International Touring Masters

International Touring Masters.
Category, Touring Car Racing.
                  Sports Car Racing.
Country, International.
Inaugural Season, 2001.
Folded, 2013.
Constructors, Audi.
                         BMW.
                         Lexus.
                         Mercedes Benz.
                         Nissan.
Tyre Supplies, Dunlop, Hankook, Kumho Tyres, Yokohama, Dunlop, Bridgestone, Michelin, Pirelli.
Last Drivers’ Champion,  Satoshi Motoyama.
Last Teams’ Champion,  Nissan.
The International Touring Masters Was A Touring Car Racing Series Sanctioned By DMSB, JAF And ITR Who Have Been Affiliated To The FIA Since 1985 To 2002 Respectively, The Series Runs Races In Europe And Asia With Some Other Race Meetings Held In Australia, The Americas And Africa.
From 2001 Onwards, The New ITCM Continues The Former International Touring Car Masters Which Had Been Discontinued After 2000 Due To High Costs.
The Series Features Many Different Regulations Of Cars Featuring 
DTM. (World).
Super GT. (World).
V8 Supercars. (Australia, Japan, Africa, America, Europe).
V8Star. (Europe).
V8 Touring Cars. (International Superstars).
BTC-Touring. (Great Britain).
TC2000. (South America).
Stock Car Brasil. (South America).
BRM. (South America).
Stock Car Brasil Light. (South America).
V6 Or 6 Cylinder Touring Car. (World).
5 Cylinder Touring Car. (World).
Silhouettes. (World).
Group GT1. (International).
Group GT2. (International).
Group GT3. (International).
One Make. (World).
Super Touring. (International).
Kitcar/Formula 2. (International).
Super 1600. (International).
ITCC. (International).
JGTC. (Japan).
BGTC. (Great Britain).
FGTC. (France).
DGTC. (Germany).
IGTC. (Italy).
SGTC. (Spain).
GTO. (North America).
Procar. (Belgium).
Super 2000/TC2. (International).
WTCCX/WTCC Extreme. (International).
GT300. (World).
Super Production. (International).
IMSA GT. (North America).
SCCA Touring Cars. (North America).
==The Manufactuers Were Featured In The Series Including==
Alfa Romeo.
Alpina.
Alpine.
Aston Martin.
Audi.
Acura.
Bentley.
BMW.
Chevrolet.
Chrysler.
Citroen.
Dacia.
Dodge.
Ferrari.
Fiat.
Ford.
Holden.
Honda.
Hyundai.
 Infiniti.
Jaguar.
KIA.
Lada.
Lamborghini.
Lancia.
Lexus.
Lister Storm.
Lotus.
Mazda.
Maserati.  
Marcos.
McLaren.
Mercedes-Benz.
MG.
Mitsubishi.
Mosler.
Nissan.
Opel.
Pagani.
Panoz.
Peugeot.
Proton.
Pontiac.
Porsche.
Renault.
Rover.
SAAB.
SEAT.
Skoda.
Subaru.
Suzuki.
Toyota.
Vauxhall.
Venturi.
Volkswagen.
Volvo.
== History. ==
The New ITCM. (2001).
During The ITCM Era, A Large Proportion Of The Revenue Generated By The Championship Went To The FIA, With The Result That Less Went To The Teams Who Subsequently Complained Of Little Return On Their Increasingly Large Investment In The High-Tech Touring Car Series, In 1997, Mercedes Benz, Porsche, Nissan, Honda, Toyota And McLaren Were The Only Works Teams To Be Featured After Alfa Romeo, Audi, BMW And Opel Have Decided To Withdrew From The Championship, Alfa Romeo Has Decided To Continue On Super Touring Regulations With Their 156 For Touring Car Championships Around The World, Audi Have Decided To Run A Le Mans Programme With Their All Drive R8 Quattro, BMW Have Decided To Plan An International Series Of Their And Not Just In Germany And Opel With Withdrawn For High Costs Of The Series.
