Thruxton testing

[Les]

Did anyone happen to go to the GT testing at Thruxton?

I just happened to download the times off MST and there is car number 1 VX Racing and car 9 Honda racing!

So what was going on?

If it was Thommo and Alan M they did ok - beat two TVRs.

[jase]

No T/C today

Top times as from F3-GT.com:

1 Andrew Kirkaldy/Tim Mullen (Ferrari 360) 1m13.414s
2 Shaun Balfe/Jamie Derbyshire (Mosler MT900R) 1m15.020s
3 Richard Stanton/Mike Jordan (TVR T400R) 1m15.512s
4 Steve Hyde/Gareth Evans (TVR T400R) 1m15.786s

GT Cup

1 Tom Shrimpton/Liz Halliday (Porsche 911GT3 Cup) 1m20.924s
2 Patrick Pearce/Matt Griffin (Porsche 911GT3 Cup) 1m21.033s
3 Paul Whight/Peter Snowdon (Lotus Elise) 1m22.931s
4 Rob Wells/Keith Ahlers (Morgan Aero 8) 1m22.946s

[Craig]

2003 Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship

Championship Bulletin

Number: 34

Issued: July 14, 2003
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1. Dunlop Tyre Test

Following a request from Dunlop, the Administrator has approved a request to run three BTC Touring cars during two 55-minute GT test sessions at Thruxton, on Friday, August 15th, to test alternative tyre constructions/compounds. Dunlop has requested that one Vauxhall Astra Coupe, one Honda Civic Type-R and one MG ZS attend, these cars to be supplied by the registered Manufacturer teams.

[SPARK Msport]

lol beat two TVR's, thats a bit worrying then you think that a GT car is rear drive and has tonnes of bhp!

Do you have the BTCC times so I can see how fast they were against the TVR's?

[DarrellB]

Don't expect too much info as Thommo and Reid both stuffed it at the chicane early in the first session.

[Les]

6. rollcentre mosler 1.17.871
7. xero corvette 1.18.303
8. glen eagling Marcos 1.18.842
9. vaux 1.19.226
10. honda 1.19.674
11. penisular TVR 1.19.729
12. eclispe TVR 1.20.336
all those were GTO class.

[KA]

Originally posted by Les
6. rollcentre mosler 1.17.871
7. xero corvette 1.18.303
8. glen eagling Marcos 1.18.842
9. vaux 1.19.226
10. honda 1.19.674
11. penisular TVR 1.19.729
12. eclispe TVR 1.20.336
all those were GTO class.

Looking at those times the two TVRs may have had problems- they're a good couple of seconds off the pace of the other TVRs (the 2 DeWalt cars from Le Mans and the CDL car are both in the 17's) and the Eclipse car in particular is usually one of the fastest TVRs, and certainly shouldn't be doing 1m20's.....

It's an interesting comparison though....

[Les]

well from mates who were there on Friday - Alan M walloped the chicane, busted his sump, Thommo skidded on the oil, hit the barriers and Reidy in Hughes car T-boned him. The GT practice was then curtailed....

Reids was fixed and came out in the second session.

opps