[BTCC] Oulton Park rounds 10,11 & 12 2016

[porsche962fan]

like Bartie would say, Turks again ahead of Plato

and Collard back in 16th, this may have been his career highlight , jointly leading the standings for a shot while

[FIRE]

Originally Posted by porsche962fan

what the heck is everyone talking about?

on the official UK Subaru site the WRX is offered
http://subaru.co.uk/vehicles/wrx-sti/

and it just screams NGTC

The WRX is more a niche market car.

[850Estate]

Plato - We need more boost

962 fan will like this

Anyway, good to see them running well. It doesn't look like they had a boost increase anyway as suggested earlier here.

[porsche962fan]

Originally Posted by 850Estate

Plato - We need more boost

I remember when Rob Austin made fun of Honda when they ran the Tourer, he said something like that they shouldn't moan about straight line speed when they decide to use a brick for marketing reasons

[porsche962fan]

surprised the majority of field decided to use soft in race 1

notable exception, Matt Neal in race 3

[Mark0994]

WTF is Plato doing? Hit man on braking??

[porsche962fan]

if no penalty for a clear push to pass , nobody should ever claim again that TOCA is impartial

and dominant RWD 1-2-3, maybe time to peg them back ?


Sam Tordoff mentioned the BMR boost increase

[850Estate]

Originally Posted by porsche962fan

if no penalty for a clear push to pass , nobody should ever claim again that TOCA is impartial

and dominant RWD 1-2-3, maybe time to peg them back ?

We had a FWD 1-2-3 at Donington with a RWD in 4th and I didn't see anyone calling for them to be pegged back. The fact that the other RWD cars were much further down the field shows that it's more driving ability/good qualifying/good setup rather than a blatant advantage.

I suspect Plato might get done for the bump on Lloyd, but hopefully it doesn't affect the result as the battle between him and Shedden was fantastic to watch. Great defensive and attacking driving.

Turkington made that look very easy, delighted for the BMR team after working so flat out since the Subaru deal was first agreed.

[BillWiskins]

I don't know why everyone is acting surprised that the Subarus are on pace. No ballast, some of the best drivers, BMR development in recent years has been proven very good and now they've had an extra few weeks to work on the car... I'd have been surprised if they were anywhere else to be honest...

[helgi]

Is this the very first win for a flat engine in Touring car racing?

[GT6]

Well i enjoyed the race, great to see the subarus improving

[Biscuits In A Red Bull]

Time to peg back Plato now he's back at the front eh Porschefan?

[porsche962fan]

ahh the old days , wonder if he still has this views of 2 years ago

Jason Plato says RWD BTCC cars need to be pegged back
It's a BMW championship, I'm afraid," Plato told AUTOSPORT.

"We've reached the point where we can't do any better because we're not allowed to [due to the spec parts and NGTC restrictions].

"When all the NGTC cars are developed, RWD is inherently better, better weight distribution, better traction.

"They need extra weight or a longer first gear. That's not just based on today, it's based on 20 years' experience.

"I think they'll win races everywhere.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/114366

[skells22]

this time it was oil leak that caused the Warren Scott fire and he starts from pits

[Tja]

Originally Posted by porsche962fan

ahh the old days , wonder if he still has this views of 2 years ago



http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/114366

Yes he has and he's openly talking about it, maybe you should listen to his interviews from time to time. He still says that the way NGTC works plus the different weight distribution from the boxer engine make the Subaru the ideal car for the regulations as they are.

[850Estate]

962 fan, your views on Neal v Cook?

[porsche962fan]

Originally Posted by 850Estate

962 fan, your views on Neal v Cook?

Neal didn't actually gained a place , maybe just verbal warning


and RWD 1-2-3 with full ballast and Collard looked like a different league

so time to peg back RWD ?

[850Estate]

Originally Posted by porsche962fan

Neal didn't actually gained a place , maybe just verbal warning


and RWD 1-2-3 with full ballast and Collard looked like a different league

so time to peg back RWD ?

Neal only didn't gain the place as Cook squeezed his way through the chicane. Front 3 finishing in grid order around a circuit that is traditionally hard to overtake on, and that suits RWD...

Pretty sure Adam Morgan made up an equally impressive number of places if you want to play it like that

How I've missed these arguments. What about Alex Martin on Dan Welch. Looked like something that you'd see on a video game!

[porsche962fan]

but they were way ahead of the FWD cars , it's not like they hold them up

[tux]

Track temperature is nearly 50 degrees celsius so that helps the RWD cars.

[skells22]

well, here we go again with tire wall repairs due to a porsche going off track, i wonder if that might reduce the laps for the GT supercup cars that about to race

[AdrianM]

Always makes me chuckle when people want to hand out penalties based on one view of an incident. The guy in front can brake early, lock up, twitch at the apex etc which give the guy behind no chance. The stewards get all the data.

Of course the guy behind might just want to get on the podium.

[Mark0994]

Tordoff is awesome

[GT6]

3 great races and proof that BTCC is never boring unlike some other races

[porsche962fan]

Croft and Snetterton next, 2 RWD tracks, imagine WSR having a big points led after this events