Thread: N4 cars may be permitted in WTCC
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5th April 2008, 18:50 #1
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N4 cars may be permitted in WTCC
Hi, my name is "mac853", this is my 1st time to post a thread in this forum. In the case i saw in this site with a lot of great motorsport fans, specially for TCs, so i wish somebody to comment about this rumour which i found in portuguese site www.sportmotores.com
Due the original is portuguese, so i have already a translated version here:
Apart from cars FIA S2000, future regulation of the FIA WTCC could accept cars Production N4. This idea, still in very embryonic stage, will have legs to walk in the future if it is welcomed by the manufacturers, after submitted by the Technical Commission of the FIA.
The vehicles of category N4 can be a bonus for the teams that still represented by private numbers relatively low. However, they are not planned any major changes in the regulation of the FIA WTCC before 2011, year in which provides for the introduction of turbo engines with low power.
This possibility, confirmed by Marcello Lotti to the British magazine Autosport and now raised to the FIA WTCC, comes weeks later, Morrie Chandler, the President of the Commission of the FIA Ralis, admitting publicly that the cars of two-wheel drive are "being study , "a clear indication to the viability of terms of two-wheel drive cars accepted as a reference in WRC.
Could anybody tell me if could be probably, then what type of cars could be, Subaru Impreza or Mitsubishi Evolution like rally?
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12th April 2008, 11:08 #2
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I very much doubt that a production class in WTCC would include the likes of Subaru and Mitsubishi. Going on the experience of the production class that used to run in the British Touring Car Championsip (it was a cheap way to fill grids at a time when there were less than a dozen cars were contesting the main championship) then it will typically consist of hatchback models from european manufacturers, typically smaller cars than the WTCC class cars.
The WTCC may benefit from an the extra variety that a production class would offer, the fact being that national series such as the BTCC offer more variety in terms of makes than the World Championship which perhaps reflects the comparitively poor coverage the WTCC gets vs. national series in thier respective countries. The fact is that despite Andy Priaulx winning the ETCC/WTCC 4 years in succession the BTCC has a much bigger following in the UK, the WTCC's main problem being Eurosport, who basically own the series, being very much a minority broadcaster in the UK. ITV4 now carry a 30 minute highlights program a week delayed from the races but compared to the full 5 hour BTCC live coverage that the same network offer it isnt surprising that the WTCC is marginalised.
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12th April 2008, 11:19 #3
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Originally Posted by philipbain
The thing about the Impreza's and Evo's is you can simply put a cage in, make a few small modiciations and you're away in a fairly powerful and fast car which isn't going to be the rolling roadblock that a lot of other production touring cars can tend to be.Rule 1 of the forum, always accuse anyone who disagrees with you of bias.I would say that though.
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12th April 2008, 12:21 #4
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As someone who finds the WTCC largely dull and uninteresting anyway — the supposed superiority of its line-up of drivers just doesn't ring true — I ought to be enthused about efforts to spice it up, but N4 cars are a complete non-starter. Any move like that smacks of desperation. It did so in the BTCC in 2000-2001 and it did so in other national championships before that.
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12th April 2008, 14:37 #5
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maybe to get grids up they should make it so independatds can only use 2 year old cars (would bring cost down as they seem to buy the latest cars every year) but if they want to develop there own car which is not a manufacture in the wtcc they can untill it is competitive.
but it would split race into to diffrent races eg race for manufactures and indies.BTCC-All the Honda's
WTCC-Priaulx
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About the case BTCC are more popular in UK instead of WTCC, that's included the traditional career of BTCC eventually, undoubtly the racing rules are much more opened and fair than WTCC, mainly in the case of officials VS privateers, let's the privateer could remain with btc rules cars, some with own build S2000 cars, successfull for Honda and Vauxhall.
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12th April 2008, 16:15 #7
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About N4 the cars mustn't have always advantage, as well in IRC.
Maybe FIA want do the same for WTCC to attracting more private tuners team with japanese manuf. support. Just because there's 2 rounds will be held there. I think even for Mitsubishi or Subaru, both them had enough experiences to face road races, in the case they have cars in Super Taikyu(Japan's N4 track race series).
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Originally Posted by BDunnellRule 1 of the forum, always accuse anyone who disagrees with you of bias.I would say that though.
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Originally Posted by 100%hondafanRule 1 of the forum, always accuse anyone who disagrees with you of bias.I would say that though.
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