British Touring Car Championship
The British Touring Car Championship ( BTCC, British Touring Car Championship ) is a touring car racing series.
- 2.1 New Generation Touring Car
Sporting Regulations
Per race weekend three equal races are held on Sundays. On Saturdays there are two 40-minute training rounds on the program, in which the teams can work on the set. Afternoon decides a 30-minute qualifying on the starting grid of the first race. The starting grid for the second race corresponds to the finish of the first race. Similar to the World Touring Car Championship, the start order for the third round in reverse order of Zieleinkunft done. In contrast to the WTCC is not set to the first eight, but the winner of the second run lost out whether this applies to the first 6 to 10 vehicles. After the first and second races Additional weights 45-9 kg may be awarded to the five highest ranked each. Per vehicle only five motors are allowed in season. Who needs an additional engine, loses ten championship points in the Manufacturers ' and Teams.
Current Credit System
Points are awarded to the top 15 drivers as follows:
Old points system
Extra points are awarded for: pole position, fastest lap, current leadership position at start and finish as well as manufacturers and team.
Technical Regulations
Since the 2001 season has its own rules, because there is no longer the popular Super Touring Car. Powered two-wheeler, two - or four-door touring car with two-liter naturally aspirated engines can be improved in enggesteckten regulations.
Are limited brakes, electrical system, transmission, fire extinguishing system, pedal box and other elements by prescribed specifications. The power must be around 200 kW at 1,150 kilograms plus the driver.
From these regulations led the FIA 2002, the Super 2000 regulations for the European Touring Car Championship from, the less freedoms allowed, however, as the BTCC regulations. Since 2004, the Super 2000 touring car are also permitted in the BTCC. Since 2007, the championship will be decided only by automobiles, which correspond to the FIA Super 2000 regulations. Cars that are built and drove to the BTCC regulations, but may continue to participate.
New Generation Touring Car
For the 2011 season the BTCC again had its own charter under the name New Generation Touring Car. This is to respond to the ongoing changes in the FIA classification for the various concepts, with a balance between turbo diesel and Saugbenzinern, rear and front -wheel drive cars as well as cars and provide without sequentially operating transmission. In order to avoid these plans the BTCC now own new rules under the name New Generation Touring Car. Behind this front-wheel drive touring cars hide with 2-liter turbocharged petrol engines with a maximum speed of 7000 rpm and a maximum boost pressure of 0.8 bar at an engine power to be limited to just under 220 kW. To keep costs low, transmission, dampers, subframe and brakes shall be produced by a unit suppliers. To stand out a bit from the Super 2000 vehicles, the minimum length of the base vehicle is limited to 4400 mm. This hatchback models in the compact class as the Seat Leon or Volvo C30 are no longer permitted.
Meanwhile, the technical regulations were designed something freizuzügiger, including rear-wheel drive vehicles are now allowed, as well as vehicles that are shorter than 4400mm in the series. The reason the cost of the vehicles to reduce in contrast to S2000 regulations of the FIA has now almost equalized, so championship -capable vehicles now also cost about £ 200,000 without motor costs and are therefore not far from the S2000 cars of WTCC.
Previous champions
Computer Games
There are the following racing games under the model of BTCC:
- TOCA Touring Cars ( 1998 for PC and PSX )
- TOCA 2 Touring Cars ( 1999 for PC and PSX )
- TOCA World Touring Cars (2001, for PSX )
- DTM Race Driver (2002, for PC, Xbox and PlayStation 2); in the UK under the name of TOCA Race Driver
- DTM Race Driver 3 - BTCC Mod ( 2005 Mod for PC)
- Race07 Demo - Crown Plaza Edition (2008, PC ) ( includes a Vauxhall Vectra from the BTCC 2007 season )