[BTCC] 2015 BTCC news & rumours

[Bramzel]

Originally Posted by 850Estate

Philistine

Just look at the images below. When the 156 came out it was really something special, a different looking beauty. This one is just more of the same with a different grille:

[FIRE]

RML wins tender for supplying parts:

http://www.touringcars.net/2015/08/r...ts-supply-deal

[porsche962fan]

hopefully there won't be again shortage of supplies , IMO no team in their right mind will want to continue with the GPRM crap

problem is this will hurt a lot of the small teams like Welch to buy new parts

[FIRE]

Originally Posted by porsche962fan

hopefully there won't be again shortage of supplies , IMO no team in their right mind will want to continue with the GPRM crap

problem is this will hurt a lot of the small teams like Welch to buy new parts

With their history I rate RML higher than GPRM, although RML had also problems supplying parts to their customers in WTCC.

[SteveLevin]

Originally Posted by Bramzel

In order to race the Alfa they could buy the Infiniti's and swap the grille, nobody will see the difference!

(Sorry, not a big fan of the anonymous styling of the new Alfa )

What's sad is that I actually thought it WAS the Infiniti for a moment and then thought "why would that be news" and then took a second look.

Steve

[jimothy84]

Originally Posted by Bramzel

Just look at the images below. When the 156 came out it was really something special, a different looking beauty. This one is just more of the same with a different grille:

Just remember, the Alfa Romeo is a lot closer to the 159/156 rear ends than the Audi is to the mid-00's design...

[Bramzel]

Your point being....?

[jimothy84]

Alfa are keeping closer to a design language they've been using than most of the others.

In my opinion, it looks a lot nicer than most of the cars in that segment.

[PeterY]

i think Alexander Sims could replace Priaulx for Rockingham, BMW factory driver and very quick

[Biscuits In A Red Bull]

Sims has both BGT and F3 commitments now, although I have no idea if they clash with Rockingham. Would be interesting...

[fergus_r]

European F3 this weekend for Sims.

[850Estate]

Sims, Zanardi, Muller, Cammish and every other big name with a minor link to the championship, or Andy, or BMW.

Nope, it's Nick Foster.

Meh.

[Jiiiiiiim]

Originally Posted by 850Estate

Sims, Zanardi, Muller, Cammish and every other big name with a minor link to the championship, or Andy, or BMW.

Nope, it's Nick Foster.

Meh.

While I can see the logic from the teams point of view and do like Nick, I cannot help feeling somewhat underwhelmed by the announcement.

[S griffin]

Originally Posted by S griffin

TOC has said he has unfinished business in the BTCC. Thommo and Jelley would be good. Or will Nick Foster come out of retirement for one race. Surprised no one has mentioned Paul O'Neill :P

Seems my hunch was right. Good choice, safe pair of hands. The fact is it costs money to get a big name

[FIRE]

Originally Posted by S griffin

Seems my hunch was right. Good choice, safe pair of hands. The fact is it costs money to get a big name

And apparently BMW doesn't care about BTCC.

[Alfisti]

Originally Posted by porsche962fan

problem is this will hurt a lot of the small teams like Welch to buy new parts

Welch's parts must be nearly new... Let's face it, the car is mostly stationery!

[850Estate]

http://www.btcccrazy.co.uk/btcc/fast...g-sponsorship/

Exocet leaving RAR, interesting to see what Rob has lined up for next season - hopefully they have more luck than Motorbase in securing a title sponsor.

[jimothy84]

Also, where that leaves them on their plans on pursuing a new car for 2016... having a sponsor in place would help that no end!

[Bramzel]

He's pushing on with the new (FWD!) car: http://www.touringcartimes.com/2015/...-sponsor-loss/

Really curious what he'll pull out of the hat, somehow he always manages to get it done!

[crmalcolm]

Team Dynamics are nearly confirmed with Honda for another 3 years.

http://www.touringcartimes.com/2015/...s-to-the-btcc/

[touringlegend]

An interesting point I picked up on in the Honda article is they are willing to spend £20,000 to get accurate TV figures.. to push on to potential sponsors.

That's when you know things are going good!

[Tja]

Originally Posted by touringlegend

An interesting point I picked up on in the Honda article is they are willing to spend £20,000 to get accurate TV figures.. to push on to potential sponsors.

That's when you know things are going good!

I'd guess Honda wanted these figures to evaluate their investment in the series. For them, a 20k investment is a lot less than another multi year deal with Team Dynamics if that doesn't reach a sufficient audience.
With Honda intending to stay for another three years and planning to introduce yet another engine for the cars, the numbers must've been fantastic though

[BillWiskins]

I guess they won't be sharing those numbers anytime, though just the fact that they seem to be very pleased and likely to stick around for another three years must be good news for every other team as well.

[auroan]

Hmmmm Plato goes and mentions on twitter that he (or his team) only paid £12K for their figures....

[VIVA GT]

Originally Posted by auroan

Hmmmm Plato goes and mentions on twitter that he (or his team) only paid £12K for their figures....

Tesco Value price figures...