BTCC 2019 season discussion, News and Rumours! - Page 133

Robin Marriott · 29 Jan 2019, 16:16 (Ref:3880450)

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Interesting post from Brands Hatch

Edit - odd coincidence looking at Nic’s Instagram... his girlfriend is called Sophie Hamshere, Jack Goff’s is called Sophie Hampshire, that can’t happen every often in a race series?

touring fan01 · 29 Jan 2019, 16:38 (Ref:3880455)

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Originally Posted by Robin Marriott

Interesting post from Brands Hatch

whats interesting?
nic announced before xmas he was doing btcc.
we are just waiting to find out which team.

Evantra · 29 Jan 2019, 17:02 (Ref:3880465)

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Originally Posted by touring fan01

whats interesting?
nic announced before xmas he was doing btcc.
we are just waiting to find out which team.

I don't belive it was ever more than him saying he hoped to be on the grid this year (or something like that) before. This pretty much seems to confirm it and as we know it looks most likely to be with Motorbase.

I've mentioned my thoughts before so won't repeat myself, but will be (pleasantly) surprised to see him scoring many points this year.

Robin Marriott · 29 Jan 2019, 17:05 (Ref:3880467)

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Originally Posted by touring fan01

whats interesting?
nic announced before xmas he was doing btcc.
we are just waiting to find out which team.

It’s interesting in the fact that it’s been removed immediately after posting.

JDMROB · 29 Jan 2019, 17:11 (Ref:3880471)

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Originally Posted by Robin Marriott

Edit - odd coincidence looking at Nic’s Instagram... his girlfriend is called Sophie Hamshere, Jack Goff’s is called Sophie Hampshire, that can’t happen every often in a race series?

Wow we really are struggling for material this silly season

Alfisti · 29 Jan 2019, 18:24 (Ref:3880480)

Two blokes have a girlfriend with a similar name. Wowzers. In other news they both have a house they live in. With doors and windows and stuff.

That Unicorn is in fact the cladding on JPs new build Kia; by being cunningly disguised as a Unicorn floating in a paddling pool it's throwing you all off the scent. It's JP working on the wet weather setup.

Robshillito1990 · 29 Jan 2019, 19:23 (Ref:3880494)

Well the fact he was at brands hatch kind of suggests he's visited Motorbase too as they're only just up the road.

Alfisti · 29 Jan 2019, 19:37 (Ref:3880498)

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Originally Posted by Robshillito1990

Well the fact he was at brands hatch kind of suggests he's visited Motorbase too as they're only just up the road.

Well he might have nipped a bit further up t'road to #ShakeWithShaun 😉

Robin Marriott · 29 Jan 2019, 19:41 (Ref:3880500)

Well I do apologise for posting something driver related which I found mildly less dull than the ‘nothing’ of late

forgive me for thinking it would be ok.

Evantra · 29 Jan 2019, 19:41 (Ref:3880501)

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Originally Posted by Alfisti

Two blokes have a girlfriend with a similar name. Wowzers. In other news they both have a house they live in. With doors and windows and stuff.

Literally just a coincedence he noticed..? Some of us find that interseting, no need for sarcastic responses...

Anyway, things should hopefully be picking up soon! It seems a few drivers / drivers seem to have announcements lined up early Feb.

btccbloke · 29 Jan 2019, 21:41 (Ref:3880516)

maybe she left Jack for Nic as she will only date guys with BTCC drives?

Wow we really are scraping at the gossip barrel now haha

mprmke · 29 Jan 2019, 22:36 (Ref:3880522)

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Originally Posted by Robshillito1990

Well the fact he was at brands hatch kind of suggests he's visited Motorbase too as they're only just up the road.

Seeing as he signed for Motorbase at least 6 weeks ago, I’m sure he’s been there a fair bit!

btccbloke · 29 Jan 2019, 23:01 (Ref:3880528)

We should get the BTC Smiley & Cole announcement this week which pretty much leaves us pondering Josh Cook till media day

fer312t · 30 Jan 2019, 06:04 (Ref:3880547)

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Originally Posted by Robin Marriott

Well I do apologise for posting something driver related which I found mildly less dull than the ‘nothing’ of late

forgive me for thinking it would be ok.

No apologies necessarily, I thought it a curious and interesting factoid.

