[BTCC] Races 25, 26 & 27 - Rockingham, Northamptionshire, 20th September 2009

[touringlegend]

Entry List (Unofficial) for Rockingham

#	Driver	Team	Car	Graphic
1	Fabrizio Giovanardi	VX Racing	Vauxhall Vectra
2	Mat Jackson	Racing Silverline	Chevrolet Lacetti
3	Jason Plato	Racing Silverline	Chevrolet Lacetti
4	Colin Turkington	Team RAC	BMW 320si
5	Matt Neal	VX Racing	Vauxhall Vectra
6	Tom Onslow-Cole	Team Aon	Ford Focus
10	Tom Chilton	Team Aon	Ford Focus
11	Rob Collard	Airwaves BMW	BMW 320si
12	Jonathan Adam	Airwaves BMW	BMW 320si
14	Anthony Reid	Team RAC	BMW 320si
15	Martyn Bell	Sunshine.co.uk/Techspeed	Honda Integra
17	Harry Vaulkhard	Bamboo Engineering	Chevrolet Lacetti
23	James Nash	RML	Chevrolet Lacetti
29	Paul O'Neill	Sunshine.co.uk/Techspeed	Honda Integra
44	Stephen Jelley	Team RAC	BMW 320si
45	Johnny Herbert	Team Dynamics	Honda Civic
50	John George	TH Motorsport with JAG	Honda Integra
52	Gordon Shedden	Club SEAT	SEAT Leon
55	Dave Pinkney	Team Dynamics	Honda Civic
63	Martin Johnson	Boulevard Team Racing	Vauxhall Astra
77	Andrew Jordan	VX Racing	Vauxhall Vectra
98	Matt Hamilton	TH Motorsport Racing with Inten	Honda Civic Type R

No Shows - As far as I know

#	Driver	Team	Car	Graphic
9	Adam Jones	Cartridge World Carbon Zero	SEAT Leon
27	Liam McMillan	Maxtreme	SEAT Toledo
20	Alan Morrison	Team Aon	Ford Focus

Car graphics courtesy of AndyBlackmoreDesign | SpotterGuides.com


BTCC Timetable:

Time	Session	Day
09.25 - 10.05	Free Practice	Sat
12.20 - 13.00	Free Practice	Sat
15.25 - 15.55	Qualifying	Sat
11.20	Round 22	Sun
14.05	Round 23	Sun
16.45	Round 24	Sun

* - Anthony Reid has been confirmed as returning with Team RAC.
* - Gordon Shedden has been confirmed as returning with Club SEAT/GR Asia

Predictions Competition: Enter Here

[redshoes]

Shedden now confirmed - http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=1668

[FIRE]

Gordon Shedden will return to the grid for the season’s final two rounds in a bio-fuelled SEAT Leon entered under the Club SEAT banner.

So he gets backing from SEAT UK?

Is the car entered by GR Asia?

[touringlegend]

Thanks redshoes - entry altered though unsure of exact team name.

Same question as Fire - what team is behind it? 5 guys isn't many! As for the Club Seat backing I assume Shedden has gathered that through his relationship with Seat in his other job at Knockhill, and it's good to see CW back him, maybe he can persuade them to stay on as personal sponsors next year and go to another team.

[Icebaby]

Shedden deserves a chance however I expect his budget is tight so would not see him bang too many panels.

Reid on the other hand did not really shine at Silverstone and really needs a solid weekend at Rockingham too justify his return.

Morrison you can forget he wont be back again IMO.

[nickyf1]

Hamilton should have a good fight with Johnson and George ...

[Les]

Originally Posted by nickyf1

Hamilton should have a good fight with Johnson and George ...

I think he will be a bit higher than that

[Ed Peters]

Originally Posted by FIRE

So he gets backing from SEAT UK?

No.... Gordon Shedden added: “We will be ready to race at Rockingham, and I am grateful to all of my sponsors for making this happen. The support from Cartridge World, Club SEAT, FFDR, QServ, Apex Tubulars and Paradigm has given me great confidence.

Is the car entered by GR Asia?

The car is now owned by Shedden although it may be run by GR Asia!

[medius]

Who owned the car when it was run by CVR?

[Ed Peters]

Originally Posted by medius

Who owned the car when it was run by CVR?

Carbon Zero Racing. But it was Cartridgeworld that set up CZR... so technically Cartridgeworld owned the car..

[andy_b]

New Spotter Guide uploaded for Rockingham at http:www.spotterguides.com

Final Matt Hamilton livery and the new Gordon Shedden livery!

[Craner Curves]

Shedden still sponsored by Bodywork (Solihull), that's interesting. Isn't that Adam Jones' family business?

I do like your work on the Matt Hamilton car, Andy. It's reminiscent of the Synchro colours of 2004.

