British Touring Car Championship 2005

[pbfloyd13]

this is is what NASCAR should be.........

[ec1ipse14]

if this was on SPEED in the US I wouldn't change the channel!

[aidan21]

ahaha epic.

I wanna play.

[Stu007uk]

Awesome footage, what track is this, I don't recognise it? Thanks.

[gsp160]

this is great stuff what drivers dam theres some respect there. im aussie we hav v8 supercars and there brilliant to watch but these touring cars are just as good wow what a rush

[Jakedyt1]

Yes yes yes front wheel drive!

[aluminium4ever]

madness

[vietladin]

This is what you call driving!!! What I would give, to have a career in this!!

[XRacer6]

Love thos Halfords Integra Type R's!

[JinxKid9000]

I like this older stuff there was much more car diversity back then.

[JinxKid9000]

It was so sick when they had the integra's and tsx's both racing

[scottchoman]

muller owns it at 1:15... smoothest recovery into the other turn ever

[JJOHNSONV8]

1:17 THIS IS INCREDIBLE! The guy in this Opel is nothing but the best driver!!! What's his name?

[JJOHNSONV8]

correcting: Vauxhall

[toomywins]

yvan muller, races for seat in the WTCC

[JJOHNSONV8]

Wow, I didn't know that Muller is so good... I watch him in WTCC and he isn't so incredibe like in this vid :)

But respect, he's a great driver and look, he leads the championship points now...

[iMSoHigh420ritenow]

i could do better with my bike

[karelpipa]

thats yvvan muller i think:-)

[chrisshort87]

Awesome bit of Car control!

Reminds me of Plato's epic recovery at Brand's Hatch earlier this year.

[Duds2k1]

There aren't any Opels in the video.

But you probably mean one of Yvan Muller or Colin Turkington in 888 built Vauxhall branded Astras.

[JJOHNSONV8]

yeah, I said it after realizing it ;-)

[walteratomspalter]

plenty opels in the vid !

but the teadrinkers call them "vauxhall" , but its still OPEL !

[adakar83]

no it is Vauxhall ............. Opel has nothing to do with this racing series. If that would be Opel ..... they would put some cars in WTCC under Opel name .... but .... they have ther Chevrolet allready .... becouse its all GM .... was

[aerox69x]

@walteratomspalter

It's GM so neither Opel or Vauxhall.

And the astra was called an astra by vauxhaull when the opel was called the kadett

[50N1C800M]

these guys are the REAL drift kings!

[JesterfromLester]

Much better then nascar and F1

[budekai]

indeed

[EvoToad]

BTCC is just expensive banger racing... =/

[elgeneralsv]

much better than nascar... but not sure about F1 you'll have to explain that one a bit

[shathiso]

@drinksmcgee: Nascar shouldn't really be considered as a racing sport...its just cars goin around in a circle...a 10yr old cn do that...!

[drinksmcgee]

nascar is for puffs

[luisronaldofigo]

fucking awesome

[JayKay3000]

not that complicate, not that fast (compared to f1) but still some of the best professional racing around.

[corvettefan96]

this beats nascar by a long shot. too bad its not popular in the u.s

[hashrulsubzero]

wow,so they gonna do just like when Keiichi Tsuchiya start to pull spectator interest by doing sideways

[theberengersniper]

Great to watch on TV, better to watch in real life.

Sadly the telly just can't deliver the excitement of hearing the exhausts as they accelerate and change gear off the line. It's a cocophony of synchronised BANG, BANG, BANG!

[maxiemukmuk]

awesome.. omg...

[ferrarif169]

much much better then v8 supercars

[causeforalarm12]

this guys should drive bumper cars ...

[nwvfd22]

I've been a NASCAR fan for a few years, and I will say this. Compared to these guys, NASCAR is just a 180 mile an hour parking lot. And that is BORING.

NASCAR needs to 1) Do away with the yellow line bullshit 2) Allow the good old bump drafting and 3) Man up and let them race.

Or start a Touring Car circuit in America.

[fresky74]

All you need in this sport is a punch up on the podium and then it'll be truely brutal. Nascar is for pussies!

[Howardyt]

It's not the fans nor the racers that are pussies imo. It's those who make the rules for NASCAR that are pussies. BRING ON THE RAGE AND ALL THE DIRTY DRIVING THEY CAN MUSTER!! That's what I say. Makes it more interesting :D.

[fresky74]

Yeah and driving round in circles makes nascar crap, how the hell you yanks can watch that crap i don't know.

[hi5lo2]

Once you talk to some of the fans, you'll see why a shiny fast car driving in a circle is entertaining :P

[elgeneralsv]

not sure all yanks are still on the nascar koolaid I prefer rally but BTCC is good too

[XRacer6]

No there not trust me...=]

[makingcrap]

@fresky74 its an easy sport to follow when you're hammered lol!

