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  1. 13th January 2010, 22:29 #1
    philipbain
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    SEAT quit WTCC

    SEAT have now confirmed that they have quit the World Touring Car Championship with immediate effect.

    http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80852

    They have pledged to offer technical support to teams wanting to run either petrol or diesel powered privateer entries. I bet the Touring Car Bureau or whatever they call themselves are very pleased that despite manipulating the rules to SEAT's advantage and in the process pissing off every other manufacturer that SEAT have won the championship and promptly buggered off.
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  2. 13th January 2010, 22:51 #2
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    Goodbye and good riddance.
    Rule 1 of the forum, always accuse anyone who disagrees with you of bias.I would say that though.
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  3. 13th January 2010, 23:48 #3
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    Hardly a surprise, but the WTCC is now officially a Dead duck Championship!!
    Another series the FiA has let wither on the vine.....

    Is there a better sound than that of Porsche engined Flat-6 ???
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  4. 14th January 2010, 08:32 #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by AndyRAC
    Hardly a surprise, but the WTCC is now officially a Dead duck Championship!!
    Another series the FiA has let wither on the vine.....
    Couldn't agree more. The WTCC had potential and they just ran it into the ground. If they had removed Seat's silly TDI advantage it could have been a great series.
    Rule 1 of the forum, always accuse anyone who disagrees with you of bias.I would say that though.
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  5. 14th January 2010, 11:56 #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Daniel
    Couldn't agree more. The WTCC had potential and they just ran it into the ground. If they had removed Seat's silly TDI advantage it could have been a great series.
    Did you expect anything different?

    The first WTCC in 1987 had potential and they killed it... they at least let this one run a few years...
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  6. 14th January 2010, 12:35 #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by racer69
    Did you expect anything different?

    The first WTCC in 1987 had potential and they killed it... they at least let this one run a few years...
    I didn't expect anything different but I hoped for it!
    Rule 1 of the forum, always accuse anyone who disagrees with you of bias.I would say that though.
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    Rumors have it that LADA will follow....
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  8. 29th January 2010, 09:45 #8
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    Don't forget that the FIA screwed the DTM as well when they took over running it. They had it for 1996 and it went bust because of the way they tried to change it.
    FIA are the worst thing in Motorsport I reckon.
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  9. 31st January 2010, 13:06 #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by racer69
    Did you expect anything different?

    The first WTCC in 1987 had potential and they killed it... they at least let this one run a few years...
    I suppose there is a comparison to be made here, in that the first WTCC lacked a wide public profile, like the current one, and that the FIA didn't manage it well, like the current one. But the 1987 series was also riddled with cheating and legal arguments, which didn't help, and touring car racing has often seen peaks and troughs in a way that — for instance — F1 hasn't. In the troughs, even a well-managed series will struggle.
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