Chevrolet FIA WTCC team successfully shook the first 2006-spec Chevrolet Lacetti car down at Millbrook. Just like last year it was British driver, Rob Huff, the first to drive the new race car. “It was a very positive experience,” Huff said. “The car feels very comfortable and the left-hand drive is definitely a positive move. … More »
October 15, Le Mans will be the venue for the ninth of ten rounds of the 2006 DTM. This was agreed upon by the French circuit management A.C.O. and the promoter of the DTM, ITR e.V. This means that the DTM will be racing in France for the first time since the series’ revival in … More »
Gavin Smith has retained his position with Vauxhall’s VX Racing squad in the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship, it has been confirmed. And the Irishman has said he is unfazed by his two new, more experienced team-mates Tom Chilton and Fabrizio Giovanardi. Smith came on strong towards the end of his debut season in … More »
Today, the 2006 DTM calendar was passed by the DMSB, in Frankfurt. Once again, Europe’s leading touring car championship is holding six of its ten rounds on German soil, in 2006. Regarding the races in foreign countries, however, the supporters may look forward to several new challenges, with Brands Hatch and Barcelona being new venues … More »
The FIA have released a new version of the WTCC 2006 calendar. There are no major changes, it is mostly a couple of date changes. As we reported yesterday Brands Hatch is the third venue of the calendar and will continue hosting WTCC until at least 2008. 2 april Monza 30 april Magny-Cours 21 maj … More »
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 … More »
The German motorsport magazine “Motorsport Aktuell” published a provisional DTM 2006 calendar today. The series kicks off as usual and ends as usual at Hockenheim. New countries for 2006 are France, Spain, UK and Italy. Le Mans is placed on the 24th of September contrary to the information we published yesterday that it was to … More »
Dan Eaves, Jason Plato and Rob Collard were the winners of today´s (Sunday) final three Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship races of 2005 at Brands Hatch, Kent but the driver of the day was undoubtedly Matt Neal who for the first time in his career finally became crowned BTCC Champion. Neal´s family-run Team Halfords … More »
An updated 2006 calendar has been released. There are no major changes from the initial release. A few dates have been changed. Though the Helsinki street race has been removed from the calendar and is sheduled for premiere in 2007 instead. Monaco could be added in 2007 at the same time as the F1-race will … More »
A provisional WTCC schedule for 2006 was released a couple of days ago. There are many new things from this season. The number of races have increased from ten to twelve. But the current shape of the provisional schedule will most likely change shortly. Autosport revealed that WTCC is trying to get one round at … More »