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Wrong, in taking the place | 104 | 83.87% | |
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18 Apr 2012, 15:42 (Ref:3061548) | #376 | ||
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Sheddon was off the racing line and on a defensive line, so he was bound to brake earlier in order to make the corner. It does not alter the facts, and does not give Plato an excuse for his actions.
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18 Apr 2012, 18:44 (Ref:3061627) | #377 | ||
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I do find it odd that he likes infer that there is something wrong with defensive driving. I thought it was a skill? I thought that being able to place a slower car, in order to stop a faster car passing, was all part of racing and race craft? I guess it becomes pointless though, if all one needs to do is nerf the defensive driver off line in order to pass.
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18 Apr 2012, 18:55 (Ref:3061637) | #378 | ||
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18 Apr 2012, 19:29 (Ref:3061646) | #379 | ||
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Neal brakes too early...
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18 Apr 2012, 21:03 (Ref:3061702) | #380 | ||
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That's absolutely nothing like what happened Sunday!
Agree on Neal braking too early tho. Big wuss. |
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23 Apr 2012, 20:35 (Ref:3064498) | #382 | |
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I have just returned from overseas and iPlayed the races to date.
Having raced against both Plato and Matt I am afraid that it's time to lift their licences away. Gratuitous violence has no part in sport and particularly Jason's case, he should be banned for a season. Anyone who has sat through many many driver's briefings listening to the CoC telling you that this is a "none contact sport" just fumes at the nonsense of "just a racing incident" decisions. Jason please go to stock car racing, it's more your scene! |
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24 Apr 2012, 12:21 (Ref:3064840) | #385 | ||
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24 Apr 2012, 14:26 (Ref:3064924) | #386 | ||
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He's here all week, get your CD at the door.
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24 Apr 2012, 17:50 (Ref:3065036) | #387 | |
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I must say that I find Plato's driving to show moments of pure genius and his race craft is often spectacular, but he then ruins it when his massive ego takes over and he resorts to underhand and down right dirty driving, and his holier than thou interviews make my toes curl!
I also find it disappointing that his championship wins have either been taken via a dodgy move (remember Muller at Silverstone?) or his team mates have had to give places to help him. As far as I know he has never had a a championship where he has driven his way to the title on his own... Its also interesting that most of the BTCC champions move on to the European stage but when Plato had the opportunity he blotted his copy book and has never been back. The bloke is a menace and needs a proper sanction to curb his behaviour, but as long as Gow and ITV add fuel to the fire I'm afraid it wont stop until he kills or seriously injures himself or another competitor, and if we see one more shot of his dad, mum or wife as he's just about to overtake someone I swear that I will track down the producer of the show and ram a cone up his ****!! |
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24 Apr 2012, 18:20 (Ref:3065056) | #388 | |
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He has won a lot of races, in fact more than anyone else, so he must be doing something right
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24 Apr 2012, 18:28 (Ref:3065069) | #389 | ||
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Also a lot of the wins were gifted by better team mates somewhere along the line...or given through the non application of a penalty when a dodgy move had occurred... Last edited by alfa_155; 24 Apr 2012 at 18:36. |
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24 Apr 2012, 18:32 (Ref:3065075) | #390 | ||
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The next round is Thruxton, right? It would be poetic justice if someone tipped him on the inside rear corner as he went into Church, and sent him barrel-rolling into the countryside.
What goes around, comes around, and if you are content to live by the sword, you can hardly complain if you find that fellow competitors are sharpening their cutlery as well. |
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24 Apr 2012, 18:37 (Ref:3065080) | #391 | ||
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Maybe the other drivers should have a little competition to see if they can nerf him just right to hit that marshal post in the middle of nowhere on the inside of Church.
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24 Apr 2012, 18:50 (Ref:3065086) | #392 | ||
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I realise the BTCC lives on the excitement and mayhem, but when other series with the same mentality see drivers behaving the same way, they generally come down harder than Plato has recevied. Even NASCAR takes a harder line onpenalities for deliberately causing accidents, if not in terms of stopping them outright.
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24 Apr 2012, 22:34 (Ref:3065187) | #393 | ||
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Contact is unnecessary. Deliberate contact more so. Planned deliberate contact... well, you know. "Have at them, boys" didn't work very well did it? Yep. Sense of humour failure here. |
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24 Apr 2012, 23:12 (Ref:3065207) | #395 | ||
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I've just read a Bejing Motor Show report on the AR Online website (a very interesting website dedicated to the historical & current British Motor Industry) where they describe a new series of 'Special Edition' cars:
The BTCC editions, designed to capitalise on the marque’s current Touring Car Championship Programme, feature bold graphics with contrasting stripes and large MG logos. A more aggressive front bumper and side skirts also suitably beef-up the exterior styling. RedLine is an additional package, which introduces red interior features (including seatbelts!) and stripes. A more aggressive front bumper? How appropriate? |
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25 Apr 2012, 06:41 (Ref:3065251) | #396 | ||
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Greem, fair comments, and it certainly shouldn't be suggested in any seriousness. Funnily enough the only real reason I mention that marshal post is because I once saw a certain Mr Haynes achieve the remarkable feat of hitting it when he went off in a Porsche Classic race!
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25 Apr 2012, 10:52 (Ref:3065303) | #397 | ||
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Marshals posts always make me think of Bruce McLaren - sorry for the downer......
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25 Apr 2012, 14:03 (Ref:3065407) | #398 | |
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It's not a downer... it's a serious point. Despite the evidential malice towards Plato, Neal etc... in regards to their interpretation of 'push to pass', you will not see them deliberately stuff somebody off at a place like Church. The consequences of an off there don't bear thinking about... and Plato and Neal are very aware of this.
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25 Apr 2012, 14:55 (Ref:3065435) | #399 | |||
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25 Apr 2012, 15:09 (Ref:3065441) | #400 | |||
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Either something causes damage (or injury) or it doesn't. We can't say that the driver of a car doing 35 mph in a 30 mph limit is safe just because he doesn't have an accident no more than we can say a driver doing 30 mph is safe for the same reason. The fact is, one is braking the rules (law) and one isn't. In the case of the BTCC in general the drivers are breaking the rules by deliberately making contact with other cars, whether it be defensive or offensive. |
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