Alfisti · 30 Jan 2019, 08:43 (Ref:3880582)

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Originally Posted by btccbloke

We should get the BTC Smiley & Cole announcement this week which pretty much leaves us pondering Josh Cook till media day

Cool. I don't think PMR are planning to announce anytime soon. Possibly their and Nic H's announcements (not linked!) not coming 'til media day.

btccbloke · 30 Jan 2019, 09:14 (Ref:3880606)

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Originally Posted by Alfisti

Cool. I don't think PMR are planning to announce anytime soon. Possibly their and Nic H's announcements (not linked!) not coming 'til media day.

these 2 are playing chicken, whoever announces first - PMR with Plato or Motorbase with Hamilton will be immediately trumped same day by the other when it comes to media attention

sceptic · 30 Jan 2019, 09:25 (Ref:3880608)

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Originally Posted by mprmke

I thought Oulton Park was better last season than it has been. The other configuration would be better though, as it always used to be.

Oulton Park is most drivers' favourite track as it's so technical, but for reasons different to Thruxton, it doesn't make such a great spectacle. Great circuit to go and watch the racing live (where you're always going to be limited to what you see, but it's all about the atmosphere and the sights and the smells etc), not so great as another round on the TV.

They tried the other configuration of Oulton a few years ago.

It was universally panned, and rightly so because it was awful.

I don't recall a single change of lead in any of the races.

Finding a venue to replace Rockingham was always going to have limited possibilities:

They're not going to go to an MSV track - there are already 5 dates out of 10 on those circuit.

Knockhill and Croft are too expensive for the teams.

Silverstone doesn't have any spare dates.

Thruxton was the only real option.

But it's only a placeholder anyway.

btccbloke · 30 Jan 2019, 09:40 (Ref:3880613)

I quite enjoyed the races at the long track, but Oulton is a awkward circult anyway, it feels too small for big touring cars and GT type cars, almost like Cadwell Park

To call it (Thruxton) a placeholder suggests it may still be replaced but that isnt the case for 2019 at least so we need to just accept that its there

Mike Harte · 30 Jan 2019, 09:55 (Ref:3880616)

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Originally Posted by btccbloke

I quite enjoyed the races at the long track, but Oulton is a awkward circult anyway, it feels too small for big touring cars and GT type cars, almost like Cadwell Park

Well, it was certainly suitable in the past for the annual non-championship F1 races. Even after the changes to the circuit, it's still one of the best especially for spectators.

fer312t · 30 Jan 2019, 10:11 (Ref:3880621)

[QUOTE=btccbloke;3880613]I quite enjoyed the races at the long track, but Oulton is a awkward circult anyway, it feels too small for big touring cars and GT type cars, almost like Cadwell Park

Oulton is the best circuit in the UK imo...the just need to be running the un-chicaned layout...

yellowbeard · 30 Jan 2019, 10:24 (Ref:3880626)

They also have the Fosters shorter circuit at Oulton park, so they could do it like Brands and have one meeting using the Island circuit and a second meeting using the shorter Fosters. Oulton is one of the tracks I like to go and watch the racing trackside and it's also my goto test circuit for testing cars in sim racing, it's an absolute joy to drive (even virtually) so I'd be extremely happy with a second meeting there and I'm pretty sure the drivers would be too.

btccbloke · 30 Jan 2019, 10:35 (Ref:3880631)

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Originally Posted by Mike Harte

Well, it was certainly suitable in the past for the annual non-championship F1 races. Even after the changes to the circuit, it's still one of the best especially for spectators.

a 1960's F1 car is at least a meter shorter and 30-40cm narrower than a modern BTCC car tho, maybe its just my perception but a big part of the track seems single file vs somewhere like Brands, Snetterton or Silverstone where cars can run 2 or 3 abreast virtually all the way round

Jiiiiiiim · 30 Jan 2019, 10:36 (Ref:3880632)

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Originally Posted by Alfisti

Cool. I don't think PMR are planning to announce anytime soon. Possibly their and Nic H's announcements (not linked!) not coming 'til media day.

Nic’s announcement will be before media day.

billy bleach · 30 Jan 2019, 11:21 (Ref:3880641)

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Originally Posted by btccbloke

these 2 are playing chicken, whoever announces first - PMR with Plato or Motorbase with Hamilton will be immediately trumped same day by the other when it comes to media attention

I seriously doubt either give a t*ss about that

aland · 30 Jan 2019, 11:30 (Ref:3880646)

oulton's fosters circuit could work, also with oulton being close to manchester and liverpool. what happened this year was having to fill a date, thruxton is a barc circuit so it was really the only option. plus it avoids giving msvr almost a monopoly

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