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Audi, VW and SEAT may be the same, but you can't say that for Opel or Honda or Hyundai or Alfa or etc etc. For NGTC, every car is the same (baring FWD/RWD)
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8 Mar 2019, 13:41 (Ref:3889153) | #129 | |
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why not? surely its better to not have a cloud brewing about RWD advantages during the season?
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8 Mar 2019, 17:45 (Ref:3889202) | #132 | |
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The vast majority of motorsport is rwd so I don't see an issue with having an fwd only series. It's only a matter of time before there aren't any rwd cars at the tcr size level anyway.
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I've taken the figures for this year's championships & series run by BARC, BRSCC, 750 Motor Club and MSV Racing and done a very rough analysis of them according to tech specs/series regs. Of 101 of them, there's an almost exact 60/40 split between RWD & FWD (74 to 47). 20 of them allow both, 81 only allow one or the other. 54 are RWD only, 27 FWD only. So in pure single-reg terms, it's a 67/33 split. Majority yes, but not overwhelming... and I'm thanking my lucky stars it didn't end up being 52/48 at any point |
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8 Mar 2019, 18:55 (Ref:3889210) | #134 | |
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Ah but did I say UK motorsport?
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I seem to recall much bellyaching about the Seat TDi but not much (if anything) about BMW and RWD. I know BMW used to moan about their 5 speed and the ratios they had to use compared to the FWD and their 6 speed sequentials, but surely that can't be it? However that was resolved by having to have the weight penalty for running a seq box, which meant if you had a FWD with a seq box and a RWD with a 5 speed, they were almost on the same weight as the RWD was heavier anyway, but for a long time they stuck with the 5 speed dog box and lower weight. |
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9 Mar 2019, 00:26 (Ref:3889258) | #137 | ||
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41 days until 2019 season opener and is TCR UK in better shape than season 1? Its tough to tell.
Kent or Wilson for overall title? Presumably the overall champ will take the TCR UK Cup (for best "amateur") too? |
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9 Mar 2019, 16:46 (Ref:3889331) | #138 | ||
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9 Mar 2019, 18:02 (Ref:3889343) | #140 | |
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this is like groundhog day
who really cares what the technical difference is between the cars? the point is that the BTCC with their ngtc regulations have been hugely successful in the uk and tcr just isnt and thats really all there is to it Last edited by touring fan01; 9 Mar 2019 at 18:08. |
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9 Mar 2019, 19:06 (Ref:3889347) | #141 | |
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and if those idiots in sweden only adopted NGTC when they had the chance
instead they got those stupid french Solution F silouttes and we all know how it turned out ... |
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9 Mar 2019, 19:59 (Ref:3889353) | #142 | ||
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So are there going to be more cars than I have fingers?
Or will it be a case of not enough cars to dish out 3 plastic trophies to after the race? I attended a number of these meets out of hope - maybe it was morbid curiosity - but never again. Stand around and see 2 or 3 cars vaguely racing every minute and a bit plus some dodos with equivalent skill as me - i.e. none to speak of. More entertaining watching a track day at the Nurburgring! |
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It was something that if BMW had bad weekend, they complained about FWD cars and vice versa. And situation become lot worse when they let SEAT run turbo diesel cars. |
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UK have rich motorsport history and no matter the cost you will always have lot of teams that want's to compete in UK top series. Imagine they introduced NGTC for ETCC (instead of TCR), they wouldn't have 10 cars on grid... |
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10 Mar 2019, 18:58 (Ref:3889500) | #145 | |
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Well people have their own opinion, that’s what we are here for. NGTC is still doing well despite suggestions of other regulations coming in
And it’s gone so well we’ve got a good grid this season You can’t compare it to TCR Europe |
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10 Mar 2019, 19:31 (Ref:3889522) | #146 | ||
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Silverstone National, March 16th. Some marshals have had instructions from BRSCC for the following date regarding TCR UK. Media test day?
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10 Mar 2019, 19:47 (Ref:3889527) | #147 | ||
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March 16th? Thats a Saturday and according to silverstone website there is no race or testing booked in for then. Might be worth a trip down to see whats going on.
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10 Mar 2019, 19:53 (Ref:3889532) | #148 | |
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10 Mar 2019, 20:05 (Ref:3889534) | #149 | ||
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Could be another taster day?
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10 Mar 2019, 20:27 (Ref:3889538) | #150 | ||
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Apparently it's a misprint on an unrelated BRSCC event. Shambles from top to bottom it seems.
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