V8 International Super Touring Car Race is held in 13 rounds from March to 65438+February every year, and each race lasts for three days (a few races also have four days), including practice qualifying on Friday, top ten races on Saturday, the first final on Sunday and the second and third finals. In the two-day final, the winner is king. F 1 track is generally selected for track races, which is also suitable for street races. During the event, the organizers organized a variety of entertainment and leisure programs, making the event a veritable racing carnival.
All the cars in the V8 International Super Touring Car Grand Prix come from two automobile giants: GM Horton and Ford Falcon. The racing car is a specially developed and modified 5-liter V-shaped eight-cylinder engine, which can burst into a racing car with 600 horsepower and a top speed of 307 kilometers per hour. This is the origin of V8 racing car, with a big tail and a shunt booster in front. When 32 drivers of 19 team competed fiercely on the track, the market competition of the two largest manufacturers in the world, such as GM and Ford, continued. At present, Toyota Team of Japan is also actively negotiating to join the event. In the near future, the V8 International Super RV will also stage the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
V8 has attracted the attention of many RV enthusiasts around the world. Drivers from Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Brazil, Malaysia and other countries have devoted themselves to this great sport, creating a group of excellent racers. V8 International Super Touring Car Race is loved and concerned by more and more fans all over the world for its crazy, fast and unique rules. It is understood that the average audience number of V8 events on Sunday is 80,000, and the audience number of single-stop events exceeds 1.2 million. In the 2004 season, more than 2 million people from all over the world went to watch the game and broadcast it to 600 million families in 70 countries around the world through TV. In addition to racing cars, drivers and wonderful entertainment programs, the event itself is more attractive to the audience. Below, briefly introduce the characteristics of V8 event.
1. Competition is unprecedented.
Due to strict modification rules, the V8 cars of each team are of the same technical level. For example, the rules stipulate that a racing car must use a 5-liter V8 engine, a rear-wheel drive car and Dunlop tires, which makes the racing speed of each team equal. At this time, the victory or defeat depends more on the driver's technology, tactical formulation and teamwork. Because the rules of the game allow reasonable collision, collision and suppression, racing cars often have thrilling scenes such as rollover and continuous rolling. Even after a race, countless safety cars, sweepers and trailers are used. The track is very lively and the race is full of excitement. In 2004, there was fierce competition on Darwin circuit. The gap between the first 24 cars is only 1 sec, while the gap between the first 18 cars is only 0.7 sec. So in foreign countries, V8 racing car is also called "crazy racing car".
2. Friendly and understandable model
The appearance characteristics of V8 super racing car are the same as those of the cars we usually use, which is also the biggest difference between it and Formula One racing car in appearance, which makes fans feel kind and approachable. GM Horton and Ford FOLCON are the top production models in the southern hemisphere. Therefore, the V8 race is an event closely related to the automobile industry, and it is also an event that has a cordial exchange with ordinary fans.
3. Multiculturalism
V8 International Touring Car Race originated in Australia, with 0/3 races per year/kloc-,allowing the audience to enjoy the beaches, sunshine and jungles of Australia, the snow-capped mountains, harbours and grasslands of New Zealand, and the dynamic charm of China and Shanghai metropolises in person or on TV screens. In addition to the official V8 competition, there are many world-class cushion events and wonderful performances, including stunt cars, stunt motorcycle performances, star parades and V8 sunshine girls' competitions and appearances. Around the stadium, there are many dining and entertainment facilities for children to participate in carnival activities. In the southern hemisphere, people think that V8 is a good place for family weekend gatherings, so it is also called "people's racing car".
The V8 Super Touring Car Race, as the top race of touring car class, is invited as the main setting race in Melbourne, Australia, the starting station of F 1 every year, attracting the attention of many touring car enthusiasts, which has become a tradition in the world racing industry. Since 2002, V8 has invited Indy 300 to join the V8 International Super Touring Car Gold Coast Race, which has attracted more and more attention all over the world.
