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Watch the BTCC final live over the net

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The ITV will not only provide live coverage of the British Touring Car Championship finale on TV, but also on the net. Free of charge the entire race will be streamed online at their webpage – www.itv.com. To view the race, log on to the website and then click on the “ITV Viewing Player” to the right of the page. After that select the right channel under the “Watch Now” option.

The TV schedule for British viewers:

ITV4: 12.30-14.00 – Race 1 re-run and Race 2 live
ITV1: 15.30-17.00 – Race 1 & 2 highlights and Race 3 live

Thruxton BTCC finale time schedule:

Saturday:

09.30-10.10 – Free Practice
12.10-12.50 – Free Practice
15.10-15.40 – Qualifying

Sunday:

09.45-10.35 – Pit Lane Walk-about
11.00-11.40 – Race One
13.10-13.50 – Race Two
16.20-17.00 – Race Three

Thruxton Trivia (from BTCC.net)

Lap Records:

Qualifying: Yvan Muller (FRA), Vauxhall Astra Coupe, 1m16.369s (111.06mph) on 5 May 2002
Race: Yvan Muller (FRA), Vauxhall Astra Coupe, 1m17.303s (109.72mph) on 6 May 2002
2006 Winners/

Previous winners:

Race 1: Gordon Shedden
Race 2: Matt Neal
Race 3: Colin Turkington

Past Winners (since Super Touring era – 1991)

7: Yvan Muller (2000 x2, 2001, 2002, 2003 x2, 2004)
3: David Leslie (1993, 1996, 1999), Alain Menu (1995, 1998 x2), James Thompson (1995, 2002, 2004), Frank Biela (1996, 1997 x2), Laurent Aiello (1999 x3), Dan Eaves (2005 x3)
2: John Cleland (1991, 1992), Gabriele Tarquini (1994, 1997), Rickard Rydell (1996, 1998), Jason Plato (2001, 2004)
1: Joachim Winkelhock (1996), John Bintcliffe (1997), Anthony Reid (1998), Colin Turkington (2006), Gordon Shedden (2006), Matt Neal (2006)