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<body> <Table Width="550" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" cellpadding="0"><TR><TD Width="35"><IMG SRC="//www.totalmotorsport.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH="35" HEIGHT="1"></td><td> <CENTER><Table border="0" width="100%"> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="5">BTCC</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">02/11/2001</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">BTCC suffers major blow</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">Peugeot withdraw from championship</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><img border="1" src="Storage/peugeot.jpg"></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="1">  </FONT></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">Peugeot today announced their decision to withdraw from the British Touring Car Championship and instead concentrate on rallying for the foreseeable future.<BR> With the signing of Richard Burns from Subaru and the introduction of a new 206 Super Cup, all available funds for motorsport have been consumed.<BR> <BR> This will be considered a major blow for the BTCC who have still yet to announce a television deal for next years championship, though it is strongly rumoured that a new deal will be unveiled at the TOCA awards this weekend. ITV are favourites to take over the broadcasting from the BBC.<BR> <BR> It is thought the 406 Coupes used in this years championship will be sold to a former production team, with some limited support from Peugeot on a technical side. As of yet there is no news on the future plans of VLR, who designed and ran the factory cars this year.<BR> </FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE><BR> </CENTER> <BR><CENTER><font size="1" color="#808080" face="Tahoma">Copyright ©2000-©2023 TotalMotorSport</font></CENTER> </td> </tr> </table> </body>