[andy_b]

Originally Posted by Craner Curves

Shedden still sponsored by Bodywork (Solihull), that's interesting. Isn't that Adam Jones' family business?

I do like your work on the Matt Hamilton car, Andy. It's reminiscent of the Synchro colours of 2004.

I wouldnt give too much significance to Bodywork (Solihull) on the car, my artwork is based on a rough photoshop, so its quite likely this won't appear on the final car.

re Matts car, thanks. This was the Syncro car originally, so had to keep the silver and change the old blue back to a red to tie in with Inten colours

[Hazard]

Grid for Race 1

1 - Jason Plato (3) - Racing Silverline - Chevrolet Lacetti - 1:24.087


2 - Jonathan Adam (12) - Team Airwaves - BMW 320si - 1:24.194


3 - Mat Jackson (2) - Racing Silverline - Chevrolet Lacetti - 1:24.300


4 - Stephen Jelley (44) - Team RAC - BMW 320si - 1:24.353


5 - Paul O'Neill (29) - Techspeed - Honda Integra - 1:24.505


6 - Gordon Shedden (52) - Club SEAT - SEAT Leon - 1:24.553


7 - Fabrizio Giovanardi (1) - VX Racing - Vauxhall Vectra - 1:24.568


8 - Robert Collard (11) - Team Airwaves - BMW 320si - 1:24.626


9 - Johnny Herbert (45) - Team Dynamics - Honda Civic - 1:24.656


10 - Tom Chilton (10) - Team Aon - Ford Focus ST - 1:24.700


11 - Andrew Jordan (77) - VX Racing - Vauxhall Vectra - 1:24.711


12 - James Nash (23) - Ray Mallock Ltd - Chevrolet Lacetti - 1:24.744


13 - Harry Vaulkhard (17) - Bamboo Engineering - Chevrolet Lacetti - 1:24.776


14 - Colin Turkington (4) - Team RAC - BMW 320si - 1:24.801


15 - Matt Neal (5) - VX Racing - Vauxhall Vectra - 1:24.937


16 - David Pinkney (55) - Team Dynamics - Honda Civic - 1:25.088


17 - Tom Onslow-Cole (6) - Team Aon - Ford Focus ST - 1:25.232


18 - Anthony Reid (14) - Team RAC - BMW 320si - 1:25.377


19 - Martin Johnson (63) - Boulevard Team Racing - Vauxhall Astra Coupe - 1:26.800


20 - Matt Hamilton (98) - TH Motorsport - Honda Civic Type-R - 1:28.969


21 - John George (50) - TH Motorsport - Honda Integra Type-R - No Time


Car Graphics Courtesy of Andy Blackmore Design | Spotter Guides

[crmalcolm]

Good result for Shedden first time out, also pleased to see Herbert and Chilton in the top ten.

Re: Reid and Hamilton, are they both carrying late entry ballast?

[Hazard]

Originally Posted by crmalcolm

Good result for Shedden first time out, also pleased to see Herbert and Chilton in the top ten.

Re: Reid and Hamilton, are they both carrying late entry ballast?

Regulation's are that Hamilton should be carrying the full 45kg.

Reid should now be down to 30kg as it's his second event as a late entrant. This will get reduced to 15kg at Brands Hatch (and Matt's to 30kg).

[Dani Filth]

rather bad qualy for Turk it seems .. Gio should be able to get some points at least in the first 2 races ..

[Sodemo]

Yes I agree, good results from Herbert and Chilton.

[Hazard]

Fantastic first win for Stephen Jelley. No idea where that pace has come from. Now he has to carry the 45kg whereas Colin gets to run light.

Plato closes up on the title runners, now just 'two wins' behind in fact (if Colin/Fabrizio doesn't score).

[Craner Curves]

Indeed, well done Jelley.

Where's Icebaby now?

[Craner Curves]

I know I'm going to get shot down in flames for this because these guys are the "spirit of the championship", but I'm tired of knackered old Hondas going off and causing Safety Car periods, ruining battles for the competitive cars up front.

[Tim Wilkinson]

Perhaps it's because that there seems to have been so many "TV" safety car periods that when one is genuinely needed (ie for an incident more serious than someone in the crowd dropping a crisp packet that may or may not then blow onto the circuit) it seems tiresome.

The TOCA that cried wolf. Or something like that?

[Last2LiftOff]

No prisoners.

[emicen]

How refreshingly honest from Chilton, "Plato being Plato starts hitting half the world off". I find it really tiresome listening to Harvey perpetually trying to justify some of the antics on track, it's not moto-x, block passes and deliberate touch arounds are becoming far too common place.

[medius]

How many people saw Jason turn around Colin and think ''typical Plato move...''?

Both Turkington, Gio and Matt Jackson have proved over the season that you can be hard, yet completely fair. Pity Plato doesn't conform to that...and his quote about being employable for next season is quite apt.