WTCC Proxy race video

A bit of video from todays WTCC proxy race at S&S Speedway in Dallas Pa. We gave the touring cars a good run today at Sammy's wood track!

To find more results from this race please visit Slot Car Illustrated.com.

2011 WTCC calendar

At the same meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council that ratified the 2011 Formula 1 calendar, the dates for the 2011 World Touring Car Championship were also agreed.



The big changes are that the Belgian race at Zolder disappears, while the Portuguese and Japanese rounds move to Porto and Suzuka respectively. New venues are Buenos Aires in Argentina and a yet to be confirmed Chinese circuit. A Mexican round has failed to reappear on the schedule, following the enforced cancellation of this year’s event at Puebla due to security fears in the region.



The WMSC also confirmed that next season 1.6 litre turbo cars will be eligible to compete alongside the existing Super 2000 and Diesel 2000 cars.

2011 WTCC calendar
Date	Race
20 March	Curitiba, Brazil
03 April	Buenos Aires, Argentina
15 May	Monza, Italy
05 June	Marrakech, Morocco
19 June	Brno, Czech Republic
03 July	Porto, Portugal
17 July	Brands Hatch, Great Britain
31 July	Oschersleben, Germany
04 September	Valencia, Spain
23 October	Suzuka, Japan
05 November	TBA, China
20 November	Macao, China

2010 WTCC points

The FIA has changed the points system for the World Touring Car Championship.



Instead of the top eight finishers scoring (allocated on a 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis), the first ten will now be awarded points:



1st: 25 points

2nd: 18 points

3rd: 15 points

4th: 12 points

5th: 10 points

6th: 8 points

7th: 6 points

8th: 4 points

9th: 2 points

10th: 1 point



This brings the WTCC in line with the new system already adopted by F1 and the World Rally Championship for the 2010 season.

The much larger points disparity - especially for the podium positions - is designed to push drivers to battle on, as just one place difference could have a big impact on their overall standing.



Arguably, given the already close racing in touring cars, that’s more applicable to F1 than the WTCC.

Diminished entries for WTCC

The FIA has published the entry list for the 2010 World Touring Car Championship. The grid is down to twenty cars, following the withdrawal of the Seat and Lada works teams and a reduction in the BMW factory effort from five to two cars.  The Spanish manufacturer however remains committed to supporting privateers running the Leon.



By contrast organisers are surprised at the absence of Lada, as only last year it committed to a three-year programme.  Perhaps it would have been more surprising if the Russian manufacturer had decided to participate, given its circumstances.  Lada’s parent company Avtovaz was facing bankruptcy, its problems caused by dramatically reduced demand and mounting debts.  Only a bail-out by Renault and the Russian state in November 2009 kept it going.



Gabriele Tarquini, who at 47 was the oldest World Champion ever when he won the WTCC title in 2009, will be returning to defend his title, driving a diesel Seat Leon run by SR-Sport.  Three-time champion Andy Priaulx will again be at the wheel of his BMW 320si, doubtless hoping he’ll be better able to challenge the Seats in 2010.

The full entry list is:



1 SR-Sport / Gabriele Tarquinii (ITA) / SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI

2 SR-Sport / Tom Coronel (NED) / SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI

3 SR-Sport / Tiago Monteiro (POR) / SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI

4 SR-Sport / Jordi Gene (ESP) / SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI

5 Zengo-Dension Team / Norbert Michelisz (HUN) / SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI

6 Chevrolet / Yvan Muller (FRA) / Chevrolet Cruze LT

7 Chevrolet / Robert Huff (GBR) / Chevrolet Cruze LT

8 Chevrolet / Alain Menu (SUI) / Chevrolet Cruze LT

10 BMW Team RBM / Augusto Farfus (BRA) / BMW 320si

11 BMW Team RBM / Andy Priaulx (GBR) / BMW 320si

15 Liqui Moly Team Engstler / Franz Engstler (GER) / BMW 320si

16 Liqui Moly Team Engstler / Andrei Romanov (RUS) / BMW 320si

17 SUNRED Engineering / Michel Nykjar (DEN) / SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI

19 bamboo-engineering / Harry Vaulkhard (GBR) / Chevrolet Lacetti

20 bamboo-engineering / Darryl O'Young (HKG) / Chevrolet Lacetti

21 Wiechers-Sport / Mehdi Bennani (MAR) / BMW 320si

23 Colak Racing / Marin Colak (CRO) / SEAT Leon 2.0 TFSI

24 Poulsen Motorsport / Kristian Poulsen (DEN) / BMW 320si

25 Scuderia Proteam Motorsport / Sergio Hernandez (ESP) / BMW 320si

26 Scuderia Proteam Motorsport / Stefano D'Aste (ITA) / BMW 320si



Curitiba, Brazil hosts the first race of the season on 7 March.

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Tecnitoys (SCX) sponsors Seat team for 2 more years

Tecnitoys Juguetes S.A and Seat Sport S.A. have reached an agreement whereby the SCX® brand will be sponsoring the SEAT SPORT team in the WORLD TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP ( WTCC ) for the next two years.

