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Originally Posted by thetool
No there will be plenty more factory teams if that is your definition. The last genuine factory effort is probably Vauxhall in 2009. You only have to look at the liveries of the "works" entries since then to see the money was coming elsewhere. Yuasa for the Honda entry, Silverline for Chevrolet, Tesco KX Momentum for MG, Power Maxed for Vauxhall's "return", etc.
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Well, I said 'factory' because they're not really factory but compared to other 'constructor' entries like Motorbase or Excelr8, WSR and Speedworks still seem 'manufacturer-backed' even though they are not. But my impression is that once BMW's and Toyota's backing ends, there'll be very few potential new 'factory' (deliberately in inverted commas) teams in the future. As the motorsport scene is getting smaller and smaller in terms of sponsorships, money, popularity, etc etc, I can't see many more 'factory' teams in the BTCC - even if they're not really backed by manufacturers they still, in a way, advertise the brands and any person happening to watch a race on ITV4 might think that WSR is really a BMW Team whereas Speedworks a Toyota one. For whatever reason I doubt we'll see any such team in the next few years.
But, of course, I'm waiting until proven wrong
28 Feb 2023, 18:37 (Ref:4145291)
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