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Line 1: {{More citations needed\|date=April 2019}}{{Racing car \| Car_name = BMW 320 TC \| Image = [[File:BMW 320 TC Gábor Wéber 2012 Race of Hungary.jpg\|250px]] Line 6: \| Designer = BMW Motorsport \| Predecessor = [[BMW 320si]] \| Technical ref = <ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bmw-motorsport.com/cars/bmw_320_tc \|title=Official website of the BMW 320 TC \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105041800/http://www.bmw-motorsport.com/cars/bmw_320_tc \|archivedate=2012-01-05 }}</ref> \| Chassis = [[BMW E90]] \| Capacity = {{convert\|1598\|cc\|cuin\|0\|abbr=on}} \| Configuration = BMW ''P13''<ref>https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/latin-america-caribbean/article/detail/T0306961EN/from-m121-to-p48:-an-overview-of-the-evolution-of-bmw-turbo-engines-in-motor-racing?language=en {{Bare URL inline\|date=August 2024}}</ref> [[Inline-four engine\|In-line 4 cylinder engine]] \| Turbo/NA = [[Turbo]], 8,500 RPM limited \| Engine position = [[Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout\|front-mounted]] Line 15: \| Type = Semi-automatic sequential \| Differential = Limited-slip differential \| Weight = {{convert\|~~1170~~1150\|kg\|lb\|1\|abbr=on}} (base weight (as per regulations), +/- ballast \| Tyres = [[Yokohama]] \| Debut = [[2011 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil]] \| Races = 3495 \| Wins = 48 \| Poles = 1 \| Fastest_laps = 79 }} The '''BMW 320 TC''' is a racing car built under [[Super 2000]] specifications, which ~~is currently competing~~competed in the [[FIA]] [[World Touring Car Championship]] from 2011 to 2014. The car came into use as a customer car, after BMW ended their WTCC factory program at the end of the [[2010 WTCC season\|2010]] season. ==History== Line 30: The BMW 320 TC is the further development of the BMW 320si WTCC, with which [[Andy Priaulx]] won the World Touring Car Championship for BMW in [[2006 World Touring Car Championship season\|2006]] and [[2007 World Touring Car Championship season\|2007]]. Well over 60 models have been delivered to date by BMW Motorsport Distribution. The new BMW 320 TC, which from [[2011 World Touring Car Championship season\|2011]] can be used in series in accordance with the new Super 2000 regulations, is driven by a 1.6 litre, [[Turbo\|DI-turbo]], four-cylinder engine called P13, because it was based on [[Prince engine\|N13B16]]. The six-speed, [[sequential gearbox]], which can be used to configure the circuit-specific [[Gear ratio\|transmission ratio]], is also a new feature. ==2011 WTCC regulation changes== Line 36: In 2011 the FIA introduced the Super 2000 Kit Variant package, which allowed teams and manufacturers to change the engines of Super 2000 racing cars with 1600 ccm turbocharged engines. BMW Motorsport manufactured their own version of the new engine which was available for purchase to customer racing teams from 2011. The car won ~~three~~five races in the WTCC. ~~Their~~Its first victory was achieved by [[Franz Engstler]] in Race 2 of [[2011 FIA WTCC Race of Germany]]. The second victory came at [[2011 FIA WTCC Race of Japan]] by [[Tom Coronel]]. [[Norbert Michelisz]] took the third win in front of his home crowd at the [[2012 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary]]. The fourth ~~victory~~and fifth victories came in [[2012 FIA WTCC Race of Austria]], atand ~~Salzburgring~~in [[2012 FIA WTCC Race of Japan]], both when [[Stefano D'Aste]] took the checkered flag ~~ahead~~in ofRace ~~[[Rob Huff]] and Tom Coronel~~2. ==Chassis== Line 57: \| Weight \|\| {{convert\|1170\|kg\|lb\|1\|abbr=on}} base weight (as per regulations), +/- ballast \|- \| Tank capacity\|\| approx. {{convert\|45\|lL\|gal\|1\|abbr=on}} \|- \| Price \|\| 220 000 EUR + VAT Line 67: \| Compression \|\| max. 12,5:1 \|- \| Output \|\| max. 310 [[Brake horsepower\|bhp]] \|- \| Torque \|\| max. 420 Nm Line 75: \|} == Teams and ~~divers~~drivers == ===Current teams and drivers=== The following teams and drivers entered the BMW 320 TC tofor the [[~~2012~~2013 World Touring Car Championship season]]:<ref>{{cite news\|title=WTCC Entry list 2012\|url=http://wtcchirek.blog.hu/2012/03/04/ami_fix_es_ami_nem\|publisher=WTCC Hírblog\|date=2012-03-04}}</ref>: {\| class="wikitable" Line 84: ! Driver \|- \|rowspan=2\| [[Engstler Motorsport~~]] \|~~\|Liqui ~~[[Franz~~Moly Team Engstler~~]], [[Charles Ng (racing driver)\|Charles Ng~~]] \| {{flagicon\|GER}} [[Franz Engstler]] \|- \| {{flagicon\|HKG}} [[Charles Ng (racing driver)\|Charles Ng]] ~~\| [[Proteam Racing]] \|\| [[Mehdi Bennani]], [[Isaac Tutumlu]]~~ \|- \| ANOME ~~\| [[ROAL Motorsport]] \|\| [[Tom Coronel]], [[Alberto Cerqui]]~~ \| {{flagicon\|FRA}} [[Jean-Philippe Dayraut]] \|- \|rowspan=2\| [[ROAL Motorsport]] \| [[Wiechers-Sport]] \|\| [[Stefano D'Aste]]▼ \| {{flagicon\|NED}} [[Tom Coronel]] \|- \| {{flagicon\|HKG}} [[Darryl O'Young]] ~~\| [[Zengő Motorsport]] \|\| [[Norbert Michelisz]], [[Gábor Wéber]]~~ \|- \| [[Proteam Racing]] \| {{flagicon\|MAR}} [[Mehdi Bennani]] \|- \| [[Stefano D'Aste\|PB Racing]] \| {{flagicon\|ITA}} [[Stefano D'Aste]] \|- ▲\| [[Wiechers-Sport~~]] \|\| [[Stefano D'Aste~~]] \| {{flagicon\|SUI}} [[Fredy Barth]] \|} Line 102 ⟶ 113: {{reflist}} [[Category:BMW ~~vehicles~~racing cars\|320 TC]] [[Category:Compact cars]] [[Category:~~2000s~~Cars ~~automobiles~~introduced in 2006]] [[Category:~~Vehicles~~Touring ~~introduced in 2006~~cars]] ~~[[it:BMW 320 TC]]~~