In the past 44 years, the V8 supercar race has become an inseparable part of Australian people's life, creating many unforgettable moments and legends. In the past 44 years, every track of the V8 supercar has staged countless thrilling crashes and rollovers, but because of the good safety performance of the V8 car, there has never been a fatal accident. Bathurst 1000, the oldest track, is also the longest and most legendary track in V8 events. It is located in the suburb of bathurst, New South Wales. 1938 was used as a motorcycle race when it was built, and 1963 started the V8 touring car race here, which has been used ever since. This track of V8 has a long history, comparable to Silverstone track in F 1 UK, and always attracts a large number of spectators. Here, DICK JONHSON, the most famous driver of V8, was hit by a falling rock while driving a racing car on the track. The car left the track and was seriously injured countless times in a row. All the audience exclaimed and worried about Dick's life, but Dick won the championship this year after practice. In 2003, another famous V8 driver, Greg Murphy, set the best lap of the V8 touring car race on the 1000 track in bathurst, and it took only 2 minutes and 06 seconds to finish 6.2 13 km. The stories of Dick Jonson and Greg Murphy add a lot of color to the history of V8.
Street race is another amazing scene, such as Indy 300 circuit on the Gold Coast, which is located in the north of surfing paradise on the Gold Coast, Australia's most beautiful tourist attraction. During the competition, fans from all over the world came to feel the beautiful scenery of racing cars and blue sky. Through the TV broadcast, the audience saw the racing car whizzing by, the scenery was picturesque, and the crowd cheered. It's really beautiful.
V8 International Super Touring Car Grand Prix entered New Zealand in 2002, set up China Shanghai Station in 2005, and planned to enter the Middle East in 2006. Now we are negotiating with relevant countries in the Middle East to set up a new substation. In 2005, the round 1 1 will be held in Australia, the second round will be held in PUKEHOHE and the fifth round will be held in China SIC. From 2005 to 2009, V8 will be held in Shanghai for five consecutive years, becoming another world-class automobile race that has settled in China and Shanghai for a long time after F 1. On June 10-12 this year, at the Shanghai International Circuit, the V8 International Super Touring Car will be wrapped in the monsoon of the South Pacific, and the loud roar brought by the speed will bring new feelings to China fans. Let's expect the V8 heroes to launch the fiercest race in the world's most advanced and excellent Shanghai International Circuit, how to drive their chariots beyond the limit, and how to overcome the most difficult corner called "Devil's Corner" by fans. When Schumacher crossed this corner in 2004, the car skidded off the track, which affected Schumacher's performance in Shanghai. Ambrus, the champion of V8 in 2004, is full of expectations for Shanghai. He commented that Shanghai International Circuit is a very beautiful and modern stadium. The track is wider than the Australian V8 track, which is more suitable for overtaking. For all V8 drivers, this is a brand new track and more challenging.
200 1 season provides a good opportunity for V8 super touring car race: we can cooperate with some big companies and introduce Pitstop, which is a brand-new concept in the racing industry. With the introduction of Pitstop, the prospect of the V8 Super Touring Car is even broader.
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DTM German RV Masters
In the past, DTM (German abbreviation for Deutsche Touren Wagen Meisterschaft) has been the most successful and popular touring car race in the world. Whether it is the intensity of the competition, the performance and technical level of the participating vehicles, or even the participation fee, it can be called the highest realm of RV racing. DTM is the first-class race in the international racing classification and the only first-class race in the world. The technology and modification range allowed is the largest. The DTM racing car in its heyday was dubbed as "F- 1 with RV shell", and its strength can be seen. Compared with British BTCC, Japanese JTCC, Swedish STCC and Italian ITCC in European countries at that time, it was a second-class race lower than DTM. Overview of the highest state of DTM RV race
In the past, DTM (German abbreviation for Deutsche Touren Wagen Meisterschaft) has been the most successful and popular touring car race in the world. Whether it is the intensity of the competition, the performance and technical level of the participating vehicles, or even the participation fee, it can be called the highest realm of RV racing. DTM is the first-class race in the international racing classification and the only first-class race in the world. The technology and modification range allowed is the largest. The DTM racing car in its heyday was dubbed as "F- 1 with RV shell", and its strength can be seen. Compared with British BTCC, Japanese JTCC, Swedish STCC and Italian ITCC in European countries at that time, it was a second-class race lower than DTM.