[KiwiBird145]

@fresky74 Not all of us do, I prefer rally and this type of racing. Best two types of racing ever.

[PAINTBALL55]

@fresky74 I'm American, and I agree. Nascar is stupid as fuck.

[fresky74]

@PAINTBALL55 I like you ;) I can get what makingcrap says though.... watching NASCAR would be easier if your head is shredded watching BTCC shredded would just make you throw up or thump your wife :)

[EdelSeriman]

@fresky74 Nascar is watched mostly by redneck southerners who are drunk off their ass, which is why they like it. Going around in a circle is easy to follow when you're drunk.

[TThePunisher]

@fresky74 I'm tellin ya homie. I'm from America and I can't stand Nascar. This is much better, plus i'm not sure if Nascar has Castrol girls haha

[SKITTL3Z37]

@fresky74 for the record, most of america doesn't like nascar, it's mostly just the rednecks and white trash.

[Tezz687]

@fresky74 NASCAR is brilliant thankyou. I'm Australian and even I love it.

It takes alot to drive a car at 200mph and stay centimeters away from each other!

[Tezz687]

@fresky74 but british touring cars are better

[fresky74]

@Tezz687 errrr isn't that what i'm saying?

[Tezz687]

@fresky74 No, your saying NASCAR is crap when they're realy good drivers.

[fresky74]

@Tezz687 they might be good drivers but if that is true they are wasted just driving round in circles. NASCAR sucks!!!!

[Tezz687]

@fresky74 It takes alot of skill to drive those cars at 200mph and not crash.

[fresky74]

@Tezz687 Try reading what I've wrote muppet, I've already said they might be good drivers but what is the point in driving round in circles????? It takes more skill to race on a proper circuit, F1 car's go faster than your NASCAR cretins and they find the time to go round all different corners.

[Tezz687]

@fresky74 I'm not trying to say that NASCAR is the best Motorsport in the world but you should give them some respect.

[LEVIN6921]

Nascar and F1 is tonn of shit.This is RACE!!!

[dulux997]

YEEEES !!! NAscar & F1 is Boooooring !!!

[AOAWHATSUP]

better then nascar way better!

[PangaRacing]

much better than the brasil stock car. and here we have almost 40 cars on the track..

[BTPossum]

BTCC is fuckin' hardcore.

Awesome.

[qwertz111ful]

but total unfair

[BTPossum]

@qwertz111ful Yeah probably. But a good watch none the less.....

[zabcod]

guy in the vx is wicked.

[homi69er]

A true british sport!!!!!!!!

[masonvega114]

what i dont get is how the asshole that usually rams someone when there trying to overtake gets spun out themselves in revenge and then they get mad?

[pilot190989]

yeah agreed with chuskittles.

they're driving like thugs! haha

[jammydodgerman]

Thats the fun of it though!

[chuskittles]

I guess its okay to drive like an ass in Touring Car Championship

[darkarsenal]

wahts the red car? :O

[Shakethatthaing]

honestly this is way better than the austrlian V8 super cars, now thats boring lol

[deadcar]

beautiful!

[minibus9]

VERY NICE

[bob1bob2bob3bob4bob]

touring car racing is sooooooooooo much better than formula 1 racing!!!!

ps hamiltion to win though

[Jackwewo]

I do agree with you. Anyway best touring car were seasons '98/'99... :-|

Try to think about a season with BMWs, Peugeot, Alfa, Seat, Audi, Volvo, Renault, Honda... and more and more...

That would be the best. Really dunno why all these teams do not come tourism.

[rogueorange]

wow touring car has allot of body contact, more than our auusie v8 supercars lol, but there not as fast

[RenegadeFury]

This is madness

[Fran1080p]

at 1:17 he pretty much was drifting!

[discodan200sx]

1:17 was spectacular!

[stevebarnette]

Did you see that at 1:18 !!!

[grovestreet]

Awesome, anyone going to Knockhill this year?

[ellbo2]

more action in one race then one season of f1

[CyprusTurkishBeast]

hahaha muller drifted da vxr like a rx8 on 1.17 :)))))

[Edgeofthedarkness]

That looks like so much fun!

[anto180zs]

Love it

[CaptainFungus]

ice racing really helps muller

[BritishTouringCars]

2005 was a gr8 yr 4 the touring cars, rob collard in the MG ZS done reli well, i remember round 30 @ Brands Hatch he won (i was there), he jst managed to beat James Pickford in a Seat Tolado, one of the best seasons in the BTCC

[4fsake]

Jeeese, the dry sumped tourers of the 90's didn't have wings that big, bring back the supertourers.

[sixyears]

that was fucking intense!

[D5DRIFT]

1.17, the best car control from yvan muller ever ever ever.

