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Jun62013 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

WTCC: BMW before exiting?

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The World Touring Car Championship awaits a major change in technical rules in the coming season, which is why the German carmaker is already considering exiting this championship. BMW last raced with the factory team in the WTCC in 2010, after which it has competed with the non-factory Roal Motorsport, Wiechers-Sport and Team Engstler to this day. BMW's sporting director Jens Marquardt believes that their current 1,6-liter turbo engines can no longer be upgraded, and due to incomplete rules, he adds: "I simply can't imagine a powertrain that would meet the new rules, which after all, they are not quite complete yet. There is talk of 400 horsepower, and that is impossible for us. Our TC engine is developed on the basis of a 1,6-liter block, as it is not

SEAT has introduced the new Leon Cup car concept

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Next week, the GTI meeting will take place in Austria, where Seat will show the 330-horsepower model of the new race car for the Leon Cup. The race car will also be on display at the next racing weekend of the World Touring Car Championship in the Salzburgring. Anyway, we haven't seen the car for once, but the first pictures of the concept have come to light, which indicates what the cars should be like in the mentioned championship. Let us mention that the tests are announced for the coming months, and for once, the fate of participation in the WTCC is still unknown, where Seat no longer cooperates with the factory teams. Nevertheless, Seat is very active in other touring championships (European, British and Scandinavian), and they also actively participated in the preparation of new rules for the WTCC, but Jaime Puig is the head of the Seat sports department.

Loeb tested a Citroen WTCC race car

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Sebastien Loeb recently tested a prototype race car in Valencia based on the Citroen DS3 WRC he was driving when he won his last two of nine rally championship titles. The races in the WRC World Rally Championship, like the WTCC racing cars, are powered by 1.6-liter turbo engines, what the purpose of testing remains remains a mystery, but it was probably related to Citroen's desire to enter the WTCC World Touring Car Championship. In doing so, the French depend on external sources of funding, and their future in motorsport is also questionable. Citroen has not revealed what model of car they would compete in the WTCC series this year. One option is the DS4 car, as sources report that the prototype DS3 did not perform best. He heads the most