The British Touring Car Championship - All The Thrills, None Of the Frills!

F1 season in all its glitz and glamor can be started in earnest recently, with the completion of the Grand Prix of Australia, but for many fans of motor sport, the real excitement of motor racing is closer home with the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC o) for the course because at the end of March.

We know that F1 is a sport millionaire - the cars are the result of billions of pounds of technical research, pilots are paid a real rescue, and both the teams and drivers are subject to several million pounds against corporate sponsorship global. The money in F1 and purists argue that the sport is no longer competitive as the races are won and lost in a pit lane and not on the track, while the big teams like McLaren and Ferrari look so much money that the units smaller, like Super Aguri could only dream.

In recent years British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) to develop, both in terms of number of participating teams and the public. Sport operates at a fraction of the budget allocated to F1 in the world, but what it lacks in glamor, more than makes up in excitement! BTCC season consists of ten rounds - starting and finishing at Brands Hatch - March to September, and visited nine different neighborhoods. Each round consists of three races, a thirty-lap contest.

The teams competing in the BTCC tracks are a mix of producers in the panel (SEAT and Vauxhall are the only equipment manufacturer) and independent teams such as Team Halfords and Team RAC. Independent teams typically consist of factory cars that were purchased from the manufacturer when the equipment chassis upgrade your own car. Although it seems that the "new" car on the edge of a work team can provide expert automotive advice [http://www.motoraddicts.com/experts/blog/list] on new events surrounding its entries are not really strictly limited to changes that may be made to the competing vehicles in order to keep costs down and create an element of fairness in sport. For example, all cars competing should use the same tires - called "control tire" - which is currently supplied by Dunlop. Cars can be modified to use different types of fuel, the last cars running on LPG, ethanol and diesel, even making his first career appearance in the BTCC in 2007.

BTCC races on the calendar are usually carried out by the weekend. Saturday practice is divided into two sessions, followed by a half-hour session of qualifying, which determines the grid first race on Sunday. As the F1 grid is sorted by the fastest time in the queue at the pole. Depending on the length of the track, each race will consist of 16-25 laps, and the outcome of the race then determines the order in the next race at the tail of the network drivers according to their final position the second race.

For the race of three starting positions are determined by the "draw" which is considered part of the net investment. This means that depending on luck, drivers who have reached the bottom of the index to start at the pole. For example, if the position 6 has been prepared, the driver, who finished sixth to secure the pole position, with fifth place in the second and so on. Drivers who have completed the drawing "will occupy the place where the two finished the race.

Moreover, at the end of the first and second races, cars will be completed in the main classification is hampered by an additional meaning - as ballast - add them to the next race at the meeting. Drivers' Championship after the third race of each meeting will also determine the amount of ballast carried in the first race at the next meeting.

There are several aspects of the BTCC, in common with F1, for example, the safety car and pit speed limit Lane. However, unlike the F1 car parts can not be used, and teams can use up to four engines for the season, behind the driver. When motors are also used, the equipment is subject to a deduction of points.

All this boils down to emotion fantastic on the track, where the rules make the races more competitive and open, with cars technical advantages negated by the extra weight or luck in the lottery. Conflicts are common in the BTCC as drivers push their cars - and himself - to the limit throughout the race, it is not uncommon to witness a rapid collision involving multiple vehicles, and attempts to match the car is overtaking can occur anywhere throughout the race - even in the tightest corners!

So while the world buys F1 emotions, motor sport enthusiasts can rest easy, knowing that emotions are free on the package BTCC.