2011 World Touring Car Championship

[Ross Balfour]

What a disappointing calendar, I take it Buenous Aires and Zhaoqing are street circuits again?

 

[Ivo Simons]

Suzuka is nice.

 

[Zeynel Babacan]

Tom Coronel with the new BMW 320 TC

 

[Omer Said]

Wow i loved his livery, i hope he will be a title contender

 

[Zeynel Babacan]

OHH yeah me too

 

[James Chant]

Sorry to be a pain, I would like to correct you on these dates.

The official calendar is as follows (see fiawtcc.com/tickets.asp)

18-20 March - Curitiba, Brazil
22-24 April - Zolder, Belgium
14-15 May - Monza, Italy
3-5 June - Marrakech, Morocco
18-19 June - Brno, Czech Republic
1-3 July - Porto, Portugal
15-17 July - Donington Park, United Kingdom
30-31 July - Oschersleben, Germany
3-4 Sept - Valencia, Spain
21-23 Oct- Suzuka, Japan
4-6 Nov - Guangdong, China
17-20 Nov - Macau, Macau

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Suzuka is way too long for touring cars i think. I am not too fuzzed about the calendar either. Dissappointing to see the seasons opening in boring Curitiba again.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Hmm, quite cool that the BMW is finally using the sequential shifter instead of the H-pattern they have used in the past. Does anybody know if they can run this gearbox during the race season as well.

Thanks for posting this video, excellent.

 

[Chris Butcher]

I'm surprised they are running at Donington...

 

[Zeynel Babacan]

yes Bram, they can run with Seq for the full season

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

In previous seasons that would have cost them 30 kg of penalty weight. Do I understand you correctly that this penalty is not longer applied for the BMW's in the '11 season?

 

[Rob Butler]

And i'm annoyed! Brands is only up the M2 and was looking forward to taking in the WTCC!

 

[Yann Laprevotte]

What a disappointing calendar, I take it Buenous Aires and Zhaoqing are street circuits again?

Don't know for the Chinese track, but for Buenos Aires they were supposed to use the GP track used in the 50s and between 1995 and 1998. It has been dropped from the final calendar anyway.

I have to say I really love the new calendar. It's fantastic to go to exciting GP tracks like Suzuka or Interlagos. Really makes a change from the dull Curitibia/Aida that looked like they were built for karting.

About Donington replacing Brands, could be really interresting, as Donington usually provides some good racing in BTCC.

E: Seems like Curitibia remains on the calendar instead of Interlagos? Last minute change, or maybe I was wrong, Interlagos was supposed to take the race for 2012 or something?

Suzuka is way too long for touring cars i think.

Any news on the layout used? They might be using one of the shortcuts instead of the full GP layout I belive.

 

[Péter Bártfai]

Suzuka is way too long for touring cars i think. I am not too fuzzed about the calendar either. Dissappointing to see the seasons opening in boring Curitiba again.

Especially knowing it could have been Interlagos..

 

[Zeynel Babacan]

yes bram if have a car Seq gearbox they must have 30kg penalty and if have have a car H-pattern gerabox they dont get a penalty

 

[Adam Vaughan]

Woo hoo Donington, I might go watch it now they are abit closer to home.

 

[Nick Deeley]

I should be at Donington this year for the WTCC. Whether I'll be media or spectator, dunno yet. Probably the latter though.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Just take your old six cylinder BMW 320i E46 for a spin through the mountains. Still by far the best sounding touring car ever build.

 

[Péter Bártfai]

I wanted to say "give it to me" after I saw the title, but yea, it's a really good use for it as well!

 

[Erik Tveit]

Hello, give it to me thanks. :wink: