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Old 5 Jul 2019, 09:47 (Ref:3916002)   #264
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Originally Posted by btccbloke View Post
listen to Matt Neal on Tin Top Tuesday this week, around 2/3 of the way through http://www.btcc.net/live-audio/
confirms that can only do performance balancing on a 3 race basis and cannot do anything until after the next round "TOCA's hands are tied at the moment"
Matt Neal's comments in an interview can not be held as a reliable account of what is written in the regulations - and he even contradicts himself in the interview.

Looking at what he actually said:
'Rolling 3-meeting basis [...] can't do anything until the next round [...] TOCA's hands are tied by the rules.'

A rolling 3-meeting basis was in place a few years ago, and would still allow an adjustment at every meeting, but based on the previous 3 meetings results.
Can't do anything until the next round is technically correct, as they could apply an adjustment at the next round.
TOCA's hands are tied by the rules - again technically correct, but the rules allow a change to made at any time if the Administrator feels it is necessary.

Taking a look at the history of the BTCC regulations, then it can be seen how Matt Neal's comments are not entirely accurate.
Prior to 2015, boost adjustments were carried out on a race-by-race basis.
For 2015, this was amended. All engines were evaluated, with a boost level for the season set. The regulation regarding boost level was written for 2015 as:
'turbo boost of individual cars may be subject to review and validation after round 9 of the Championship and/or subsequently at any further time during the Championship by the Administrator,'

For 2016, a further evaluation after round 18 was added:
'maximum permitted turbo boost of individual cars may be subject to review and validation after Rounds 9 and 18 of the Championship and/or subsequently at any further time during the Championship by the Administrator,'

The same situation was in place for 2017. In 2018, the specified evaluations after Rounds 9 and 18 were removed, and the regulation was written as:
'maximum permitted turbo boost of individual cars may be subject to review and validation at any time during the Championship by the Administrator'

This is still in place for 2019. Matt Neal's comments about a 3-meeting rolling average is based on how the regulations were written in 2014:
'Boost adjustment, based on each model's performance across a rolling three-meeting average, is used to help equalise cars.'

Remember, if Matt Neal's comments are being used as the benchmark for BTCC regulations, then he is the driver who said:
'The next Civic is a four-wheel drive car so we can [switch to RWD] we can do what [Subaru have] done and we would just have to go rear-wheel drive with them, that’s what (TOCA) have pushed the formula into'
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