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Who was that driver who raced that Indy BMW in the 2011 WTCC and did nothing in it for the first half of the season, then got replaced by d'Aste for one race, it moved a bit further up, then Turkington had a few goes and got the car into the top 10 every time. Trying to think who it was
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That’s it, thanks. For some reason I thought he was Russian, but wasn’t sure
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Fabio Fabiani was well out of his depth as well. Usually qualified outside of 107%.
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Ian Heward at least had the excuse that his car was well past it’s sell by date
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Tony Crudgington was never the quickest
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I wonder how many of the drivers that are being listed here have some form of mitigation to justify there lack of success? I would imagine that if a proper analysis was made, and a bit of backstory given, others who may not be aware of certain drivers could make a judgement on whether the driver was really deserving of the title 'worst' - or just a victim of circumstance? (a la GP Rejects) For instance - how bad is a driver who succeeds Ayrton Senna to a title? Or that Spence was showing promise in a Touring Car, but his crash may have contributed significantly to his decision to withdraw from racing? There's a lot more discussion to be had around these drivers I feel, and look forward to reading the story behind one of these 'worst' touring car drivers - hopefully we can get there and move on from short statements into some real discussion. |
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Sometimes I think I should have called this thread worst touring cars as some drivers like Nick May and John Lepp had the misfortune of driving the Maserati Bi-Turbo of the late 80s
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Ever since this thread started I've been wondering who would be the first to mention Nick (No Gloves) May!
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Still it was a beautiful red Campari livery
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Most drivers will admit that touring car driving is a speciality of its own in the world of circuit racing. And then you get matters of set up. Some drivers have commented that the car is set up to a team-mate or predecessor's style. In the way Cammish's perceived lack of consistent pace - is that just down to TD setting up a style that suits Neal? So even when someone is highlighted here in comparison to how someone else drove the same car - is that just down to the combination of style and set up? Giovanardi looked average at first in the BTCC - so in my opinion, it is only really fair to judge a driver once they are at least mid way through their second season. |
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Steve Robertson struggled in the Mondeo. Another example of how a good many former single seater hotshoes struggled to adapt to front wheel drive tourers.
Tarquini, Alain Menu, Rickard Rydell, Laurent Aiello, Biela and to a lesser extent Kelvin Burt and Julian Bailey did very well though. |
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It was only Radisich's skill that got it into the points more often than perhaps it should have. That said the 96 Mondeo seemed to be more consistent over a race distance than the 95 Mondeo, which was a heavy tyre chewer and tended to drop down the order during the races. The 96 Mondeo didn't seem to have that problem
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Radisich had an unlucky career. Spent much of it dragging middling cars into the points, helped get Triple Eight set in Australia before being binned when they got good, then got to end it by working for a controversial boss who gave him a dung banger to drive.
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to drag this away from the BTCC again, Tim Blanchard must have the worst professional touring car gig going. Poor guy almost always coming home last. I don't know whether it's him or if he's been given a car similar to that 2013 model Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport car that trundled around last year 2017.
edit - just did my research. It's a brand new ZB but he now owns the license to compete so you'd think his seat is safe. Races -160 podiums - 0 best championship position - 21st ouch |
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