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Provisional 2006 calendar

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The Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship has today announced its provisional 2006 race calendar. The 2006 BTCC calendar will again include ten race meetings at nine different circuits throughout Britain and Ireland. Each round will comprise three races.

The start to Britain’s biggest motor racing championship will be at Brands Hatch, Kent on 9 April. Its culmination will be at Silverstone, Northamptonshire on 15 October.

Notably, Ireland’s Mondello Park circuit fixture moves from a traditional mid-summer date while Donington Park, Leicestershire shifts to July. This is to allow for the major multi-million pound rebuilding of Donington’s pit lane complex.

The calendar also includes a six-week break between rounds four and five at Thruxton, Hampshire and Croft, North Yorkshire to avoid clashing with television broadcasts of football’s World Cup event.

Subject to final confirmation, the 2006 BTCC calendar is:

Round, Circuit (County), Date
1 Brands Hatch, Kent, 9 April
2 Mondello Park, Co Kildare, 23 April
3 Oulton Park, Cheshire, 14 May
4 Thruxton, Hampshire, 4 June
5 Croft, North Yorkshire, 16 July
6 Donington Park, Leicestershire, 30 July
7 Snetterton, Norfolk, 13 August
8 Knockhill, Fife, 3 September
9 Brands Hatch, Kent, 24 September
10 Silverstone, Northamptonshire, 15 October