| HOWELL BACK IN THE BTCC WITH BTC RACING BTC Racing have announced that Gareth Howell will drive for the team, alongside Chris Stockton, at the forthcoming rounds at Thruxton. He will replace Stuart Oliver who will miss Thruxton due to work commitments. |
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| THE SPANISH LEG OF THE WTCC IS TAKING PLACE IN CHESTE The third meeting of the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) is being held next weekend at Valencia’s Cheste track, a traditionally scheduled venue, where SEAT will be starting in the lead of the drivers’ and manufacturers’ titles. |
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| THE WINNER WILL RACE IN PAU AT THE WTCC The debut of the SEAT León Eurocup will be one of the highlights at the upcoming World Touring Car Championship meeting taking place at Valencia’s Cheste track on 17-18 May. No less than 30 drivers will match their skills in the maiden race, whose grand prize is unique in world racing competitions – the winner of the races in Valencia will compete in the next event, in Pau, but as a World Championship contender at the wheel of a León WTCC. |
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| Jason Plato will appear on BBC TWO’s Ready Steady Cook on Wednesday 14th May at 4.30pm, when he cooks up a storm with top Italian chef Gino D’Acampo in the Green Kitchen.
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| The Touring Car Bureau have issued a decision to limit the engine speed of the SEAT León TDI cars from the next round at Valencia this coming weekend. |
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| Saloon car sensation Andrew Herron cannot wait for the fourth race meeting of the 2008 SEAT Cupra Championship to get underway this weekend, 17th/18th May, having secured his maiden category podium just over a week ago.
Taking place at the UK’s fastest race track, Thruxton Circuit in Hampshire, the seventh and eighth rounds of the SEAT campaign offer a great opportunity for the 19-year-old Northern Ireland racer to continue his terrific form and add to his recent success.
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| Carl Breeze unofficially smashed the SEAT Cupra Championship lap record at Thruxton during official testing in April, and he’ll be hoping to do the same when it matters – this weekend, then the series heads to the fastest circuit on the calendar. With 3 wins from 6 races, Robert Lawson is the man on form, but his JHR stable-mates Andrew Herron and Jeremy Gumbley, together with reigning Clio and Cupra Champions Martin Byford and Jonathan Adam, will all be out for victory. With speeds of 140mph in testing, it’s sure to be very fast and furious. |
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 | SEAT SEARCH FOR MORE WINS
Fresh from scoring their first race wins of the season, Jason Plato and Darren Turner are optimistic about their changes at Thruxton, as they wheel out their Leon TDIs at the fastest circuit on the BTCC calendar. The improved straight-line speed of the diesel-engined Leon should suit the Hampshire track, although there is still the 130mph Church Corner and the high-kerbed chicane to negotiate, if the perfect lap is to be achieved. |
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| SEAT SWITCH, REWARDS BTC RACING WITH POINTS AT DONINGTON PARK
Chris Stockton scored a career-best eighth place finish in race two of the British Touring Car Championship at Donington this weekend. BTC Racing recently made the switch from their Lexus cars to the ex works ex motorbase SEAT Toledo's. |
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| Spanish car maker SEAT is celebrating an historic achievement in the shape of the weekend’s ground-breaking first diesel victory by the dynamic Leon TDI in the hotly-contested HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship at Donington Park. |
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The May 2008 SEATCupra.Net desktop wallpaper is now available to download. It features Jason Plato and Darren Turner who both celebrated wins at Donington Park in the BTCC in May. Download it from the gallery below:
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| Freddy Nordstrom's latest race blighted by mechanical failure.
Freddy Nordstrom (Weybridge) suffered a tough weekend at the 5th and 6th rounds of the SEAT Cupra Championship held at Donington Park on Sunday. The Surrey teenager was blighted by a glitch in his new SEAT Leon which saw him qualify in a lowly 13th for both of the weekend’s races. |
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 | Robert Lawson continued his fine form at Donington, clinching two convincing race wins. Carl Breeze meanwhile scored a 2nd place in Round 5 and a disappointing 4th place in Round 6, losing out to Martin Byford who dramatically passed both him and Andrew Herron on the final corner to take 2nd and allow Herron to have his first podium finish of the season with a 3rd. Byford also made the podium in Round 5 to keep the pressure on Breeze and keep him in contention for the title...but catching Herron will be a tough task for any of the championship challengers.
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 | DONINGTON DELIGHTS
Jason Plato and Darren Turner are both celebrating their first BTCC wins of the 2008 season after a fantastic performance at Donington Park. Jason finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the three races to move up to 2nd in the Drivers’ standings, while ended the day on a high with victory in the final race. “It’s been a great day in the office – for me, Darren and the entire SEAT Sport UK team,” said Jason – and few would argue with that. |
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| SEAT TAKES STEPS FORWARD Jason Plato and Darren Turner will start Sunday’s first of three BTCC races at Donington Park from 2nd and 4th places on the grid, after a close qualifying session in which nine drivers broke the 1min 13sec barrier around the 1.96 mile National Circuit. Hitting speeds of almost 140mph, the pair of Leon TDIs performed well, as the SEAT Sport UK team move ever closer to finding the car’s sweet spot. |
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| Herron flies onto front row: A late dash in Round 6 qualifying saw Andrew Herron post the 2nd quickest time and give him a place on the front row. Added to his 3rd place for Round 5 and it's clear the Irishman has found his form. Robert Lawson keeps proving his form at the beginning of the season was no fluke, clinching two pole positions in record times, while behind him Breeze, Byford, Adam, Welch and Herron all swapped round the top six grid positions for the two races. The pace has been frantic and the times all incredibly close so race fans should be in for a treat on Sunday. |
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| Surrey racing driver, Freddy Nordstrom heads to Donington Park in Leicestershire this weekend for the 5th and 6th rounds of the SEAT Cupra Championship. Freddy, the youngest driver on the grid, will be looking to make further inroads in his successful debut in his new SEAT Leon backed by www.plumbertraining.com |
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| SEAT Sport UK and FARO Europe, part of the global Florida-based FARO Technologies Inc, have joined forces in the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship.
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| On the back of a particularly positive Press reception, and with several hundred sales already under its belt, SEAT’s innovative new all-wheel drive Altea Freetrack 4 is becoming more attractive still with the announcement of eye-catching new prices. |
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| TURNING THE TIDE SEAT Sport UK hasn’t a great record at Donington, with 4th the average BTCC race finish. Having said that, last year Darren Turner qualified his Leon on the front row and Jason Plato won two out of three races! The team has a great opportunity of improving its average, as it arrives at the Leicestershire track for Rounds 7, 8 and 9 of the BTCC on May 3/4 with its new Leon TDI – equipped with an engine ready to eat up the long straights and a chassis relishing those high speed long corners. |
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