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Huff did a great job in race 1 this morning, the Ladas and Chevys seem to have a ton of turn-in. Still not convinced that TC1 cars are very well designed, the rear arms seem to break at the drop of a hat.
 
Yeah, that Alfa is in need of a decent livery designer. It's horrific.
 
Just watched the WTCC races. Compared to last year, those were pretty good. Lots of passing in both races. Good to see the Hondas really on the pace, the Ladas look like they can compete near the front too. A good start to the season I'd say.
 
I have to agree on WTCC as well. The first 2 races where really enjoyable and it's quiet a diverse field. For now I am looking forward to the rest of the season.
 
WTCC races from Slovakia were both pretty good, both came right down to the wire! Honda looking strong at the moment, but the Citroens look good as well, and it's great to see Lada starting to mix it up near the front too. Even the Volvo looked decent in Race 2.

I noticed this race that I really like the distinct look of the various factory teams. Each is unique from the others, easy to distinguish, and the variety of colour is great 👍
 
http://www.speedcafe.com/2016/04/19/seven-v8-supercar-stars-to-storm-carrera-cup/

As previously reported, Holdsworth’s place alongside Stephen Grove comes after the withdrawal of Scott McLaughlin.

At the invitation of Volvo, the 22-year-old is expected to tackle a Scandinavian Touring Car Championship round at the Skorvde circuit on the same weekend.

Pending final sign-off from V8 team owner Garry Rogers, McLaughlin will replace regular driver Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, who is unavailable for the event.
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Wait, wait. this looks cool
http://www.touringcartimes.com/2016/03/31/pwr-racing-unveils-seat-leon-stcc-race-car/
 
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Wait, wait. this looks cool
http://www.touringcartimes.com/2016/03/31/pwr-racing-unveils-seat-leon-stcc-race-car/
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That's insane! :drool:
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Two great wet races in the WTCC from Hungary. Horrible decisions from race control....but the commentary blasting race control and the factory Citroen team is pretty hilarious. Very entertaining :lol:
 
twitcher
Two great wet races in the WTCC from Hungary. Horrible decisions from race control....but the commentary blasting race control and the factory Citroen team is pretty hilarious. Very entertaining :lol:
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Completely agree. Was the best races of the last 2 seasons at least.
 
twitcher
Two great wet races in the WTCC from Hungary. Horrible decisions from race control....but the commentary blasting race control and the factory Citroen team is pretty hilarious. Very entertaining :lol:
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Really enjoyed the races and my dear Citroën what were they thinking :ouch: Muller, when he started to swear in French was very funny and also the moment when Catsburgh was on the radio :lol:

Racecontrol was a shame to be honest. Let those pilots race and a bit of touching should be allowed. It's touringcar racing not sterile F1.

Both TCR races in Estoril were great as well. Lovely motorsport Sunday 👍
 
New Peugeot TCR car, debuting at Spa this weekend.









Good looking car in my opinion.


Race 1 was rather calm, still some good battles in the mid pack though.

Tassi with an horrific crash due to a flat tire while rounding Pouhon on the last lap. He got out of the car, seemed a little shook up, but otherwise ok.
 
The race was calm indeed. Also the Peugeots did rather well but the seemed to avoid all contact and took often wider lines to not risk the car. It is still in the early development stages and it goes commercial in July 2016. I think for next year we could see it popping up in more and more venues. Hell of a sexy car :D
 
Watching WTCC race 2 from Morocco, and I have to say, I'm really impressed with the new track in comparison to the old one 👍 It's still not the best circuit in the world, but it's a big improvement, and makes much better use of the space. There's a couple pretty hairy braking zones too :)

 
I really like the way TCR is shaping up. One international series and many national series. All same specs and more and more variation. TCR is working hard as well to get a French series up and running.

There is one thing I don't understand. Why don't we see any sedans running in the series but only hatches? They surely are allowed.

So far I have seen great racing and overal it is clean as well. It's becoming rapidly one of my prefered series to watch 👍
 
twitcher
Watching WTCC race 2 from Morocco, and I have to say, I'm really impressed with the new track in comparison to the old one 👍 It's still not the best circuit in the world, but it's a big improvement, and makes much better use of the space. There's a couple pretty hairy braking zones too :)

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Still a terrible, terrible circuit though. Narrow concrete chutes don't produce the best racing IMHO.

Happy for Coronel and Ravaglia though.
 
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I really like the way TCR is shaping up. One international series and many national series. All same specs and more and more variation. TCR is working hard as well to get a French series up and running.

There is one thing I don't understand. Why don't we see any sedans running in the series but only hatches? They surely are allowed.

So far I have seen great racing and overal it is clean as well. It's becoming rapidly one of my prefered series to watch 👍
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There is a Subaru running around and the Sköda Octavia Cup Car is eligible.
There's no reason that a 'smaller' sedan can't run but there must be benefits to running the hatch shape or just more hatches to choose from.
 
doblocruiser
I really like the way TCR is shaping up. One international series and many national series. All same specs and more and more variation. TCR is working hard as well to get a French series up and running.

There is one thing I don't understand. Why don't we see any sedans running in the series but only hatches? They surely are allowed.

So far I have seen great racing and overal it is clean as well. It's becoming rapidly one of my prefered series to watch 👍
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We also got someone over here with one in a club series bought brand spanking new.
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Although we get everything like vantage GT3's, British GT ultima's and Marcos's and old super touring btcc cars.
 
WTCC:

Happy for Coronel, mainly thanks to Valente. He is the Maldonado of WTCC.....
Track still sucks imho.

Good to see the tv director also likes Tompson his wife. See was more in the picture than he was, :lol::lol::lol:.
 
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