2011 World Touring Car Championship

[Mark Guy]

i must still watch race 2, but the Volvo sounds fantastic.

 

[Péter Bártfai]

Just watching on the official WTCC site, in both races the fastest lap was run by Kristian Poulsen! That's pretty strange to me tbh, those Chevys were so much faster in average!

Edit: No, not really, fastest lap of race 1 was Huff's 1:22.890, while Poulsen's best time was 1:23.4, which is the best if we don't include the Chevys, so I guess the Chevys are not allowed in the Fastest Lap Trophy?

 

[Peter Duivelaar]

I think it is because he was the fastest in the Yokohama drivers trophy.

 

[Xosé Estrada]

Javi Villa (Asturias, Spain, 23) won in independents

 

[Eckhart von Glan]

@Farfus: his team prepares to join DTM next season
@my choice: always Menu ever since I played TOCA2 and loved to take on his green BTCC Renault there.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

WTCC boss Marcello Lotti confirmed to Autosport Magazine that he had looked into the possibility of a pair of two-lap races at the legendary Nurburging Nordschleife.

However the current safety measurements of the track won't allow a FIA championship to be held on the 22km long track in the German Eiffel.

"I have already looked at a two-lap race before the Nurburgring 24 Hours, but the circuit needs a grade-four licence from the FIA," Lotti told. "Even then, we would need the support of the manufacturers."

"But I tell you, if tomorrow this kind of traditional circuit can be homologated, or can have a homologation that permits us to run, why not? Seriously we can consider it, but we're not there yet."

Make sure to read this weeks issue of Autosport to catch up on the full backgrounds of this story. Personally I am totally stunned by the fact that Lotti is actually considering this an option. Would be a long cherished dream come true to see the WTCC on this huge track.

What do you think?

 

[Rhys Gardiner]

It would be pretty damn awesome, but 2 laps? 3 would be what I'd go for. The races in the WTCC are just too short.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

2x9 minutes would be good enough for TV

 

[Esteban Maurel]

problem is spanish tv racing coverage isn't so far

 

[Jim Cole]

This would be an interesting event for sure. But Rhys, seriously, unless you are actually at the track watching, who sits in front of the tube for more than an hour watching a race? Most folks get up and do something during the middle of the race and come back to see the end on longer races.

 

[Yann Laprevotte]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/90143

Would be sooooo fantastic if they make it real.

 

[Dave Stephenson]

who sits in front of the tube for more than an hour watching a race?

That would be me although I am the sort of person who wil make a flask up so I don't have to miss anything. rough I know

 

[James Chant]

It's boring enough watching them go round long gp circuits, I wouldn't watch it if it went there. It would probably end up being a two lap race!

Good track, good cars, bad match.

 

[Rhys Gardiner]

But Rhys, seriously, unless you are actually at the track watching, who sits in front of the tube for more than an hour watching a race?

Me, and quite a few others too.

Besides, adding an extra 10 minutes on per race isn't really much... is it? I'm sure it wouldn't have that much of an effect on TV schedules or viewer numbers.

 

[Gustavo Pinho]

it awesome !!! green hell is the most dificult circuit to learn your curves , but if you are fast here you are fast in the rest of the world.

 

[Dan Long]

Id love it if a BTCC Race was 10 mins longer, but to be honest, WTCC is downhill as it is, needs something different and this could be it.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Downhill? Did you watch the first round @ Curitiba?

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Was already a news post about this here http://www.racedepartment.com/content/1134-wtcc-on-its-way-nordschleife.html

 

[FerrariMan96]

Should do it in V8 Supercars - over 600 bhp

Or maybe DTM, pretty similar... I think they already use the GP circuit, so have the same round but extend the track.

 

[FerrariMan96]

Biggest problem tho would be qualifying - I don't know how long their quali session is but it can't be very long if the actual races are only 20 mins or something.