BTCC 2010 rumour mill - Page 30

James Mappin · 8 Feb 2010, 15:39 (Ref:2629326)

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Originally Posted by Craner Curves

I like that. Perhaps to expand on the idea, they could give the SP cars a head start of one lap on the touring cars, meaning they could technically win a race outright, but not really. Then when the new rules kick in, then get rid of it and refuse to acknowledge that it actually existed?

Did you actually read that efore you clicked post? I'm going to take it as sarcasm anyway.

'10-'13 are transition periods. Were just going to have to grin and bear it till it all levels off in 2013. Going to be some great racing though.

Also take a look at http://www.nickleason.com.

Aunt Sally · 8 Feb 2010, 17:12 (Ref:2629383)

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Originally Posted by James Mappin

Also take a look at http://www.nickleason.com.

Old news! Did you read it?

Bottom line, he wants to go Touring car racing... But he is still looking for sponsors to pay for it!!!! One of so many drivers.

Are you going to write a story about it?

tin-top fan · 8 Feb 2010, 17:33 (Ref:2629397)

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Originally Posted by Aunt Sally

Old news! Did you read it?

Bottom line, he wants to go Touring car racing... But he is still looking for sponsors to pay for it!!!! One of so many drivers.

Are you going to write a story about it?

That would just be 'crazy

**touringlegend** · 9 Feb 2010, 12:30 (Ref:2629830)

Andy Neate confirmed for a BMW I've read on the Ford Racing UK site (He was Fiesta champion a few years back..). Assuming WSR?

Jamesy-18 · 9 Feb 2010, 16:16 (Ref:2629960)

Best of luck to him if it's true. I doubt many people would complain at the sight of him winning a race or two.

trebor901 · 9 Feb 2010, 22:37 (Ref:2630256)

will be great to see Andy Neate back behind the wheel of a race car and in BTCC, hope he can be quick from the off

Spaced Invader · 10 Feb 2010, 00:01 (Ref:2630294)

andy neate is one guy that really, really deserves a bit of glory. best of luck to him.

Robin_D · 10 Feb 2010, 00:38 (Ref:2630313)

So all this about Andy not racing again after being unbelievably lucky after his 2008 incident has now gone out the window?

Fair play to him I guess, I hope he get's on ok.

cmk · 10 Feb 2010, 03:31 (Ref:2630374)

I think that, if things are similar to the way they were as he recovered from the accident, he's taking quite the risk by getting back into the cockpit. I guess his family is ok with it?

I wish him all the best and no shunts!

redshoes · 10 Feb 2010, 13:27 (Ref:2630602)

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Originally Posted by Aunt Sally

Are you going to write a story about it?

Looks like that's a 'yes'.

Never let the lack of any facts or even evidence get in the way of writing a story.

Aunt Sally · 10 Feb 2010, 16:52 (Ref:2630722)

As it has been confirmed on the highly informative and repected forum, Ford Racing UK.

A story about Andy Neate will be forthcoming as well??

touring fan01 · 10 Feb 2010, 17:20 (Ref:2630739)

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Originally Posted by Aunt Sally

As it has been confirmed on the highly informative and repected forum, Ford Racing UK.

A story about Andy Neate will be forthcoming as well??

No doubt TcT will make a big story on it. Then retract it.

Hazard · 10 Feb 2010, 18:37 (Ref:2630796)

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Originally Posted by touring fan01

No doubt TcT will make a big story on it. Then retract it.

I think you're getting your websites mixed up?

RML retracted an official release - as did Tom Coronel. What's this got to do with TcT?

Craner Curves · 10 Feb 2010, 19:06 (Ref:2630821)

As for the big news. I know what I'd like to see. The return of the One Shot Showdown. It'd liven up Saturday's proceedings somewhat, as 30 min straight qualifying sessions are quite dull and never come alive until the final minutes sometimes.

**FIRE** · 10 Feb 2010, 19:23 (Ref:2630834)

What's One Shot Showdown? Each driver only 1 lap to qualify?

PDS · 10 Feb 2010, 19:30 (Ref:2630839)

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Originally Posted by touring fan01

No doubt TcT will make a big story on it. Then retract it.

To be fair, as Hazard says, RML retracted the statement that they put on their website after they realised people actually read it!
And the Tom Coronel story was from an officially released press statement, that they then said should not have been released. Don't blame TcT for bad PR mistakes.

