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Yeah there is the minimum amount of aero in BTCC, might be a bit of a shock for Rick when he first drives one, but he should get there eventually
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The guy has 2 championships to his name - much more success than many others on the grid....
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Is there a Media Day event planned this year? Even one behind closed doors.
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So a strange off-season is drawing to a close.
We haven't seen anywhere neat the normal amount of wild speculation, or of assertions of drivers/teams signing that turn out to be untrue as previous seasons, and nearly all of the deals seem to have been wrapped up fairly smoothly. There are only a couple of seats still to be revealed, and word is that only one seat is not secured with three months until the wheels turn in anger.
So for the one seat that is still to be secured, which one will it be? And how tempting is it*? Dynamics - having to race alongside Cammish who has built an experience with the car/team, and challenged for the title twice in a row and established himself as #1 in the team. PMR - having to race alongside Plato, clear #1 driver. HARD. - having to take on a new car with minimal development. Arguably, HARD. could be the best option. Less expectation, and little to lose and plenty to gain reputation wise. * I appreciate all BTCC seats are tempting, but drivers have a different perspective to the rest of us * |
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24 Feb 2021, 13:15 (Ref:4036637) | #2257 | |
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Where does the 'deal being done' speculation about Senna Proctor come from? I haven't heard about this before.
I think this should confirm that Rowbottom is on the grid: https://danielrowbottom.com/ (unless it is a fake website, of course, but I don't think it is). This is most likely Team Dynamics, as Autosport is usually very reliable. Nic Hamilton should be as good as confirmed at HARD. That leaves Power Maxed Racing seat as the only one that is unconfirmed. If the speculation about Proctor is true, that he must be going to Power Maxed. If not, I think Bobby Thompson is the other most likely contender for the seat. |
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Why HARD. and not another team? Proctor stating his deal was done happened months before PMR still stated they are trying to sign a driver. |
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But then it doesn't fit, because we know Rowbo, Proctor and Hamilton are all on the grid as they have all sort of confirmed that they have signed a deal, and none of them are at Power Maxed because they haven't signed a driver yet. Maybe we are misunderstanding one of those three drivers, or Power Maxed have just been lying to us all this time. |
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24 Feb 2021, 14:57 (Ref:4036664) | #2261 | |
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I hope Thompson doesn't miss out this season. He did okay in the Audi last season, despite it not being a particularly good car and he was looking a lot better in the races before his accident.
Worse drivers than him have had opportunities in decent cars (and yes, I know how the BTCC works in terms of the business side of things being more important than having talent or experience but doesn't make it right) Last edited by WestHam92; 24 Feb 2021 at 15:05. |
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I think lying is the wrong term here - it's possible that they had a driver signed and subsequently the commercials have changed and it's no longer viable so they have a free seat again. Before last season they had 2 drivers signed and neither raced for them - possibly the same situation again for the remaining seat.
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Or the first seat...
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Fair point! Who wants to put a pound on Plato being in the other Dynamics seat?
In other BTCC news Cicely have been testing the 1 series again at Donington whilst Motorbase have been at Snetterton with 2 Focus (Foci, Focuses, Focussssss). Have to say the 1 series looks good in the plain black wrap - you can see why they got rid of the gold! |
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(Hamilton in a Civic, Rowbottom in a Cupra, Proctor's deal was struck by COVID). Foci - it's a countable noun. |
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This is broken down as being between 22.3 and 24.5 N lift at the front, and -247.8 and -272.2 N lift at the rear. In comparison, the R8 LMS GT3 is reported as generating -2762.70 N overall lift (or -281.62 kg) at 180kph. ** Disclaimer - the NGTC figures are from MIRA, the R8 figures are from simulated CFD ** |
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It was an act that got slightly out of hand when personal insults got thrown around but you can see from recent times and interviews that they both hold them memories very fondly. Still think it will be a shame if Matt bows out from the series so quietly with little fuss.
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Autosport magazine today (25/2/21) suggesting PMR seat is “going the way” of Bobby T.
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