Preliminary WTCC 2008 calendar
The provisional World Touring Car Championship 2008 calendar is announced. The list was released today and shows twelve rounds instead of the current eleven.
The provisional World Touring Car Championship 2008 calendar is announced. The list was released today and shows twelve rounds instead of the current eleven.
DTM expands to Europe. In the coming season, the most popular international touring car series is going to hold eleven races in six European countries.
The British event of WTCC was launched at the racetrack with a crowded press conference in which Andy Priaulx and Rob Huff met their home media.
“From the beginning all the way to the end I had an absolutely perfect car,” said the Nürburgring winner Martin Tomczyk of Audi.
Sadredinov will join the GR Asia team at Oschersleben. The 19-year old from Moscow will become the youngest driver ever to compete in WTCC.
Former factory Vauxhall driver Gavin Smith will race in the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship’s remaining three fixtures.
Peter Terting will return to the SEAT Sport team at the next round of the 2007 FIA World Touring Car Championship at Oschersleben in Germany.
In the Q&A with Ekström, the Audi works driver looks back on the season so far and talks about the three rounds still to be contested.
Although not yet officially confirmed, the calendar for the 2008 DTM season is there. It contains eleven races, one race more than this season.
This is the dramatic moment that BTCC fans had been waiting for all season: title rivals Plato and Giovanardi going wheel to wheel for glory.