2000 Dunlop British V8 Supercar Championship
The 2000 Dunlop British V8 Supercar Championship is the first season under British V8 Supercar Championship regulations and the 43rd season of the British Touring Car Championship.
Regulation Changes
With rising costs of the Super Touring era of the BTCC causing a decline in entries, a change in regulations for British Touring Car racing was announced early in 1999. Inspired by the changes recently made for Australian touring car racing, the BTCC will adopt the same Group 3A regulations used in what is now the V8 Supercar Championship and be promoted as the Dunlop British Supercar Championship from the 2000 season. The regulations have also been adopted by the German, French and Italian championships.
In an additional attempt to cut down costs, full factory backed teams will be banned and teams themselves cannot build their own cars. Instead manufacturers will develop cars to sell to teams at a set price which also covers engines. Though they can no longer run full on teams, manufacturers can still provide partial sponsorship and drivers to teams that run their cars.
Dunlop becomes the series title sponsor and also the sole tire supplier, their tire supply cost covered by each team's entry fee.
Entry List
The 32 Racing Entitlement Contracts were assigned to teams as shown below.
Championship entries | Enduro Cup entries | ||||||
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Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds | Sponsors | Endurance co-drivers | |
Template:ENG Ray Mallock Ltd. | Jaguar X-Type | 2 | |||||
23 | |||||||
24 | |||||||
Template:ENG West Surrey Racing | MG ZS 180 | 3 | |||||
32 | |||||||
33 | |||||||
Template:ENG Arena Motorsport | Mercedes-Benz C-Class W203 | 4 | |||||
9 | |||||||
49 | |||||||
Template:ENG Prodrive Racing | Ford Mondeo II | 5 | |||||
6 | |||||||
55 | |||||||
56 | |||||||
Template:ENG Bintcliffe Sport | Saab 9-3 | 7 | |||||
77 | |||||||
Template:ENG Triple 8 Race Engineering | Vauxhall Vectra B | 8 | |||||
80 | |||||||
88 | |||||||
888 | |||||||
Template:ENG Vic Lee Racing | Peugeot 406 | 10 | |||||
20 | |||||||
Template:ENG GR Motorsport | Volvo S60 | 12 | |||||
14 | |||||||
Template:ENG Barwell Motorsport | Honda Accord Euro R CL6 | 16 | |||||
Template:ENG Total Control Racing | Nissan Primera P11 | 17 | |||||
18 | |||||||
Template:ENG Team Dynamics | Honda Accord Euro R CL6 | 25 | |||||
50 | |||||||
PRO Motorsport | Alfa Romeo 156 | 44 | |||||
45 | |||||||
Template:ENG GA Motorsport | Alfa Romeo 156 | 66 | |||||
Template:ENG Tech-Speed Motorsport | Vauxhall Vectra | 99 |
Calendar
Round | Race | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | No. | Winning Team | Round Winner |
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1 | R1 | Plymouth Street Circuit, Plymouth | 23 March | ||||||
R2 | 24 March | ||||||||
2 | R3 | Brands Hatch Grand Prix, Kent | 6 April | ||||||
R4 | |||||||||
R5 | 7 April | ||||||||
3 | R6 | Silverstone Grand Prix, Northamptonshire | 21 April | ||||||
R7 | |||||||||
R8 | 22 April | ||||||||
R9 | 23 April | ||||||||
4 | R10 | Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire | 29 April | ||||||
R11 | |||||||||
R12 | 30 April | ||||||||
5 | R13 | Knockhill Circuit, Fife | 13 May | ||||||
R14 | |||||||||
R15 | 14 May | ||||||||
6 | R16 | Oulton Park International, Cheshire | 27 May | ||||||
R17 | |||||||||
R18 | 28 May | ||||||||
7 | R19 | Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire | 24 June | ||||||
R20 | |||||||||
R21 | 25 June | ||||||||
8 | R22 | Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk | 9 July | ||||||
9 | R23 | Nürburgring Nordschleife, Nürburg | 30 July | ||||||
10 | R24 | Pembrey Circuit, Carmarthenshire | 26 August | ||||||
R25 | |||||||||
R26 | 27 August | ||||||||
11 | R27 | Donington Park Grand Prix, Leicestershire | 9 September | ||||||
R28 | 10 September | ||||||||
12 | R29 | Birmingham Superprix, Birmingham | 23 September | ||||||
R30 | 24 September |