Despite the popularity of DTM series, major automobile manufacturers still can't play any more with the rising competition cost. Finally, it ended at 1996 (when this series of events expanded from DTM German Touring Car Race to ITC International Touring Car Race), which made RV lovers all over the world feel sorry.
Driven by Mercedes-Benz Racing Department, DTM German Touring Car Race was reborn in 2000 when it entered the new century. Although the name is the same as before, the content is completely different. In order to avoid the nightmare of the new DTM, the organizers set clear and strict restrictions on the development of engines and chassis of participating vehicles. The participating vehicles are all developed on the basis of production vehicles, and it is forbidden to use various high-tech electronic auxiliary systems. This can not only avoid the infinite increase of competition cost, but also effectively shorten the strength gap between the teams of various car factories, improve the fairness and competitiveness of the competition, and the victory will no longer be monopolized by the car factory with the most R&D expenses.
At present, * * * has three cars to participate in this top touring car race, among which CLK, which inherits the tradition of Mercedes-Benz "Silver Arrow" glorious racing car, and the other two cars are Opel Astra coupe and Audi TT. In 2000, Mercedes-Benz sent eight CLK·DTM to participate in the competition, and won the championship of both teams and drivers of the year, while bernd schneider, a master driver, won the championship of drivers of the year ahead of schedule. In 200 1 year, Mercedes-Benz * * * won the championship of both teams and drivers again with five teams of 10 CLKTMs, and driver Bernd Schneide r successfully won the annual driver championship.
Despite the popularity of DTM series, major automobile manufacturers still can't play any more with the rising competition cost. Finally, it ended at 1996 (when this series of events expanded from DTM German Touring Car Race to ITC International Touring Car Race), which made RV lovers all over the world feel sorry.
Driven by Mercedes-Benz Racing Department, DTM German Touring Car Race was reborn in 2000 when it entered the new century. Although the name is the same as before, the content is completely different. In order to avoid the nightmare of the new DTM, the organizers set clear and strict restrictions on the development of engines and chassis of participating vehicles. The participating vehicles are all developed on the basis of production vehicles, and it is forbidden to use various high-tech electronic auxiliary systems. This can not only avoid the infinite increase of competition cost, but also effectively shorten the strength gap between the teams of various car factories, improve the fairness and competitiveness of the competition, and the victory will no longer be monopolized by the car factory with the most R&D expenses.
At present, * * * has three cars to participate in this top touring car race, among which CLK, which inherits the tradition of Mercedes-Benz "Silver Arrow" glorious racing car, and the other two cars are Opel Astra coupe and Audi TT. In 2000, Mercedes-Benz sent eight CLK·DTM to participate in the competition, and won the championship of both teams and drivers of the year, while bernd schneider, a master driver, won the championship of drivers of the year ahead of schedule. In 200 1 year, Mercedes-Benz * * * won the championship of both teams and drivers again with five teams of 10 CLKTMs, and driver Bernd Schneide r successfully won the annual driver championship.
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FIA gas turbine
The FIA-GT tournament officially started from 1997. The racing cars must be manufactured on the basis of mass production cars, with a weight of about 1 100 kg and a maximum horsepower of about 450-600 horses. In order to increase the popularity of the event, there is a weighting system for the winning drivers.
Different from previous BPR GT series events, FIA-GT events cancelled GT- 1 from' 99, and were limited to cars meeting GT-2 specifications. Therefore, the super sports cars with GT 1 before, such as McLaren F- 1, Porsche 91GT 1, M. Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR, Lotus ELISE GT 1, were forced to leave the race and could only stay in Li Man for 24 hours.