[lazyboy369]

croft....i was there

[krikorian1]

the only reason i was btcc is for contact and the amazing car control

[TerraErro]

Does anyone remember when Volvo started racing an estate (station wagon)? Everyone laughed out loud right up untill the point where they started winning races! I remember seeing one do a parade lap around Donnington with a stuffed Labrador in the back. :)

[ba1ley2]

It was in 1994 with Rickard Rydell and Jan Lammers. Even though they looked wierd they had good pace towrads the end of the season. I was supporting Ford at the time with Paul Radisich. Hope that helps?

[Money34209]

haha too much cvontact thats what BTCC is about and thats why a lot of people attend !!!

Jason Plato and Matt Neal lol lol lol

[TerraErro]

The last 3 races of this years season provided some the best racing I've seen ain a long time! Hard luck Plato and I hope Matt Neals next shit is a hedgehog!-he should have let plato through after Giavanardi!

[tipo42]

plato is a crazy genious!!!!

[kwlorentzen]

Too much contact if you ask me. I like the Australia V8 Supercars better than this.

[abbiesaxmax44]

AGREED!

you talk sense ;)

[coldhitz]

This was the first season I caught these races on T.V. Here in the States, the speed channel began an all out blizt of coverage with 5 different Touring Car Series coverage. I've been hooked, every since. God Save The Queen. We Mean It Man.

[asztaloszoltan]

Plato is a mad man ..

[Tavilha]

i want a dunlop banner as well! lol

[Nathan411466]

I couldn't believe what I was watching. So much

agressive driving! F1 has the best drivers,

and best cars, but watching it is like watching a parade. Most positions changes done through pit

stops. Yawn. British touring cars are amazing!

[JRBBULLDOGS]

I herd that quite ia few of the drivers have had a chance or been in fomula 1 at some piont in there carears. B.T.T.C is my fav championship. Such close exciting racing i have seen em race few times at thruxston always fun to watch.

[FreeWillFreeRide]

Holy crap, that's racing!

[fermillo65]

looks like TC2000... but with better tracks :D...

[tyu198]

boring... if you wanna see cars getting smashed watch rally of ireland or your local kids in there their cars try to drift :D

[fordwrc2006]

go back to kosovo!!!!!!!

[mattrandle1]

WHAT? you don't like the British Touring Car Championship

[KuostA]

Are there no racing rules in this championship!?

[fordwrc2006]

no rules at all mate were English!!!

[KuostA]

Are you serious? Literally?

[fordwrc2006]

Well, theres a couple. nothing to serious though!!

[naqqib86]

this is the best!!

[mattrandle1]

Vauxhall's Fabrizio Giovanardi and SEAT's Jason Plato (Oxford) again shared the victories in today's three Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship rounds at Thruxton in Hampshire -- the fastest track on the BTCC calendar. Just as at Rockingham a fortnight ago, Giovanardi won twice and he has now slashed the gap to championship leader Plato from 18 points to just nine as the BTCC prepares for its next meeting, at the Croft circuit in North Yorkshire on 3 June.

[mattrandle1]

2007 British Touring Car Championship Round 1 Brands Hatch 1 April 2007 Round 2 Rockingham 22 April 2007 Round 3 Thruxton 6 May 2007 Round 4 Croft 3 June 2007 Round 5 Oulton Park 24 June 2007 Round 6 Donington Park 15 July 2007 Round 7 Snetterton 29 July 2007 Round 8 Brands Hatch 19 August 2007 Round 9 Knockhill 2 September 2007 Round 10 Thruxton 14 October 2007

[mattrandle1]

Tom Chilton says he needs three stellar results at the Croft circuit on Sunday 3 June if he's to keep title rivals Jason Plato and Fabrizio Giovanardi in his sights in the vital middle stages of this year's Dunlop British Touring Car Championship season.

[HERA2006]

lot of Rammers!!! LOL

[mattrandle1]

I like this video because you get to see the best sport in the world it is the British Touring Car Championship

[mattrandle1]

The British Touring Car Championship is the best sport in the world

[KuostA]

HOLYCRAP WTF? I've never heard of or seeing so much purpose/accidental contact and dirty driving! Aren't there stewards and rules to all this? I mean i'm used to watching F1 racing, so yea. I can't believe this.

[fordwrc2006]

f1 is crap and sends me to sleep!

[KuostA]

ROFL ARE F'ING SERIOUS? F1 is the PINNACLE of the automotive racing tree. Precision to the next level. You must love NASCAR.

[fordwrc2006]

at least nascar is exciting. f1 is is just a bore. wrc rally, world and british touring cars are best.

[KuostA]

ROFLMFAO NASCAR EXCITING? Alright, you just lost ALL your credibility. Refrain from talking.

[fordwrc2006]

its not shown in uk is nascar mate.

[KuostA]

erm, what?

[nadeau1064]

Man! Lemme tell you; I've been a huge NASCAR fan for years, but those BTCC races are some of the most consistently entertaining ones to watch; such incredible car control they have! Thanks for uploading this! :)