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Encyclopedia > 2000 British Touring Car Championship season
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2000 BTCC season
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The 2000 theAA.com British Touring Car Championship season was the 43rd British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season and marked the final year for Super Touring specification cars in the championship.. Image File history File links Btcc_logo. ... The British Touring Car Championship is a series of races for saloon cars which is held each year in the United Kingdom. ... The 2001 theAA.com British Touring Car Championship season was the 44th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season and marked the beginning of a new era of lower-cost rules and regulations for the series. ...


Changes for 2000

A smaller Super Touring field for 2000 resulted in the introduction of "Class B" to bolster grids.


Teams and drivers

No. Driver Nat. Team Car Class Notes
3 Rickard Rydell Sweden Ford Team Mondeo Ford Mondeo M
4 James Thompson Redstone Team Honda Honda Accord M Rounds 1-2, 7-24
# Peter Kox Netherlands Rounds 3-4
# David Leslie Scotland Rounds 5-6
5 Jason Plato Vauxhall Motorsport Vauxhall Vectra M
6 Yvan Muller France Vauxhall Motorsport Vauxhall Vectra M
8 Vincent Radermaker Belgium Vauxhall Motorsport Vauxhall Vectra M
9 Matt Neal Team Dynamics Max Power Racing Nissan Primera I
11 Alain Menu Switzerland Ford Team Mondeo Ford Mondeo M
18 Gabrieli Tarquini Italy Redstone Team Honda Honda Accord M
45 Colin Blair PRO Motorsport Nissan Primera I Rounds 1-16, 21-22
# David Leslie Scotland Rounds 17-18, 23-24
77 Tom Kristensen Denmark Redstone Team Honda Honda Accord M

Rickard Rydell (born 22 September 1967) is a Swedish racing driver. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Prodrives logo Prodrive is an auto racing and automotive engineering group based in Banbury, United Kingdom. ... The Ford Mondeo is a large family car sold by the Ford Motor Company in various markets throughout the world. ... James Thompson is the name of: James Thompson (martyr) (died 1582), a Catholic priest hanged under Elizabeth I James Thompson (poet) (1700-1748), Scottish poet James Thompson (clockmaker) (1776-1825) maker of longcase clocks James Thompson (fighter) (born 1978), a professional mixed martial arts fighter from England. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England_(bordered). ... History WSR Headquarters in Sunbury-on-Thames, England Founded in 1981, West Surrey Racing is run by New Zealander Dick Bennetts. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Scotland. ... Jason celebrating on the podium Jason Plato is a British auto racing driver, born in 1968 in Oxford and currently living in Monte Carlo. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England_(bordered). ... Triple 8 Race Engineering is a UK and Australia based motorsport team, best known for running the works Vauxhall team in the BTCC and Team Betta in Austrlian V8 Supercars External links Triple 8 Race Engineering Team Betta (888 Australia) Category: ... 1992 Opel Vectra 2. ... Yvan Muller is a French auto racing driver, born on 16 August 1969. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Triple 8 Race Engineering is a UK and Australia based motorsport team, best known for running the works Vauxhall team in the BTCC and Team Betta in Austrlian V8 Supercars External links Triple 8 Race Engineering Team Betta (888 Australia) Category: ... 1992 Opel Vectra 2. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium. ... Triple 8 Race Engineering is a UK and Australia based motorsport team, best known for running the works Vauxhall team in the BTCC and Team Betta in Austrlian V8 Supercars External links Triple 8 Race Engineering Team Betta (888 Australia) Category: ... 1992 Opel Vectra 2. ... Matt Neal is a British motor racing driver, best known for his success in the British Touring Car Championship, although he has also won an ETCC race. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England_(bordered). ... Team Dynamics is a UK-based motor-racing team, best known for their successes as an independent squad in the British Touring Car Championship. ... The Nissan Primera is a mid-sized range of automobiles manufactured in the United Kingdom and Japan. ... Switzerlands Alain Menu was one of the most successful Touring Car drivers of the 90s, and has continued to race well into the 2000s. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ... Prodrives logo Prodrive is an auto racing and automotive engineering group based in Banbury, United Kingdom. ... The Ford Mondeo is a large family car sold by the Ford Motor Company in various markets throughout the world. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... History WSR Headquarters in Sunbury-on-Thames, England Founded in 1981, West Surrey Racing is run by New Zealander Dick Bennetts. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England_(bordered). ... The Nissan Primera is a mid-sized range of automobiles manufactured in the United Kingdom and Japan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Scotland. ... Tom Kristensen (born 1967-07-07 in Hobro) is a Danish racing driver. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... History WSR Headquarters in Sunbury-on-Thames, England Founded in 1981, West Surrey Racing is run by New Zealander Dick Bennetts. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Race calendar and winners

Round Circuit Date Winner Class B winner
1
2
Brands Hatch (Grand Prix) April 9 Alain Menu
Jason Plato
Alan Morrison
James Kaye
3
4
Donington Park April 24 Alain Menu
Alain Menu
Alan Morrison
James Kaye
5
6
Thruxton May 1 Yvan Muller
Yvan Muller
Alan Morrison
Alan Morrison
7
8
Knockhill May 14 Rickard Rydell
Gabriele Tarquini
Mark Lemmer
Alan Morrison
9
10
Oulton Park May 29 Alain Menu
Tom Kristensen
James Kaye
James Kaye
11
12
Silverstone June 11 James Thompson
Yvan Muller
Alan Morrison
Alan Morrison
13
14
Croft June 25 Rickard Rydell
Rickard Rydell
Alan Morrison
James Kaye
15
16
Snetterton* July 8 Jason Plato
Alain Menu
Alan Morrison
Rob Collard
17
18
Donington Park July 30 Anthony Reid
Gabriele Tarquini
Alan Morrison
James Kaye
19
20
Brands Hatch (Indy) August 28 Matt Neal
Alain Menu
Alan Morrison
James Kaye
21
22
Oulton Park September 10 Anthony Reid
Gabriele Tarquini
Alan Morrison
James Kaye
23
24
Silverstone* September 16 Tom Kristensen
Tom Kristensen
Alan Morrison
Dan Eaves
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