Since 1997, Mercedes Benz Have Been Contenders For The Title Up Against The Three JGTC Makes Honda, Nissan And Toyota, Porsche And McLaren Were Also The Sportscar Brands To Compete With Mercedes Against Japan’s Biggest Three.
The ITM Had It’s First Season In 2001 As DTM And JGTC Cars Were Amongst The Regulations Of Cars Allowed In The Series, Audi, Mercedes Benz, Opel, Honda, Nissan And Toyota Were The Manufacturers Represented While Other Manufacturers Also Joined The Series Every Year, V8star, V8 Supercars, TC2000, Stock Car And GT Cars Were Also Allowed Into The Series.
The Series Has Continued Where It Left Off In 2000, Having Rounds In Germany And In Japan As Well As In The Rest Of The World.
Mercedes Used The W201, Opel Used The Astra Coupe, Audi Used The TT, The Returning Brand BMW Used The ALMS Spec M3, JGTC Manufacturers Like Honda Who Used The NSX, Nissan Used The Skyline, Toyota Used The Supra And Other Manufacturers Joined Into The Championship From That Season Onwards.
ITM. (2001-2005).
The Series Started In 2001 With Race Meetings At Hockenheim, Nurburgring, Jerez, Catalunya, Imola, Estoril, Donington Park, Magny Cours, Zandvoort, Assen, A-1 Ring, Zolder, Spa Francorchamps, Kyalami, Juan Y Oscar Galvez, Interlagos, Laguna Seca, Montreal, Suzuki, Fuji, Zhuhai, Sentul, Sepang, Macau And Adelaide, The First Series Had A First Champion, Peter Dumbreck While Mercedes Benz Won The Teams Championship, They Finished Just Ahead Of Toyota With Nissan In 3rd And Opel 4th Ahead Of Honda.
The Silver Arrows Would Later Dominate 2 More Championships With Multiple Touring Car Champions Bernd Schneider At The Wheel Of Their Car.
By 2004, The Mercedes Domination Had Come To An End When Frenchman Erik Comas Took The Title With Nissan Winning The Teams Championship While Toranosuke Takagi Would Win The 2005 Championship And Was Also The First Teams Championship For Lexus That Year. 
ITM In 2006-2007.
By 2006, Sweden’s Mattias Ekstrom Took His First Title Driving For Audi Which The 4 Circles Took The Title That Year, Honda Won The Teams Championship In 2007.
ITM In 2008-2013
In 2008, Nissan Would Win The Teams Championship While Dane Tom Kristensen Took The Title Driving An Audi A4 DTM, Mercedes Would Return As Champions By 2009 With British Driver Gary Paffett Taking The Title, In 2010, Japanese Driver Satoshi Motoyama Took The First Out Of 2 Titles As Nissan Took Their 3rd Teams Championship Title As Nissan Won The Teams Championship That Year, In 2011, Audi Would Win The Teams Championship For The 2nd As Mercedes’ Gary Paffett Took His 2nd And 3rd Drivers Championships, Mercedes Took Another Title In The Teams Championship In 2012, And Finally In 2013, Satoshi Motoyama Was The Final Champion And Nissan Were The Final Teams Champions.
The Return.
It’s Unknown If The Revival Of The Series Could Happen.
As Long As Manufacturers Are Interested On Entering A Future ITM Series.
==Champions==
Drivers’ Champions.
Season.          Driver.
2001      Peter Dumbreck
2002      Bernd Schneider
2003      Bernd Schneider
2004      Érik Comas
2005      Toranosuke Takagi
2006       Mattias Ekström
2007       Mattias Ekström
2008       Tom Kristensen
2009       Gary Paffett
2010       Satoshi Motoyama
2011       Gary Paffett
2012       Gary Paffett
2013      Satoshi Motoyama
Teams’ Champions.Season.           Team.        
2001       Mercedes-Benz.
2002       Mercedes-Benz.
2003       Mercedes-Benz.
2004          Nissan.
2005          Lexus.   
2006       Audi.
2007        Honda.
2008         Nissan.
2009     Mercedes-Benz.
2010       Nissan.
2011     Audi.
2012    Mercedes-Benz.
2013       Nissan.
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