International Touring Car Masters

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International Touring Car Masters.
Category, Touring Cars.
                  Sports Car Racing.
Country, International.
Inaugural Season, 1987.
Folded, 2000.
Constructors, Alfa Romeo.
                          Audi.
                         Acura.
                         BMW.
                       Chevrolet.
                        Chrysler.
                        Citroen.
                         Dodge.
                         Ferrari.
                         Fiat.
                         Ford.
                        Holden.
                        Honda.
                        Hyundai.
                         Infiniti.
                        Jaguar.
                          KIA.
                        Lada.
                        Lamborghini.
                        Lancia.
                        Lexus.
                      Lister Storm.
                        Lotus.
                        Mazda.
                       Maserati.  
                       Marcos.
                    Mercedes-Benz.
                        MG.
                    Mitsubishi.
                    Nissan.
                    Opel.
                    Panoz.
                   Peugeot.
                    Proton.
                   Pontiac.
                   Porsche.
                  Renault.
                  Rover.
                  SAAB.
                  SEAT.
                  Skoda.
                 Subaru.
                 Suzuki.
                 Toyota.
                 Vauxhall.
                 Volkswagen.
                 Volvo.
Tyre Suppliers, Michelin, Pirelli, Dunlop, Goodyear, Bridgestone, Yokohama, Kumho Tyres.
Last Drivers’ Champion, Érik Comas.
Last Teams’ Champion, Nissan.
The International Touring Car Masters Was A Touring Car Series Held Between 1987 To 2000, The Series Recently Feature Cars From The DTM And JGTC In Recent Years But Also Feature Entries From Other Touring Car Championships And Also Sports Car Racing Entries In GT Cars Which Ran With The Main Class And Also Over The Years Had Entries From The Australian Supercar Championship, IMSA Sportscar Championship, TC2000, The French Superturisme Championship, Stock Car Brasil, Brasileiro De Marcas, The British French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese And Australian DTM And Grand Touring Car Championships, And Entries From The International And National Touring Car Championships That Ran Class 2 Super Touring Cars. 
The Series Would Run Race Meetings In Germany And Japan, But Also Other Parts Of The World Over The Years Including Argentina, Austria, Australia, Brazil, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Finland, Great Britain, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Macau, Malaysia, Monaco, Norway, New Zealand, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, South Africa, The Netherlands And Thailand.
The ITCM Was Created To Feature DTM And Grand Touring Cars Race Together, The Series Also Ran Other Regulations By GT1, GT2, GT300, V8 Supercars, Stock Cars From Brazil, TC2000 And BRM Cars Also From South America, Silhouettes, Super Touring, Group A, GTO, 5 Cylinder And V6 Touring Cars.
It Was Also Created To Feature Many Different Manufactures.
==History==
The Series Was First Created In 1987 With Cars Entered By Privateer Teams By Group A Regulations, By The Early 90s, Works Teams Joined The Series, It Then Became A Popular Motorsport Championship In The World.
Due To Cost Seasons, Turbochargers Were Banned After Motor Racing By 1989.
In 1993, Group A Regulations Were Now Banned In The Favor Of Cars Of The Grand Touring Car Championship In Japan Allowed In The Series Along With The Newly Formed FIA Class 1 Touring Cars, They Are Build With Extensive Use Of ABS, Four Wheel Drive, Electronic Driver Aids and Carbon Fibre Chassis, The Former Three Were Technologies That Were Banned From Formula One.
Manufactuers Like Alfa Romeo, Mercedes-Benz, Opel, Toyota, Nissan And Honda All Fielded Works After Audi And BMW Had Abandoned The Series Earlier Until The Manufactuers Joined The Series Again By 1995 Followed By Other Manufactuers In Recent Years Including Ford, Fiat, Peugeot, Renault And Citroen, SAAB And Volvo Also Have Build Cars For The Championship.
International Touring Car Masters To Sega Touring Car Championship To Demise. (1987-2000).
By 1995, Sega Were Announced To Be The New Sponsor Of The Series Before Their Touring Championship Game Was Released The Year After, It Had A 3 Year Deal By The Name “Sega Touring Car Championship”, But By 1998, The Series Was Renamed Back To The International Touring Car Masters, ITR, FIA And JAF Were 3 Organizers Behind The Championship, When It Was Called The Sega Touring Car Championship, It Had Race Meetings, In Britain, France, Italy, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, Hungary, Begium, Australia, Japan, Brazil And South Africa. The Series Proved Unfavorable By 1999 After Choosing What Circuits The Series Could Run Race Weekends, For Example, Alfa Romeo And Opel Left The Series In 1997 While Fiat, Lancia, Honda, Nissan And Toyota Remained In The Series While Ford And Volvo Joined The Series Along With BMW And Volkswagen Who Completed The List Of Manufactuers And Finally Holden Was Entered By The Australian Round Of The Championship Followed By Chevrolet In South America.
By 1997 To 1999, Mercedes Ran A CLK GT1 In The Championship, Mercedes Withdrew It’s Sportscar Programme In 1999 After An Accident At Le Mans.
The Series Was Cancelled After 2000 With Erik Comas The Final Champion And Nissan Were Crowned The Teams Championship.
The New ITCM. (2001-2013).
The Series Returned In 2001 With Different Rules And With Semi-International Championship Status, It Was Now Called The International Touring Masters.
==Regulations==
Group A.
Super Touring.
Kitcar/Formula 2.
Super 1600. (2000).
DTM.
ITCC. 
V8 Supercars.
V8 Race Cars.
TC2000.
JGTC.
BGTC.
Stock Car Brasil.
Stock Car Light Brasil.
BRM.
FGTC.
DGTC.
IGTC.
SGTC.
V6 Or 6 Cylinder Touring Car.
5 Cylinder Touring Car.
GTO.
Procar.
Super Production.
Silhouettes.
GT1.
GT2.
GT3.
GT300.
One Make.
==Champions.==
Drivers’ Champions.
1987 Dieter Quester
1988 Winfried Vogt
1989 Roberto Ravaglia
1990 Klaus Ludwig
1991 Johnny Cecotto
1992 Frank Biela
1993 Klaus Ludwig
1994 Klaus Ludwig
1995 Toshio Suzuki
1996 Erik Comas
1997 Bernd Schneider
1998 Alessandro Nannini
1999 Erik Comas
2000 Erik Comas
Teams’ Champions.
1992 Audi
1993 Mercedes-Benz
1994 Mercedes-Benz
1995 Nissan
1996 Toyota
1997 Mercedes-Benz
1998 Toyota.
1999 Mercedes-Benz.
2000 Nissan.
Category:Touring Car Series