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18 Jan 2017, 10:31 (Ref:3703323) | #1651 | ||
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Jake Hill lost out on the Motorbase seat Luke Davenport got, but he stated he nevertheless has a deal in place. It will be in a 'new' team however, so no Hill at Team Hard.
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18 Jan 2017, 11:57 (Ref:3703345) | #1652 | |
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Stewart Lines is not a bad driver, he's just another driver who's doing what he loves and isn't causing many incidents like some.
Can't think of any 'new team'. so where is Hill going? Surely not SOPR? :| |
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18 Jan 2017, 12:40 (Ref:3703356) | #1653 | |
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I suspect Hill will be at TPR or Eurotech
WSR/888/BMR needs a lot of money Hard isn't new to him |
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18 Jan 2017, 13:12 (Ref:3703363) | #1654 | ||
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Do teams get any prize money?
A share of the gate receipts from race weekends? To me, BTCC a reasonable money generator for the hosting circuits, wonder how much each team gets? As far as drivers currently without drives, would not be surprised if Rob Collard did not return, sure his sons single seater careers much be costing more each year? |
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18 Jan 2017, 14:33 (Ref:3703380) | #1655 | ||
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Looks like Ricky has strong links with BMW currently (DTM test, GT4 drive etc), so that must help the financial burden and it would be a nice tie-in for his dad also got some BMW backing for a WSR seat. Let's see. |
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18 Jan 2017, 17:54 (Ref:3703407) | #1658 | ||
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Gate receipts go to the circuit. Dunlop do a 'driver of the day' type thing (I think that's still happening this year) but the prize is a set of tyres or something similar rather than cold hard cash. |
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18 Jan 2017, 18:38 (Ref:3703412) | #1659 | ||
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prize fund of ÂŁ250,000; ÂŁ100,000 cash plus ÂŁ150,000 in tyres. (and tyres are the same thing as cash to the teams as they have to pay for them!) plus various extra things like sets of tyres for driver of the day type things etc. |
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'The contract is not signed yet' 'It is a new car' 'I have a good bunch of people working on the car' 'The cars are being built' |
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19 Jan 2017, 06:58 (Ref:3703499) | #1662 | |
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Reading between the lines on a recent post - he is intending to drive himself, but if someone comes to him with the correct number of ÂŁÂŁÂŁ then he will loan the seat out, afterall he is a business man
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19 Jan 2017, 09:30 (Ref:3703532) | #1663 | |||
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Including Torq Racewear - 'We are really excited to announce that Maximum Motorsport driver Stewart Lines is the first driver on the Official BTCC grid to confirm that he will use our racewear in 2017, racing in the Ford Italia Focus. Cant wait for the start of the season! #motorsport #fashion' And the Media Day picture with sl95 as a hashtag - |
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19 Jan 2017, 10:37 (Ref:3703545) | #1664 | |
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^ so he is pretty much confirmed
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19 Jan 2017, 13:49 (Ref:3703580) | #1666 | ||
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Stewart Lines just posted on FB!
Ok then .. im in hospital after a training crash on a mountain bike . Done my pelvis groin and tweaked my shoulder .. thanks to the mrs for bringing me last weeks auto sport and the bunch of grapes ... and yes this is an announcement .. ill be back ps food is a bit moody in here so loosing more weight will look like jack goff soon ...crutches have been supplied today though .. so it aint all bad |
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19 Jan 2017, 20:15 (Ref:3703631) | #1667 | ||
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Jake Hill tweeting a deal is edging closer; so not in place then. Probably still seeking out sponsorship for his target ride. Picture of the #HARD Toyota in the tweet, which may or may not be significant.
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20 Jan 2017, 07:08 (Ref:3703708) | #1668 | ||
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He actually retweeted a BTCCCrazy tweet - so the choice of car in the tweet was not made by him, but a library image of him driving.
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20 Jan 2017, 15:36 (Ref:3703853) | #1669 | |
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IMHO Jake Hill will end up either at Team Parker or Eurotech as they are "new team" for him and I can't see him afford 888 or BMR , never mind WSR
if the Team Parker Focus will be same spec as the Motorbase ones then he could get podiums via a reverse grid |
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20 Jan 2017, 17:05 (Ref:3703868) | #1670 | ||
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I like your thinking... it makes sense on many levels. Also wondering what car Team Parker will run - the Focus was Alex Martins, so it's not a given is it?
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20 Jan 2017, 17:25 (Ref:3703875) | #1671 | |
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I can see him at the teams mentioned too
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20 Jan 2017, 17:50 (Ref:3703885) | #1672 | ||
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see http://www.touringcars.net/2017/01/a...carrera-cup-gb Considering Parker will still run Martin and his father in Carrera Cup, I'm sure there was a deal to be done. |
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