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29 Apr 2012, 14:36 (Ref:3066991) | #52 | |
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Rain has eased and the wind is still fairly strong so should dry the track out quite well for race 3.
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29 Apr 2012, 16:58 (Ref:3067025) | #54 | ||
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Although the ITV Player kept crapping out, I have to congratulate all the drivers in the last race (the only one I saw). Great racing and only minor contact, which IMO were the result of simple racing incidents. I missed the car into the barriers due to the aforesaid ITV Player probs but I hope the driver is ok.
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29 Apr 2012, 17:16 (Ref:3067036) | #55 | |
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Well, it was the recovery driver. But I'm willing to bet he was told to go there. Won't be the first time at a BTCC meeting Race Control has told recovery drivers to go somewhere they know they will sink. (Remember Knockhill)
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Probably overall some of the "cleanest" racing I have seen from the BTCC in ages. Porsche race was exciting too.
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29 Apr 2012, 20:07 (Ref:3067109) | #57 | |
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Bloody scary that Plato ended up in a forest during qualifying. Suppose they'll do nothing to address this problem too.
Plato quali shunt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taC_gXaPFPk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ0_qk_57pU Rob Austin quali shunt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBrwROw-hDg |
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29 Apr 2012, 20:45 (Ref:3067130) | #59 | |
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But then on the other hand for the rarity of off's such as his there is it really worth installing an armco barrier / sturdier tyre wall. If there had been his MG would have had more damage. To me it looked majorly cosmetic panel damage had been done.
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29 Apr 2012, 21:42 (Ref:3067164) | #61 | |
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1999. 2012. Two big offs in the touring cars in 14 seasons - how many in other meetings?
If it's dry, how does the mahoosive grass runoff area work...? |
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29 Apr 2012, 22:26 (Ref:3067180) | #62 | ||
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Image if a single seater went in there or if a saloon took a tree on the driver side. Has to be a better way than cross your fingers and hope for the best. |
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29 Apr 2012, 23:43 (Ref:3067203) | #63 | ||
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There are some offs that you just can't really cater for. Two cars making it that far in 14 years of BTCC at Thruxton suggests it's not a major hazard.
The correct approach - in my view - as with any accident where a car ends up technically where it's not supposed to, will be to review what happened, consider the risks involved and decide whether there is anything that should be done that won't actually make it worse. For a start, the idea of closer armco or a huge gravel trap on the outside of Church scares the living bejesus out of me. All kinds of far more likely scenarios where that would be worse than several acres of grass. |
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When you get lucky like that with Plato, sometime you don't get so lucky next time. That must be at least the fourth time a car has left the circuit in the last few years. Last edited by TWRv12; 30 Apr 2012 at 00:11. |
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Why was Louise Goodman dressed as a cat burglar? I didn't know whether she going to interview drivers or assault them with a monkey-wrench and pinch their wallets?
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The driving standards seemed to be a lot higher this weekend. I don't know if this was simply down to the fact that the drivers were behaving themselves more, or because they all went into the races with a different mindset due to the terrbible conditions.
I would imagine that the championship will turn into a Plato vs Works Honda battle. Based on this weekend, it looks like the S2000 cars are going to struggle to stay in touch on raw speed, unless we have another ballast / boost tweak. Having said that, Jackson would be even closer in the title battle if it were not for his Donnington race 3 exclusion. Wrathall did very well this weekend. His race 3 performance to hold off Plato was impressive. I like to see him go well, as his team were brave enough to go the NGTC route early on and deserve credit for that. Shame about Rob Austin's weekend though. Let's hope we see them have better weekends soon. |
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Either way it was an absolute shambles and damn right dangerous, its simple common sense not to park the recovery on the grass when its wet. IMO it ruined Race 1 and made everyone involved look very unprofessional. |
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But what about Plato's interview crashing? I think it was after race 2 that Louise was interviewing Newsham and Plato was just hanging there, standing really close to them, then he did the same to Wrathall after race three. I thought it was quite funny when Lou asked Newsham good few minutes if questions with Plato standing there then asked Jason just one! Really good racing though this weekend. Everyone was sensible but it was still very close and exciting racing. I thought after Donington that this year would be Plato's easily, but Shedden was so good this weekend I think he might have a good chance. |
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Several drivers impressed me yesterday, the two who really stood out were Wrathall and Gilham. How TG didn't just get out the car and throw a massive paddy when he dropped it at the chicane I'll never understand; the fact that he calmly drove it back to the pits was particularly impressive. He must have been fuming!
Wrathall's drives across the whole day were brilliant - steely defence until he knew it was time to back off. Very measured, and mature beyond his years. A champion in the making, if he can keep up the funding. Flash gets an honourable mention for annihilating the entire field though. His drives were very, very spectacular! Last edited by Greem; 30 Apr 2012 at 09:06. Reason: Forgot Shedden |
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Good to see some different guys mixing it at the front... i was gutted about Rob Austin though, had terrible luck all weekend. |
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The run off area is good, but the tyre wall / barrier at the end of it looked fairly flimsy. Given that there were marshalls standing the other side of it, it might be worth a review.
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Full respect to all the drivers out there this weekend, and even more so to the marshals (although slightly less so to the recovery vehicle drivers, lol)! horrendous conditions! Drive of the day - Sheddon IMO. |
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