si
20 Peter Rikli Rikli Motorsport Equipe Bernoise Honda Accord
21 Sergey Krylov Sport-Garage Ford Focus
22 George Tanev Petrol GT Racing Team BMW 320si
27 César Campaniço Team Engstler BMW 320si

Super Production
52 Egons Lapins Spice Racing Team Honda Integra
53 Paulius Krukauskas Zaibelis Honda Integra
54 Fabio Fabiani F. Motorsport BMW 320i
55 Imerio Brigliadori F. Motorsport BMW 320i
56 Dmitriy Dobrovolsky Aimol Racing Opel Astra coupé
57 Nikolay Karamishev Sport-Garage Volkswagon Golf

Super 1600
72 Ralf Martin Team Lauderbach Motorsport Ford Fiesta
73 Carsten Seifert NK Racing Team Ford Fiesta
74 Jens Löhnig Roscher Racing Citroên C2
75 Andrii Kruglik Team Lauderbach Motorsport Ford Fiesta
76 Guido Thierfelder Sport ETH Tuning Peugeot 207
77 Sergey Ryabov Sport-Garage Volkswagon Polo

Entries from leading domestic championships Sweden and Denmark with entries also from Germany, Russia, Finland amongst others. Very sad absolutely no entries from Britain.

[Chrism]

Great to see so much support from british teams and drivers isnt it!!!!!!!

[VkmSpouge]

If the Danish, Swedish and indeed some Finnish teams can find a budget to go all the way to Austria for this, why can't the leading British teams?

[Eurotech]

Mat Jackson or Colin Turkington could quite easily wipe the floor with that lot, shame they're not going.

[PDS]

Mat Jackson or Colin Turkington could quite easily wipe the floor with that lot, shame they're not going.
On a track that Jackon or Turkington have never raced on... and with different tyres they run in the BTCC?

I'm not sure... I wouldn't put money on it!

[Eurotech]

I would :D

[VkmSpouge]

On a track that Jackon or Turkington have never raced on... and with different tyres they run in the BTCC?

I'm not sure it is a track many of the actual entrants will have raced on. That said you're right about the different tyres playing a part.

[VX_Rules]

I suppose it comes down to budget and value at the end of day, especially as we're an Island, we are very inclusive and not exactly "truly" European so it might not seem beneficial to many people.

[BDunnell]

And, to be honest, it's such a minor event that gets little or no coverage and lacks prestige, so what's the point competing?

[Eurotech]

Personal Pride, I presume....