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Old 7 Jun 2018, 18:24 (Ref:3827453)   #851
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That might have made sense when it was a manufacturer-driven series (wanting to promote their brands in Asia etc), however the WTCR no longer has works teams taking part, so why the big push for China?
Just as a theory - maybe Eurosport signed a long term contract with Ningbo in WTCC days so they had to keep it for this year?

Agree, 3 rounds in China for a 10-round calendar is way too much.
Circuit choice in 2018 is actually awful for truly good racing.

Surprised Hyundai hasn't pushed for a Korean round yet.
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Old 8 Jun 2018, 18:39 (Ref:3827710)   #852
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China and US is where the big money is. Not old and decadent Europe. US doesn't give a crap about European based racing series and China is still a market to explore. Eurosport Events follows the money. I can't see Brands Hatch or Imola opening the cheque book to host WTCR events anymore.
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Old 10 Jul 2018, 15:50 (Ref:3835914)   #853
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https://www.touringcartimes.com/2018...bidelli-split/

Team Mulsanne announce Gianni Morbidelli split
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Old 10 Jul 2018, 16:17 (Ref:3835916)   #854
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Morbidelli is better than that car.

$5 on Aiden Moffat in the seat?
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Old 10 Jul 2018, 17:50 (Ref:3835935)   #855
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i think it’s fair to say that car is a pile of c**p
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Old 10 Jul 2018, 18:51 (Ref:3835940)   #856
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maybe Gio should split too ?
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Old 10 Jul 2018, 21:14 (Ref:3835965)   #857
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Morbidelli is better than that car.

Morbidelli didn't impress anyway.


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$5 on Aiden Moffat in the seat?

How much will Aiden bring to the team?
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Old 11 Jul 2018, 06:57 (Ref:3836007)   #858
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I talked to Giovanardi during races at WTCR.

He said "if FIA allow us to re-project the car" couple of times.

Giovanardi knows how to develop great car, and because of freezed homologation, Romeo Ferraris is stuck with this 'creation' until 2019.
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Old 11 Jul 2018, 08:36 (Ref:3836016)   #859
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Morbidelli didn't impress anyway.
And Gio did...?
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Old 11 Jul 2018, 09:35 (Ref:3836022)   #860
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Giovanardi knows how to develop great car
He knew, but that is a long time ago. Times have changed drastically since then, so to me he has to prove himself again. I have the feeling time has caught up with him and he hasn't proven me wrong yet in both BTCC and WTCR.
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Old 11 Jul 2018, 12:05 (Ref:3836054)   #861
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He knew, but that is a long time ago. Times have changed drastically since then, so to me he has to prove himself again. I have the feeling time has caught up with him and he hasn't proven me wrong yet in both BTCC and WTCR.
Agreed. Time is marching on.
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Old 11 Jul 2018, 18:46 (Ref:3836122)   #862
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The substitute for Morbidelli is Kevin Ceccon. Terrible.
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Old 11 Jul 2018, 19:59 (Ref:3836141)   #863
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The substitute for Morbidelli is Kevin Ceccon. Terrible.
It really doesn't make a difference who'll be in the car...
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Old 11 Jul 2018, 23:17 (Ref:3836180)   #864
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The substitute for Morbidelli is Kevin Ceccon. Terrible.
Ceccon is fast but he lacks Touring car experience. He arriving full of motivation something that Morbidelli lost long time ago.
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Old 12 Jul 2018, 19:36 (Ref:3836359)   #865
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1) Ceccon is fast
2) He arriving full of motivation something that Morbidelli lost long time ago.
1) No.
2) No, again.
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Old 13 Jul 2018, 16:53 (Ref:3836503)   #866
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Nice BoP/Compensation work on the VWs, there.
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BoP guys here have no idea what are they doing.
First they let Hyundai dominate, then they put insane amount of BoP for Zandvoort, then Huff scores 2 very close poles and now VW is dead last and Hyundai dominate again?!
In BTCC we almost always have 20+ cars in one second, and during qualifying for Paul Ricard 1000km 30 cars were in one second...
And here only 3 cars in one second and guess what they are Hyundai's, except for Bjork who didn't drive half of the session...
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Old 13 Jul 2018, 17:35 (Ref:3836511)   #868
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In BTCC playing with the boost is also terrible but still the championship is very close and there are no situations when someone dominates and next weekend is dead last. I believe BoP really sucks in WTCR.
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Old 13 Jul 2018, 18:49 (Ref:3836534)   #869
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In BTCC playing with the boost is also terrible but still the championship is very close and there are no situations when someone dominates and next weekend is dead last. I believe BoP really sucks in WTCR.
The Subaru Levorg of WTCR...!
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Old 13 Jul 2018, 19:52 (Ref:3836550)   #870
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BoP guys here have no idea what are they doing.
First they let Hyundai dominate, then they put insane amount of BoP for Zandvoort, then Huff scores 2 very close poles and now VW is dead last and Hyundai dominate again?!
In BTCC we almost always have 20+ cars in one second, and during qualifying for Paul Ricard 1000km 30 cars were in one second...
And here only 3 cars in one second and guess what they are Hyundai's, except for Bjork who didn't drive half of the session...
You have to differentiate BoP and Compensation weight.
Compensation weight is written in the rules (although I sincerely don't understand how it is calculated).
Huff and Bennani had the change to grab a lot of points but lost it themselves. Shame that good lap worked against them.

Another thing is that BRC guys were a second faster than YMR, which is strangem, probably was due to excellent setup.

I wonder, whether Borkovic will continue to moan about BoP
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Old 13 Jul 2018, 23:14 (Ref:3836578)   #871
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3 illegal cars do not play nice for Hyundai reputation and credibility.
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Old 17 Jul 2018, 12:54 (Ref:3837111)   #872
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Interesting read — https://www.touringcartimes.com/2018...hows-slovakia/

The whole thing could blow up in their faces if the FIA and WSC are not careful.

In essence, WSC weren't/aren't very good at BoP management, the FIA then butted in with a grey-area boost rule. Now neither has the higher ground.
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Old 17 Jul 2018, 13:48 (Ref:3837128)   #873
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This reminds me of that Pau race in 2008 or 2009 when the SEAT Leon TDi was dominating everything and the FIA issued some kind of “max boost tolerance” rule (from memory it was some kind of variable which I dare say SEAT were stretching to the limit) and it resulted in SEAT basically having to run a lower boost for the first time and then they threw their toys out of the pram because Alfa, BMW Honda could actually compete.

I don't wish to labour the point and its all said and done now, but that whole SEAT TDi debacle was precisely that, a joke.
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Stefano Comini was set to drive Vukovic Renault Megane in WTCR, but the car wasn't ready (like it's ready now )
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Old 18 Jul 2018, 10:55 (Ref:3837285)   #875
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The whole thing could blow up in their faces if the FIA and WSC are not careful.

We may have the start of the end of WTCR era. Eurosport Events and WSC are together in same ship but they are not the best friends. False information is easy to get removed. The truth is a lot harder.
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