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3 Apr 2024, 11:16 (Ref:4203725) | #2701 | |
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It's something you see every weekend in club racing at every track on TSL. "Car number XX please fit a working transponder." It's a five minute job. That they haven't sorted it seems like a choice.
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3 Apr 2024, 11:46 (Ref:4203727) | #2702 | |
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I hate to be the guy with the tin foil hat but I did wonder that earlier. It's Thompson's first time in the car and it was a late call up so lots of interest in how he does. Give him the morning session without published times to get him up to speed and away from scrutiny, just as would have happened if he had at an earlier test day.
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3 Apr 2024, 12:12 (Ref:4203729) | #2703 | |
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https://x.com/naparacinguk/status/17...T11pmdgnSSDQzA
Seems the side intakes have now disappeared from the front of the Focus. |
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3 Apr 2024, 12:27 (Ref:4203730) | #2704 | |
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Horrid weather windy rain etc !!
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3 Apr 2024, 13:29 (Ref:4203734) | #2705 | ||
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Does anyone know why Halstead has been black flagged?
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3 Apr 2024, 13:36 (Ref:4203735) | #2706 | |
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Anybody running the hybrid system yet?
I know last year most teams started testing without them. |
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3 Apr 2024, 14:00 (Ref:4203737) | #2707 | |
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According to the video Bobby's put on Instagram he's not running hybrid hence why no times on TSL.
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3 Apr 2024, 14:47 (Ref:4203739) | #2708 | ||
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I see they are experimenting with using electric power on the way to the grid again. Which is what a test day is for.
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3 Apr 2024, 15:00 (Ref:4203740) | #2709 | |
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3 Apr 2024, 15:11 (Ref:4203742) | #2710 | |
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Thought a lot of the teams were very un-fan friendly today with the garage doors at the rear remaining closed… maybe it was to do with the weather, but Speedworks manages to give the public a glimpse of inside the garage.
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3 Apr 2024, 15:55 (Ref:4203749) | #2711 | |
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Trouble is on test days, Media Day etc some fans think it's OK to just wander in and out of garages, don't blame teams for wanting a bit of privacy (and security)
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3 Apr 2024, 16:51 (Ref:4203751) | #2712 | ||
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I know it doesn't mean much at this stage but interesting to see Hill, Huff, Morgan and Cookie with the four best times.
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3 Apr 2024, 17:16 (Ref:4203753) | #2713 | |
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3 Apr 2024, 17:33 (Ref:4203755) | #2714 | ||
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3 Apr 2024, 17:36 (Ref:4203756) | #2715 | |
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I really feel for Daryl , he's clearly a talented driver at a young age but he's being completely messed about already before the season starts. Shame he couldn't have landed somewhere else on the grid but if the deal is that him and his family are still owed money from last season I understand it from a moral perspective.
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3 Apr 2024, 19:24 (Ref:4203768) | #2716 | ||
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3 Apr 2024, 20:19 (Ref:4203773) | #2717 | |
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There's more to it than just 'haven't put the car together yet'. Other teams have already started testing and they haven't even got 1 car built, hardly a great start to the season is it? Can you imagine Sutton or Ingram having to sit out the first official test session because their car wasn't put together yet?
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4 Apr 2024, 07:26 (Ref:4203801) | #2718 | |
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The reasons why Tony Gilham and / or Team Hard should not have been allowed back in this year are well documented and plentiful.
I imagine as the days / weeks tick by, we’ll start to see that a lot of those reasons were well justified. It’s just a circus. ‘We’ve learned our lesson from running 6 cars and getting burned so we are just gonna run 2’ - they can’t even get that right. It’s a shambles. |
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4 Apr 2024, 09:39 (Ref:4203811) | #2720 | |
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Great to have the cars out running. Nice to see Bobby T get a runout in the Beemer, we’ll wait to see if he is announced for the team.
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4 Apr 2024, 11:38 (Ref:4203824) | #2722 | |
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https://www.autosport.com/btcc/news/...-test/10594743
Autosport have a good summary of yesterday's test. One interesting line is "the WSR BMW of Bobby Thompson, on board for the test only at this point, was not timed because it is not fitted with the Cosworth electric hybrid system, but Autosport understands that even without this he set a lap that would have placed him inside the top 10." |
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4 Apr 2024, 12:07 (Ref:4203831) | #2723 | |
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Fingers crossed they can have the car built and out on track at Croft. Bearing in mind they couldn't have it ready for a test less than a mile from their premises, I won't hold my breath.
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4 Apr 2024, 12:25 (Ref:4203836) | #2725 | |
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I wouldn’t be surprised to see Bobby in that car, he seems to be the No 1 candidate at this stage
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