As for the Nick Leason story on BTCCrazy. It's not really a story, it tells me nothing. It shows they haven't spoken to the team about their plans for 2010!
So many of these web-sites are springing up promising to be different but aren't.

Only two sites apart from the official sites have survived and continue to give decent coverage of touring car racing... Touring Car Times and BTCC Pages. So, they may not be perfect, but without them most of you would now zero!

As for the big news? If it's what I think it is... Yes it will be good for the championship, but it won't be mind-boggling!

Rant over!!!

**touringlegend** · 10 Feb 2010, 19:36 (Ref:2630845)

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Originally Posted by Aunt Sally

As it has been confirmed on the highly informative and repected forum, Ford Racing UK.

A story about Andy Neate will be forthcoming as well??

Continuing with tradition, it appears this bit of Neate news has dissapeared as well...

duke_toaster · 10 Feb 2010, 19:45 (Ref:2630855)

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Originally Posted by FIRE

What's One Shot Showdown? Each driver only 1 lap to qualify?

Yes - as was used in the late 90s.

PDS · 10 Feb 2010, 19:52 (Ref:2630858)

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Originally Posted by FIRE

What's One Shot Showdown? Each driver only 1 lap to qualify?

Yes, just the top ten as they finished in qualifying.

redshoes · 10 Feb 2010, 19:57 (Ref:2630865)

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Originally Posted by PDS

Yes, just the top ten as they finished in qualifying.

It was the entire grid not just the top ten.

It was supposed to mix up the grid but I was never convinced it actually made that much difference. Apart from the odd occasion when someone put gravel on the track the results were pretty much the same as they would have been under normal qualifying.

PDS · 10 Feb 2010, 20:33 (Ref:2630890)

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Originally Posted by redshoes

It was the entire grid not just the top ten..

WAS IT???

Shows you how impressed I was with it then? Those poor spectators...

Craner Curves · 10 Feb 2010, 20:47 (Ref:2630898)

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Originally Posted by redshoes

It was the entire grid not just the top ten.

It was supposed to mix up the grid but I was never convinced it actually made that much difference. Apart from the odd occasion when someone put gravel on the track the results were pretty much the same as they would have been under normal qualifying.

Memorably Alain Menu messed up his breaking for the Club chicane at Thruxton in the first ever One Shot session and he qualified down the order as a result.

I just feel the Saturday needs something to freshen it up a little bit. Mind you, would you want to give some of the drivers down the order one lap and a clear track to go as fast as they possibly can?

Jamesy-18 · 11 Feb 2010, 08:03 (Ref:2631224)

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Originally Posted by Craner Curves

Memorably Alain Menu messed up his breaking for the Club chicane at Thruxton in the first ever One Shot session and he qualified down the order as a result.

I just feel the Saturday needs something to freshen it up a little bit. Mind you, would you want to give some of the drivers down the order one lap and a clear track to go as fast as they possibly can?

Not a fan of one shot showdown at all. It didn't work for F1, it wouldn't work for BTCC. Who wants to see one car going around doing a lap at a time? No one! If they were to spice up the qualifying for BTCC, adopt an F1 style knock-out session.

davyboy · 11 Feb 2010, 12:23 (Ref:2631347)

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Originally Posted by Jamesy-18

Not a fan of one shot showdown at all. It didn't work for F1, it wouldn't work for BTCC. Who wants to see one car going around doing a lap at a time? No one! If they were to spice up the qualifying for BTCC, adopt an F1 style knock-out session.

On the current BTCC format with 3 races and reverse grids etc..., qualifying is not as important as it is in F1 and for that reason I think there's less need to fiddle with it. What is lacking a bit is the Saturday. If you show up at a BTCC event, there's not enough racing on the Saturday and I think it might make more sense to have one or two races on the Saturday afternoon and 2 races on the Sunday afternoon. That would obviate the need for a continuous TV programme that started at 11am and finished at almost 6pm on the one day... instead it could be split into two short TV transmissions - on Saturday and Sunday. It would also mean that on track spectators could see one day at the circuit and one on TV. Just an idea.

duke_toaster · 11 Feb 2010, 16:09 (Ref:2631490)

Wouldn't that mean having the TV crew there for two days rather than one. It would have advantages, especially if it meant that live ITV1 coverage could come back ...

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