[BTCC] BTCC 2019 - Snetterton - Rounds 16, 17, 18 + testing

[Londoner]

Originally Posted by Evantra

??? Plenty of action in that race! If it's boring then you don't have to watch.

It's only because his beloved Hondas didn't win that he's kicking off.

[mark_l]

Originally Posted by porsche962fan

love Jordan's speech ,someone who actually speaks his mind without sugar coating

It sounds like Jordan is not spouting corporate speak because Pirtek are gone for next year and so it is he.

[Akrapovic]

Originally Posted by porsche962fan

after Tingram got out of the picture it was just a procession

"After the excitement stopped, it wasn't exciting"

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by porsche962fan

after Tingram got out of the picture it was just a procession

Except that every place from 6th onwards changed on more than one occasion on the laps after Ingram lost the lead.

[HopAlong]

That was a clear example of a race that would have been better with one tyre, Ingram without the issue would have been able to hang on better and Sutton could have been up there, what could Cammish have done? instead we knew one of the BMWs on softs would win.

I honestly don't understand the CoG thing.

I understand trying to equalise the FWD/RWD starts and making the Subaru closer to a "normal" car CoG wise, so why should the Infiniti factor into that, the FWD cars don't have the CoGs equalised, so why is a rule for the Subaru now for all RWD cars?

Why is it not ok to have a CoG advantage, but you can have a better engine or a top speed advantage/disadvantage due to the body style?

[Alfisti]

Originally Posted by Evantra

This. And don't make either mandatory. Races should be won by the driver, not the tyre.

This tyre mallarky is frankly sh1te and BTCC management need to bin it. It ruins races, period.

I want to see Turks punished for banging Tingrams back end too. It was no different to what Sonic was punished for at Brands.

At least when I tune into NASCAR later for Watkins Glen they all have the same tyres. No mucking around on crap. And pretty consistent stewarding too this year so far.

[Evantra]

From TouringCars.Net -

As a result, Smiley told TouringCars.Net he feels he has no chance of keeping the Subaru Levorg behind, and is instead aiming to be “best of the rest” or at least secure a podium.

“You’re not going to win against [Ash] Sutton on the soft tyre,” said Smiley.

“There’s no point [pretending]. We’re on the hard and he’s on the soft, I think earlier it was something like a 1.7 seconds a lap faster.

“You’re never going to hold up a car with that speed differential.

Ugh.... tyres robbing us of a race.

[Matt K]

For me R2 was a good bit of racing, the action was there and I enjoyed it a lot. It doesn't have to be only about pushing, crashing and overtaking all the time to be interesting for me.

Shame for Tingram although I don't feel Turks should be punished for that move.

[RS67]

Originally Posted by Alfisti

I want to see Turks punished for banging Tingrams back end too. It was no different to what Sonic was punished for at Brands.

Tingram's car had a loss of power. He was little more than a dead duck sitting in the middle of the track. Turkington had nowhere to go.

[crmalcolm]

Last season Cammish was recognised as being quick, but it was felt by many that he lacked the experience to manage his tyres properly.
His R2 showing keeping Jordan behind suggests he may have developed in this area?

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by RS67

Tingram's car had a loss of power.

Do you have a source for this information? I have seen reference to him losing power, but nothing confirming whether this occurred before or after the incident with Turkington.

[Evantra]

Originally Posted by crmalcolm

Do you have a source for this information? I have seen reference to him losing power, but nothing confirming whether this occurred before or after the incident with Turkington.

Tom said it happened about 2 laps before losing the lead when he was interviewed by Louise.

[RS67]

Originally Posted by crmalcolm

Do you have a source for this information? I have seen reference to him losing power, but nothing confirming whether this occurred before or after the incident with Turkington.

Post race interview with Louise.

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by Evantra

Tom said it happened about 2 laps before losing the lead when he was interviewed by Louise.

Originally Posted by RS67

Post race interview with Louise.

Thanks - hadn't caught that interview.

[Akrapovic]

Tim Harvey is such a cop-out. "Difficult to see if there was any pushing".

There was. And it's getting boring. Twice today.

[Londoner]

Plato leads! I imagine a certain member of the forum is most displeased with this chain of events.

[Akrapovic]

Tim: They both ran in a bit deep.

Driver A could drive straight into the door of Driver B and Tim would say "Well we'll have to wait and see some replays to see if there was contact".

[Evantra]

In related news, Jack Young loses his second Clio win of the day for driving into Max Coates at every opportunity.

[Evantra]

Please, please let someone knock Plato off...

[Akrapovic]

Tim: Credit to Jason for not hitting him! Oh he's hit him!

Aye very good.

[Akrapovic]

The real skill here appears to be how hard can you hit the car in front without attracting the attention of the stewards.

[Evantra]

Excellent.

[Londoner]

Bahahahaha. That was an amazing battle while it lasted.

[swooshiain]

Well, that seemed fairly inevitable. Going to be a lot of angry words after this one.

[Evantra]

Butcher, you legend...