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I guess they'll be rebuilding for their other drivers too? And BMR must be just as worried about the time they'll spend rebuilding Plato's car.... |
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I have been told it will be Howard in at BMR
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I'm just saying he seemed to find himself in a number of incidents last year, some caused by himself. (The two examples you've given were racing incidents where cars got spun off due to other people making contact so hardly a fair comparison to a solo crash). |
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I assume that's the Simpson of 'Simpson Hybrid' Hans device thingy then? All very confusing but given how much they charge for those things I can see how they can afford to sponsor a championship |
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Due to pictures of a car damaged after an accident, criticism of Simpson is made with an expectation that his driving is so bad, that it will prevent Team Dynamics from supporting Neal and Shedden effectively. He's not the first driver in BTCC history to have his car significantly damaged, and I am unsure why his driving standards were attacked as result of an incident in testing - the details of which are unclear. Not sure why you feel it is jumping down your throat to highlight other cars have been damaged in the past - surely forecasting a high level of damage for Simpson next season is jumping to highly critical conclusions? |
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I don't see you passing judgement on all the people who criticise Mark Howard suggesting that if he were to join BMR, Subaru would be taking gravel out of their car constantly. So I don't see why a jovial comment regarding Simpson's past season of off track excursions and bumps should be any different. The fact that this is a test session (IE few cars on track together and zero contact) suggests that aside from technical failure or driver illness then chances are he went off track due to running out of talent or inexperience at that circuit. I'll hold my hands up high and say sorry if it's proven otherwise but for now, it's an assumption on my part that he overcooked it and binned it into something fairly solid. |
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Simpson has got talent, remember the first meeting at Brands Hatch, he managed to creep up the order with each race. He makes mistakes, but so have many others. Dynamics might be the best team to improve with.
So how much longer are we going to wait before BMR finally announce Howard? |
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I'd bet, if he is joining them, on BMR leaving it until media day to hide it amongst all the launch hype. Not something they'd want to make a song and dance about is it?
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His jump straight into the top circuit based series in the UK is to be commended. A few years of Clios may have been a better bet to get some knowledge of the tracks first but he's shown good pace at the places he's more comfortable with. |
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Whereas Simpson has sustained damage during mid-pack battles, and a (currently) unexplained off during testing. The criticism of Mark Howard is based on an official record of discretion, as opposed to speculation based on images that have no context. |
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I can assure you most of the cars had bits hanging off them! |
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Again it was simply an observation, I keep forgetting that unless you're a Twitter fanboi of every driver on the grid (whilst at the same time hating Matt and Steve Neal) singing Glory Glory Jason Plato etc etc then don't expect anyone to share your centiment or let you voice an opinion! |
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Portimao is such an amazing circuit. Even for a modern facility with acres of run off, its still for me the best "new" venue around.
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Nice to see Toyota GB tweeting about the BTCC - https://twitter.com/ToyotaGB/status/837408693792739333
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