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6 Jan 2018, 14:45 (Ref:3791002) | #1051 | ||
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Goff on Twitter - "Still pushing hard to be back out on the @DunlopBTCC grid for this year 👀 #JG31 #BTCC"
Whorton-Eales in reply - "You and me both 😞" So if AMD are going to announce their drivers next week - assuming that means all their drivers - it doesn't look like AWE will be there. |
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I’d expect to see the likes of Tordoff, Plato & Huff in the ‘manufacture’ supported seats, but then it depends how badly they want to race in the series this year?
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MGs. Surprised if they do run under MG Motor as the latest info which hasn't been released yet is that Matthew Cheyne and his Sales & marketing team have left the MG Motor with no replacements in place.
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6 Jan 2018, 22:47 (Ref:3791084) | #1055 | ||
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More fuel to a non-existant fire? The most recent Triple Eight Race Engineering team principal no longers lists that job rolejob on his Facebook account, I’m fairly sure it had said that position just before Christmas when I looked as the first 888 rumbles began.
Probably something over nothing but vaguely noteworthy? Related to a possibleAMD/888 tieup: http://i.cubeupload.com/ct0xuT.jpeg |
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7 Jan 2018, 11:47 (Ref:3791168) | #1058 | |
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Really 888 became a 2nd BMR team in 2017 just to keep the works MGs going. So it's gonna be interesting to see what happens to the team now, especially if there is a tie up with AMD
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7 Jan 2018, 21:50 (Ref:3791260) | #1059 | |
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I don't think the AmD announcement will be for anything greater than the two Audis, and Epps definitely isn't going to be driving one of them.
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8 Jan 2018, 10:02 (Ref:3791337) | #1061 | |
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http://www.btcc.net/2018/01/08/amdtu...melt-for-2018/ Also note the official article states "Further details on AmDTuning’s 2018 racing programme will be revealed in the coming weeks." now surely if it was not BTCC related they would have no need to slip that line in there. Also article seems to be written in a way that makes it look like they will not only be using the Audis Last edited by Ry44; 8 Jan 2018 at 10:18. |
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8 Jan 2018, 10:06 (Ref:3791338) | #1062 | ||
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Ollie Jackson and Sam Smelt are in the Audi's - http://www.btcc.net/2018/01/08/amdtu...melt-for-2018/
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8 Jan 2018, 10:21 (Ref:3791341) | #1063 | |
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AMD should put on their Audi
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8 Jan 2018, 10:51 (Ref:3791346) | #1065 | ||
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For anyone who cares - my predictions (or maybe just hopes) for driver line-ups this year. If it's anything like my previous guesses please assume this to all be horribly wrong!
Honda / Dynamics - Civic - Shedden, Neal BMW / WSR - 1 Series - Turkington, Rob Collard, Jordan Subaru / BMR - Levorg - Sutton, Plato, Proctor Vauxhall / PMR - Astra - Newsham, Tordoff AmD - S3 - Jackson, Smelt AmD 888 - MG - Cook, Cammish HMS - Giulietta - Austin Speedworks - New model - Ingram, Epps Ciceley / Laser - A Class - Morgan, Moffat BTC - Civic - Smiley, Butcher Eurotech - Civic - Goff, Brett Smith, Simpson Motorbase - Focus - Chilton, Jackson, Davenport Maximum - Focus - Whorton-Eales HARD / Brisky - CC - Hill, Bushell, Thompson, Caine = hopefully 32 |
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8 Jan 2018, 11:18 (Ref:3791350) | #1066 | |
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The key thing about today's AMD Audi announcement is a pre-season testing programme. Could be a big boon for the team if Smelt brings some sponsorship funding helping towards the costs.
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8 Jan 2018, 11:50 (Ref:3791357) | #1067 | ||
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Yes Bob, pre-season testing at AmD. I think that is a luxury they haven't had previously.
Didn't see Sam Smelt coming (quite a few drivers in F4 probably thought that when he passed them 😀!) Big step for the young man, as Senna Proctor (and Max in F1) have proven age and experience aren't a necessity. Good luck to Sam, Shaun and the team. Nice to see Ollie back for some continuity as well - a slow burner but gets better and better. Pity about AWE but I think he has found - like Mike Bushell previously - that BTCC budgets are a big ask. Hopefully he'll run Clios if BTCC isn't going to happen for him. I wonder what other surprises are heading our way? |
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8 Jan 2018, 12:14 (Ref:3791359) | #1069 | |
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I seem to recall Ollie Jackson posting on another forum last year that he was hopeful for a much stronger pre-season program this year. Glad he's got it, I think he's been doing a good job helping to develop that car.
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8 Jan 2018, 12:28 (Ref:3791361) | #1070 | |
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How the heck did Smelt get his licence upgraded so quickly ?
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8 Jan 2018, 14:09 (Ref:3791371) | #1071 | |
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8 Jan 2018, 14:52 (Ref:3791379) | #1074 | ||
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Turned into a list of what I'd most like to see than a list of what is most likely to happen!
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8 Jan 2018, 16:36 (Ref:3791392) | #1075 | ||
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I'm leaning towards Sutton, Cole and Price all continuing at BMR. Genuinely no idea if there will be three or four cars.
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