2009 World Touring Car Championship

Keith Peppiatt · Jan 24, 2009

yeah! so i wondered into our local Vauxhall/Chevy dealerships new show room and found they have a WTCC chasis. Whats even better is they have it rigged up with race07! :good:

done a lap of monza myself but real pain with it being in novice setting and no working gear shift. but the kids had fun. its my youngest in the photos.

Simon Trendell · Jan 24, 2009

Proves these car are cheap promotional material.

I got to play Colin McRae Rally 2 sat inside a Focus WRC. I actually came 2nd in the results overall that day, won a DVD....

Hans Sneep · Jan 24, 2009

Nice little guy Keith,starting young is the best:good:

Hans

Bram Hengeveld · Jan 25, 2009

lus1:

Great shots, and when with Peppie Junior get his own rig?

Dave Stephenson · Jan 25, 2009

If he starts now he'll be an alien in no time, might have a few things to teach his dad

Rudy van Buren · Jan 25, 2009

you can never start early enough :music2:

Vincent Staal · Jan 25, 2009

Must be a great experience to be simracing in a real car

Rudy van Buren · Jan 25, 2009

I think it would be cool as there would be a race in australia aswell, its a world championchip so why not, remember from race driver 3 that australia has very nice tracks what will defenatly suit the wtcc

Josh Healy · Jan 26, 2009

Australia has some of the best circuits in the world...
Bathurst
Eastern Creek
Phillip Island
Barbagallo
Adelaide street circuit would be a great one

Rhys Gardiner · Jan 26, 2009

I would faint if I found out the WTCC were going to Barbagallo, but let's face it... it's a little... well... small. :disapointed:

Josh Healy · Jan 26, 2009

The V8s run there, and the WTCC cars are smaller then those

Wido Rossen · Jan 26, 2009

Chevrolet has completed their test with the new Cruze-model at Estoril. Nicola Larini was behind the wheel of the Cruze and was pleased with the test.
“In three days we have experienced everything: sunshine, rain, hail and fog! This has somehow affected our programme, but on the other hand allowed us to test the car in all track conditions and to complete some reliability tests as well," said Larini.

The team tested different suspension setting and a new gearbox from renowned X-track. The team reported no problems with the new parts.

"There have been no major hiccups and we were able to gather very useful information,” he said.

Next up for Chevrolet is a test at Valencia in Spain at the end of February where Larini again will drive, joined by team mate Alain Menu.

( source TCT )

Rudy van Buren · Jan 27, 2009

Nice to see that the got the new car 'competetive' already hope the can finaly take the last tiny step to the championchip this year.

Rudy van Buren · Jan 27, 2009

Bathurst is probebly to dangerous in the eyes of the FIA but eastern creek should be a nice one, or even philip island finaly some realy high speed track then

Rudy van Buren · Jan 27, 2009

Bad news, always liked the honda and in my eyes with some developing it would have been good enough to fight for the championchip

Bram Hengeveld · Jan 27, 2009

Rhys Gardiner said:
I would faint if I found out the WTCC were going to Barbagallo, but let's face it... it's a little... well... small. :disapointed:

That track is fantastic! No clue about the facilities though. That would be a blast if they ever end up there

Rudy van Buren · Jan 27, 2009

lus1: the drive on curitiba aswell so why not on this track its way better then curitiba imo :good:

Rhys Gardiner · Jan 28, 2009

Bram Hengeveld said:
That track is fantastic! No clue about the facilities though. That would be a blast if they ever end up there

As far as I know Bram, the facilities at Barbagallo aren't very good. It's a shame the V8s aren't racing there anymore after this year. :sad:

Bram Hengeveld · Jan 28, 2009

SEAT president Erich Schmitt officially confirmed that the SEAT Sport team will compete in the 2009 World Touring Car Championship with the same five drivers they had in 2008: the new world champion Yvan Muller, Jordi Gené, Tiago Monteiro, Rickard Rydell and Gabriele Tarquini.
The announcement was delivered yesterday in Barcelona, during a gala in which SEAT Sport celebrated their victory in the 2008 FIA WTCC Drivers' and Manufacturers' championships.
"Competition is very important to our brand and I am very proud of the successes achieved by our team. I would like to thank Jaime Puig and all of the drivers because the magnificent teamwork they performd last year was the key to our success. I am pleased to announce that SEAT will defend the world championship titles with the same team and the same drivers," Erich Schmitt said.
During their winning season the five SEAT Sport's drivers and SEAT Netherlands' Tom Coronel collected twelve victories out of the championship's twenty-four rounds and five pole positions.

Source: fiawtcc