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4 Jul 2012, 15:57
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Chevrolet leaves WTCC after 2012 season
Just seen a tweet from TcT saying Chevy are out after this season...
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4 Jul 2012, 15:58
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4 Jul 2012, 16:01
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Honda are coming in but I fear that this might be a huge hit for the series....
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4 Jul 2012, 16:09
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 That's a shame but after 8 years not really a surprise.
Hopefully SEAT will enter officially next season.
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4 Jul 2012, 16:22
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Huge blow for the series and touring car racing in general, for sure.
That said, as a side effect, 2013 suddently becomes the most open season in years. No returning manufacturers, and several top-class drivers in the market.
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4 Jul 2012, 16:50
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Would RML carry on in the WTCC with another manufacturer then? (Not likely if it's this soon.)
BMW, Seat and now Chevrolet gone, now I'm not sure about what happens next. Sure it could mean we will have Lada vs Honda vs Ford next year, but with Chevrolet gone what does this mean for the future direction of the series? I'm more worried about the future of touring car racing in general.
I guess the flipside of this is that this might mean Chevrolet might of killed the WTCC program for a full season of WEC, and RML might head there as well.
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4 Jul 2012, 16:57
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FIRE
That's a shame but after 8 years not really a surprise. |
Agreed, they had to get tired of winning against basically zero opposition sooner or later.
While this is far from good for the WTCC, I suppose it might make other players more interested in the series seeing as they now won't have to worry about beating Chevrolet's well-funded works team.
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4 Jul 2012, 16:57
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I don't think there will be a WTCC next season.
Chevrolet OUT
BMW OUT - Busy with DTM
Alfa Romeo OUT - No motorsport at all anymore
SEAT OUT - Things not exactly rosy in Spain
Ford UNDECLARED - I would have thought doubtful, seems there only involvement is some badging and blessing on Aon
Honda UNDECLARED - Toe in the water later this year, no firm news.
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4 Jul 2012, 17:05
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Volvo OUT - Toe in the water, program canceled after 1 year
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4 Jul 2012, 17:14
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want about other makes
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4 Jul 2012, 17:18
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Originally Posted by skells22
want about other makes
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Why would they bother about the WTCC? I doubt any totally new players would be interested in the WTCC in its current shape.
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4 Jul 2012, 17:18
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WTCC might just want to change the Manufacturers Championship to being only a Team's Championship, and then run only privateers ... and that's actually fine aswell. F1 ran with almost only Privateers for years without problems.
Anyway it's the same in all the classes. There are only 3 manufacturers left in F1 (Ferrari, Mercedes and Renault) and that series is doing fine.
MotoGP and WRC on the other hand, are in massive problems. Rumours say that Ducati will leave MotoGP at the end of the season and only run in SBK and there are also rumours that Ford will be leave WRC due to lack of results.
It's the biggest econimic crises since WWII, so it's expected that motorsport is hurting because cars sales are dropping like a stone.
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4 Jul 2012, 17:23
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I'm speechless!
wtcc was already surviving thanks many efforts and now this hard hit!
difficult to image how could be wtcc 2013 and moreover with which drivers.
honda will enter officially with i guess 2 or almost 3 car (but i suppose 1 car will be for a japanese driver), then we have to hope in Ford, Seat and Lada.
let's hope atleast that chevy will continue to run on the field with indipendent drivers as are doing bmw.
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4 Jul 2012, 17:30
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeD
Anyway it's the same in all the classes. There are only 3 manufacturers left in F1 (Ferrari, Mercedes and Renault) and that series is doing fine.
MotoGP and WRC on the other hand, are in massive problems. Rumours say that Ducati will leave MotoGP at the end of the season and only run in SBK and there are also rumours that Ford will be leave WRC due to lack of results.
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I personally think WTCC is a joke, but you make a good point here. Other than F1, World Endurance Championship and WSBK, WTCC is actually looking relatively healthy compared to the other world championships as WRC has always been on shakey grounds for years now and I believe the Ford rumour is correct, MotoGP has been dropping manufacturers like flies and FIA World GT is well, not that great to say the least...
At least WTCC has a fair number of private teams and SEAT if Honda decides to drop the WTCC program like Volvo did.
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4 Jul 2012, 17:40
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That's really unexpected. But I guess Chevy is tired having to race itself for the championship. And I wonder if this couldn't resurrect a certain attempted touring car series in the United States...
As for the WTCC: The series has a rather healthy list of private teams. As long as the organizers support them, the series should have a future. But what future will it be?
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