CECOTTO COMPLETES ALL-STAR BTCC MASTERS GRID
Johnny Cecotto, the former double world motorcycle champion
and Formula One Grand Prix driver, has been confirmed as the
final star driver to sign up for the British Touring Car Championship’s
eagerly-anticipated BTCC Masters race at Donington Park, Leicestershire
on 26 September.
Venezuelan Cecotto raced in the BTCC for BMW in 1995, having
already won the Italian and German touring car titles. Prior
to that, he competed in F1 for the Theodore and Toleman teams
– the latter as team-mate to future three-times world
champion Ayrton Senna until being forced out by a terrible
accident at Brands Hatch in 1984.
By then, though, Cecotto was already one of the most famous
names in world motor sport, having won the 350cc and 750cc
world motorcycling titles in 1975 and 1978 respectively.
The BTCC Masters race will be for 16 former champions and
heroes of the British Touring Car Championship’s golden
two-litre era that started in 1990. It will be held over 20
laps of Donington’s National circuit - with each driver
at the wheel of identical SEAT Cupra Championship cars - and
take place straight after the new Green Flag British Touring
Car Champion has been crowned, for Donington that day also
hosts the final three rounds of this year’s BTCC.
The winner of the Masters will nominate a charity to which
proceeds from the race day will go.
Johnny Cecotto (VEN): BTCC racer 1995 (BMW 318iS)
“It’s going to be great fun racing against some
of the drivers on this grid. It’s a charity race so
I’m happy to take part and also come back to England
and see my old friends. There’s no driver I want to
be beat more than anyone else – I want to beat them
all!”
Entry List: 2004 BTCC Masters
Name (NAT), BTCC History
Frank Sytner (GBR), Champion 1988 / two-litre class champion
1990
John Cleland (GBR), Champion 1989 & 1995
Robb Gravett (GBR), Champion 1990
Tim Harvey (GBR), Champion 1992
Gabriele Tarquini (ITA), Champion 1994
Frank Biela (GER), Champion 1996
Alain Menu (SUI), Champion 1997 & 2000
Jason Plato (GBR), Champion 2001
Paul Radisich (NZL), Race-winner 1993-1998
Jeff Allam (GBR), Race-winner 1974-1994
Kelvin Burt (GBR), Race-winner 1990-2004
Julian Bailey (GBR), Race-winner 1991-1995
Johnny Cecotto (VEN), Racer 1995
Patrick Watts (GBR), Racer 1992-1997
Matt Neal (GBR), Race-winner and independents champion 1991-2004
Anthony Reid (GBR), Race-winner and championship runner-up
1997-2004
|
