[BTCC] BTCC 2020 season discussion, News and Rumours!

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by billy bleach

Where is the money to run it? If it was a new sponsor I cant see Halfords being thrilled

How do you know Halfords/Yuasa aren't involved and informed with any potential drive?

Imagine if Dynamics roll:

Originally Posted by JDMROB

out a freshly built 3rd FK8 for him at media day

then it could be a master stroke?

The Motorbase/M.Jackson situation previously suggests that both teams would have no qualms with usurping each other.
PMR thought they had the big story of the winter with M.Jackson's return.
Motorbase thought they had a bigger story with a new title sponsor / big name driver.
Dynamics upstage them both with a return to the BTCC for a 3-time champion in a brand new FK8.

I think Dynamics' sponsors would be quite happy with that publicity?

[JDMROB]

Originally Posted by crmalcolm

How do you know Halfords/Yuasa aren't involved and informed with any potential drive?

Imagine if Dynamics roll:

then it could be a master stroke?

The Motorbase/M.Jackson situation previously suggests that both teams would have no qualms with usurping each other.
PMR thought they had the big story of the winter with M.Jackson's return.
Motorbase thought they had a bigger story with a new title sponsor / big name driver.
Dynamics upstage them both with a return to the BTCC for a 3-time champion in a brand new FK8.

I think Dynamics' sponsors would be quite happy with that publicity?

This also backs up Matt Neal's interview at Autosport where he said he's working hard to help get Flash a drive. (For the season!)

[Pdh]

So is all this about motorbase having a big sponsor actually real or just a lot of people adding 2+2 and getting it completely wrong, if they had a big sponsor surely Sheddon would be signed and announced

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by Pdh

So is all this about motorbase having a big sponsor actually real or just a lot of people adding 2+2 and getting it completely wrong, if they had a big sponsor surely Sheddon would be signed and announced

Motorbase's sponsor is not linked to Shedden driving for them.

[Pdh]

Originally Posted by crmalcolm

Motorbase's sponsor is not linked to Shedden driving for them.

So your 100% sure there is a title sponsor, I guess your source has told you about it, has your source said if there is a 3rd driver signed

[Robshillito1990]

Originally Posted by JDMROB

This also backs up Matt Neal's interview at Autosport where he said he's working hard to help get Flash a drive. (For the season!)

It was mentioned earlier with a "where would the extra budget come from?!" But its Team Dynamics at the end of the day. They will have ways and means of running 3 cars. And who knows how much of a budget they actually have? I personally think it would be sufficient to cover 3 cars.

Also someone said that BTC have got the only new fk8 to be built this off season but who actually knows how many they have built? Pretty sure they could get one put together fairly quickly. Especially a team that supplies cars to other teams on the grid.

Will be very interesting that's for sure. I'd personally love to see him back in a honda because even with his 3 titles he has unfinished business in btcc. He could be the one to take it to Turkington and stop him getting to number 5 first.

[Alfisti]

Originally Posted by Pdh

So your 100% sure there is a title sponsor, I guess your source has told you about it, has your source said if there is a 3rd driver signed

100% there is a big **** off sized in your face with bells on sponsor.

Makes Shredded Wheat look small. In fairness, three of those was easy

[Nononsensecapeesh]

All of this makes for very interesting reading and lays the foundations for a great season.

[Pickles]

Originally Posted by Alfisti

Makes Shredded Wheat look small.

The bite size ones are quite small 😂

[Redshift]

Originally Posted by bella

wrong circuit

Oulton Park has a Car Testing day on the calendar for today

[Overboost]

Good to see some more Touring cars out testing this week after MB Motorsport started the trend last week.

Anyone going trackside this week? Hoping to drop into Donington Thursday as they'll be a few BTCC cars out.

[Mondeo Man33]

Tom Ingram is out at Oulton Park today

[DaviePHD]

Originally Posted by Robshillito1990

It was mentioned earlier with a "where would the extra budget come from?!" But its Team Dynamics at the end of the day. They will have ways and means of running 3 cars. And who knows how much of a budget they actually have? I personally think it would be sufficient to cover 3 cars.

Also someone said that BTC have got the only new fk8 to be built this off season but who actually knows how many they have built? Pretty sure they could get one put together fairly quickly. Especially a team that supplies cars to other teams on the grid.

Will be very interesting that's for sure. I'd personally love to see him back in a honda because even with his 3 titles he has unfinished business in btcc. He could be the one to take it to Turkington and stop him getting to number 5 first.

I'd be very surprised if Dynamics aren't always sitting with a shell built ready to accept subframes and components just in case they or BTC bend one badly.

The biggest barrier to a 3rd Dynamics entry would be a TBL (or lack thereof). Simpson were alleged to be looking to sell theirs but I just saw that here......

[Robshillito1990]

So what was it that Collard was testing today?

[Craner Curves]

Originally Posted by DaviePHD

I'd be very surprised if Dynamics aren't always sitting with a shell built ready to accept subframes and components just in case they or BTC bend one badly.

The biggest barrier to a 3rd Dynamics entry would be a TBL (or lack thereof). Simpson were alleged to be looking to sell theirs but I just saw that here......

Exactly. Remember the big crash in 07 when Neal had his car destroyed beyond repair.

[andrewc]

Originally Posted by Pickles

The bite size ones are quite small 😂

I was hoping they would sponsor a Ginetta Junior car in Shredded Wheat bite size livery.

[Crazyknight]

Originally Posted by Robshillito1990

So what was it that Collard was testing today?

Our patience?

[Nononsensecapeesh]

Originally Posted by Crazyknight

Our patience?

That's a good way of putting it, same could be said for Motorbase.

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by Nononsensecapeesh

That's a good way of putting it, same could be said for Motorbase.

[Crazyknight]

Wonder if motorbase haven’t announced yet because it was supposed to be flash, but the Neil’s have come along offering a new FK8 and left motorbase shafted for a 3rd driver at the last min, I know if I had those options who I’d be racing for anyway

[Nononsensecapeesh]

Originally Posted by Crazyknight

Wonder if motorbase haven’t announced yet because it was supposed to be flash, but the Neil’s have come along offering a new FK8 and left motorbase shafted for a 3rd driver at the last min, I know if I had those options who I’d be racing for anyway

Interesting theory, you could be right there....

[Pickles]

The Shedden/Motorbase rumours were circulating early on, there must've been some truth in it even if its now not happening

[S griffin]

Flash has admitted he would like to come back now Audi have left him on the sidelines. Suddenly him going to Simpson racing makes sense

[Crazyknight]

If Simpson’s car/tbl were up for sale and dynamics have bought both it makes sense to me to have flash be testing the car in place of Neal, if he wasn’t looking at a come back surely it would be easier/cheaper for them to get one of his kids in to get the testing done while giving them more experience

But then again we could all be barking up the wrong tree and flash ends up doing nothing more than turn up at knockhill with his role there for the season and does nothing else

[RS67]

Originally Posted by Crazyknight

Wonder if motorbase haven’t announced yet because it was supposed to be flash, but the Neil’s have come along offering a new FK8 and left motorbase shafted for a 3rd driver at the last min, I know if I had those options who I’d be racing for anyway

Why have Motorbase got to make an announcement yet? Still a few more weeks until Media Day, there's no need for any rush. They could leave their driver and sponsor reveal until that day if they wish.