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Originally Posted by redshoes
STCC/BTCC/etc don't have to wait until ETCC dates are set, it should be the other way around.
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It should be neither. National championships should not have to wait, ever, because ETCC calendar should already be set by the time the national events even starts work on their next year schedules. Also, the ETCC calendar should be set in cooperation with the national championships, if nothing else to work around territorial thinking and national "world championship" sentiments.
That is the only way ETCC will ever really be able to work properly, and I sure would like to see eg the top 5 teams from the top 5 championships in Europe battle it out. Wouldn't you like to see the same?
The carrot for the teams should be decent prize money, the carrot for the national championships... donno, perhaps to host an ETCC event the next year?
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the ETCC has no option but to try to schedule around everyone else
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It still doesnt change the fact that it's the completely wrong approach if you ever want ETCC to actually work. And changing dates 1-2mo before the start of the event to something with massive clashes to ALL the top national series is just daft, plain and simply. That just creates animosity and irritation in exactly the places where ETCC need to not look like A-holes. And after this stunt, which teams will even bother with planning for ETCC next year when they know you can get screwed over at any time, even though you already managed to prep cars and collect sponsors/budget.