SCX® will be an official sponsor of the SEAT SPORT team, with its logo appearing on the side at the back of the five cars making up the team, as well as being the main sponsor of two of those five cars: those driven by Jordi Gené and Gabriele Tarquini.

This alliance means that SCX® will have a presence in 12 top-level international races, with an average of 50,000 spectators per race and extensive media coverage, reaching a TV audience of 200 million throughout the championship. All these races are shown live by EUROSPORT.

The result of this agreement was visible at the last race in the 2008 WTCC, held last weekend at the British circuit of Brands Hatch, where the SEAT SPORT driver Yvan Muller also gained a new podium position for his team, cementing the Spanish manufacturer's position as leader of the 2008 WTCC with 5 races to go in this year's championship.

TecniToys continues to be strongly committed to sponsorship in the world of motor racing, and this agreement is in addition to those already reached with the SCX® RACING TEAM in the SuperCopa SEAT León 2008 , with the 2008 Spanish road racing championship for motorcycles (the CEV) and individual sponsorship of Marc Márquez, the 125 cc rider in the World Motorcycling Championship.

BMW dominant in Pau WTCC race

Pau (France), 03rd June 2007. Augusto Farfus (BRA) of BMW Team Germany is the winner of the eighth round of the FIA World Touring Car Championship. At the "Circuit de Pau", the 23-year-old claimed his second win of the season ahead of BMW Team UK's Andy Priaulx (GBR) and Tiago Monteiro (POR/SEAT). In Sunday'smorning race, Farfus had taken the chequered flag in seventh. Porteiro was the best-placed BMW national team driver, crossing the line in fifth place, directly followed by Priaulx.

The race win marked the crowning finale of an eventful weekend for Farfus. His spectacular qualifying accident had forced the Schnitzer crew to perform a nightshift. The heavily damaged BMW 320si WTCC was ready to race just in time for warm-up on Sunday morning - and Farfus topped the time sheets. Additionally, the BMW works driver was relegated from third to 13th on the grid for the first race due to a penalty after the Valencia weekend. Despite these difficulties Farfus delivered two flawless races, thus rewarding the team for its exceptional work in Pau.


BMW Image above.


Farfus wrecking during practice. WTCC Images.Farfus's team-mate Jörg Müller (GER), who headed the championship prior to the races at the 2.760-kilometre track, left Pau empty-handed after finishing 11th and 10th respectively. Therefore, Priaulx is now the leader of the Drivers' Championship. The 32-year-old is the only WTCC driver who has scored points in each of the eight rounds held so far. The reigning champion has 42 points under his belt, just two points ahead of runner-up Farfus. Müller follows in third place, lying 11 points behind Priaulx. BMW consolidated its lead in the Constructors' Championship. The brand increased its tally to a total of 106 points.

The crowds in Pau witnessed an almost incident-free first race. Only five drivers were forced to retire on the twisty street circuit. Unfortunately, Alessandro Zanardi (ITA) of BMW Team Italy-Spain was one of them. On lap 12, he hit the barriers and had to pit with a damaged front suspension. At the start, the 40-year-old had gained several positions. His fellow BMW drivers did just the same. Farfus performed the biggest leap forward: At the end of lap 1, he was already running in ninth place, putting SEAT's Jordi Gené (ESP) under pressure. Porteiro also made an excellent "rolling" start and improved from eighth to sixth. Seventh-placed Priaulx, who got passed by the Spaniard, remained in Porteiro's rear mirror for the remaining 19 laps. From 16th grid position, Müller gained two places at the start.
Overtaking manoeuvres remained a rarity in the narrow streets of Pau. However, Farfus proved that it is possible. His patience paid off on lap 16, when he succeeded in overtaking Gené. Due to the retirement of Chevrolet's Nicola Larini (ITA) three laps earlier, the BMW drivers had already gained one place each without a struggle. Farfus was now running in seventh position, defending it until the end of the race. Larini's retirement also meant an improvement for Porteiro and Priaulx. Running in fifth place, Porteiro withstood the pressure of the two-time World Champion, thus securing his best result of the season. Müller crossed the line 11th. With three cars within the first two rows, the BMW national teams had made perfect use of the reversed grid and were in a promising position for race two.

Pole-sitter Farfus and Priaulx laid the foundation for the third BMW one-two of the year as at the start they both overtook Gené. Until the very end of the race the pairing remained close to each other. Nevertheless, Priaulx did not get tempted to try a dangerous overtaking move. At the end of the day, the two BMW drivers crossed the line with a gap of almost five seconds to Monteiro. Porteiro was also on his way to secure a place on the podium. At the start, he defended fourth position and even passed Gené for third place on lap 11. However, just a few corners later, Porteiro's race ended abruptly, when his left front-wheel damper broke after going over a high curb.

Zanardi made a remarkable start from the back of the field and was already running in 13th place when the safety car came out on lap 3. A total of four cars crashed out of the race in this massive incident at the end of the start-finish straight. When the green flags were waved again on lap seven, Zanardi continued his catch up. After Müller had a brief off-track moment when launching an attack against Tom Coronel (NLD/SEAT), the Italian seized the opportunity and overtook the BMW Team Germany driver. In the end both narrowly missed out on a points' finish. Zanardi finished ninth, and Müller crossed the line in tenth place.

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