British Touring Car Championship 2001 Review
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Binding : VHS Tape
EAN : 5017559039073
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Release date : 2001-11-12
Title : British Touring Car Championship 2001 Review
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Original release date : 2001-01-01
Running time : 180
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Theatrical releaseDate : 2001
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review by: date: 2001-10-27 rating:The World's Best Touring Car Championship
Much speculation surrounded the BTCC at the first meeting of the year at Brands Hatch. With Vauxhall the only marque to stay in the championship from 2000, it was no real surprise they had the advantage.
In the Touring Class, Peugeot provided the main competition and towards the end of the year were hot on the heels of the other cars. They were denied a win late in the season when Steve Soper's engine blew, leaving the team with a mission for 2002.
MG joined later on in the year as a build-up to their 2002 campaign and sealed a win even before Peugeot. This was the only non-Vauxhall victory of the year.
Former National Saloon Championship team JS Motorsport nearly won after a timely pitstop in the rain at Donington. Again, car trouble hampered their efforts.
The other independents were TMSR, who raced three drivers over the course of the year with a Lexus. The Lexus was entered after the change of the regulations and often gave the works cars a run for their money.
At the end of the year, after much controversy and clashing, it was Britain's Jason Plato who was victorious. His main competition came from Vauxhall team-mates Yvan Muller, James Thompson and Phil Bennett. Muller retired from the final race of the season, leaving Plato to take his first title after 5 years hard slog in the BTCC.
Vauxhall took the manufacturer and team championships, no surprise after the performance of the Astra Coupes.
An extra Production class added extra spice as the faster cars had to fight to get past at every track. The championship battle went down to the wire but lots of new stars of the future were revealed.
Roger Moen won no fewer than 9 races but bad luck hampered his championship chances in the year. His Peugeot team-mate Simon Harrison won the class despite only having four wins.
Team Kaliber Sport won many races in the Honda Accords but were sometimes outshone by the Peugeots. James Kaye was 2nd overall in the championship for a second year running.
The team champions were GR Motorsport, who took full advantage of running four Ford Focuses. They only achieved three wins between them but lots of podium finishes helped them to score over 200 points.
Lots of crashes, bashes and aggressive driving made this year's BTCC frantic. The new regulations improved the BTCC and with up to 50 proposed cars next year, the racing will be better than ever before.
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