After GT-2 became the protagonist of FIA-GT, it seems that only Agkistrodon GTS-R and 9 1 1 GT2 have the ability to compete for the championship, and the situation is one-sided. Without the continuous investment of other factories and teams, the event faces the bottleneck of poor box office. Imagine what would happen if WRCar was cancelled in the WRC race and only the pioneer car of F2 was left? ! Many exciting and lively events will go down in history because of the consideration of funds.
GT endurance racers are usually more experienced and have an older average age. There are many drivers who have struggled in F- 1 or other events, and many of them are rich people who have formed their own teams and personally come out. For example, Mr. Philippe Charriol, the owner of Philippe Charriol watch, is one of them. He participated in the competition with other Lamborghini.
The basic rule of FIA GT is that every race is 500 kilometers or 3 hours, and the race starts dynamically. Drivers must have a racing license of Class C or above issued by FIA or FIA ASN. Competing cars must be made on the basis of mass production cars, and there is no need to install catalytic converters or limit noise. Each car has at least two drivers and at most three drivers, and each driver can only drive 55% of the distance continuously. In into the pit, changing hands, changing tires and refueling can only be done by two technicians at the same time. From free practice to time trial, each car is limited to 4 sets of dry tires, and more than 25% of the wet tires must be drainage grooves. There is no limit to the number of tires used in official competitions, but tire heaters are not allowed. At each stop, the accumulated team points of the top two teams in the car will be taken away.
Before each competition, the top five must be weighed. The first place is 25 kg, the second place is 20 kg, the third place is 15 kg, the fourth place is 10 kg, and the fifth place is 5 kg. The cumulative maximum is 100 kg. The added extra weight can reduce weight after the next game and surpass the sixth place. The seventh place is reduced by 5kg, the eighth place by 10kg, the ninth place by 15kg, the tenth place by 20kg, and then the eleventh place by 25kg. Weight loss is limited to 25 kg at a time.
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FIA WTCC Station: World Touring Car Championship
World Touring Car Championship:
WTCC (World Touring Car Championship) is a new global automobile race launched by FIA in 2005. Its predecessor is ETCC (European Touring Car Championship). WTCC will continue ETCC's super 2000 vehicle rules, and each race will be divided into two rounds (8 laps per round), and the champion driver and the champion car factory will receive two awards. The participating vehicles are Super 2000, which must be based on the production of RV. The displacement of the engine is no more than 2,000 cc, and the engine adopts naturally aspirated mode, and the horsepower is between 250 HP and 270 HP. At present, the schedule of WTCC 2005 is tentatively set at 65,438+00 games. In addition to continuing ETCC's original European sub-station, there are three races: Mexico in Central America, Turkey at the border of Europe and Asia, and China and Macau in Asia. Among them, Macao was designated as the last race of the year.
On June 8th, 2000, 65438+February 8th, 2000, the FIA Racing Committee announced in Monaco that KSO would be designated to hold a brand-new FIA ETCC European Touring Car Championship, which started on June 5th, 2006, marking the rebirth of ETCC. In the first year, the competition attracted 39 cars from many automobile manufacturers, including BMW, Audi, Alfa Romeo, Honda, Nissan, Opel and Volvo, and Michelin became the sole tire sponsor of ETCC. The first year of the competition was divided into STC (Super RV Group) and SPC (Super Mass Production Group). In the 2002 season, the two groups merged into the Royal ETCC, and the rules were improved with reference to F 1 Competition. For example, if the results of each station are in the top six, then the first score is 10, 6, 4, 3, 2, 6544. Starting from this year, ETCC has formed the convention of ten games every year. BMW and Alfa Romeo have gradually emerged and become more and more famous. In that year, the number of people watching the race (including TV broadcast) exceeded 300 million, and many team drivers visited the Eastern Ocean Race in Macau for the first time.