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- AJ isn't happy with the reliability of his car, AJ isn't happy being No.2 to Colin. DB wants 3 BMWs in the same livery. - Ash Sutton probably isn't happy with BMR's terrible management losing him so many points (season start, diamond double, race 2 this weekend) and the team isn't doing very well financially. - Jordan and Sutton seem to get on (both part of JRT at Goodwood Revival) - So.. for 2019 could we see the pair run under the Pirtek Racing banner as a new team (with a new car?) 2+2 = 1000, I know, but what's the harm in speculating! |
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I agree although it would need lowering quite a lot for it to work.
Seeing as the 3 is too short by quite a margin that's the only car they can enter with. Notbing wrong with speculation just felt like trying some speculation based on mutterings I've read. |
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John Thorne came up with (however advanced) plans for a Range Rover Evoque BTCC car a few years back, so not too far fetched! Personally I would rather see the MGs retired and replaced by something new for next year, but I reckon Hollamby will keep them for one final year.
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the ZS rumour did the rounds 12 months ago before it was launched. plausible but i am not sure, the MG brand is longer really sports saloons like the ZS we know, this new "thing" (sorry its one of the ugliest cars i've seen) doesn't look aerodynamic and is way too high, plus not sure its target market are into seeing them race as opposed to getting little Johnny to school safely
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How high will it be though?
Most weight is in the powertrain and subframes, and with a CoG balance calculation already in force, they could possibly run a lower ride height than others? I know it's a stretch, but not impossible surely? |
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SUV racing sounds like the sort of nonsense Clarkson & Co would do on Top Gear.
Race winning ballast gets you a ruddy great caravan hooked up for the next round. The bogey tyres will be some off road knobbly specials. Got legs this, might get more entries than TCR UK! |
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I think that AmD will sell on two cars & TBL’s & use the money to upgrade to a more proven package. |
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17 Sep 2018, 23:26 (Ref:3851167) | #411 | |
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All I'm saying is given how the BTCC wants to be relevant to the general public for example thr hybrid system they are looking to introduce.
So why not introduce an SUV car keeping it relevant to what people want to buy these days. Admittedly lots of us don't want SUV crossovers but a lot of general public do hence why marques make so many bloody SUV's. So it's not beyond the realm of possibilities. Like I also said its just mutterings that something is going on and there is only 2 cars they could use unless the new 6 is actually coming here and MG are trying to keep it under wraps but they haven't kept any other cars under wraps. So it's either that or the 3 which is way too short or none of thr above. I'd be sad to see no more MG'S on the grid. |
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But don't you need a team and cars to hold the TBL's? |
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A lot of 'SUVs' aren't quite as tall as you may think.
MG ZS - 1611mm Levorg - 1490mm By the time you have dropped the MG on the TOCA subframes and suspension, overall height wouldn't be that different! |
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Then the fun starts: some spanners, some blokes, some trucks, some cars, a bottomless money pit... |
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Lee Mowle and Matt Simpson have owned TBLs this season without having their own team.
BMR own TBLs without owning a car. You can meet the requirements of a Tbl by running someone else's car, or have a team run your car for you. |
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I can see both the MG’s and Audi’s disappearing off the grid after this year. |
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As for the MG, I can't help but feel AMD have invested too much time, money and effort for a one season wonder |
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We're at an interesting point now where many cars on the grid are at that age - BMWs, VWs, A-Class, etc. - and whilst obviously they can still be as quick as a brand new car, it leaves us an exciting prospect for silly season..!
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Did I hear Kia being mentioned?
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The age of the car makes no odds these days as everyone gets the same updates from RML if there are any (like revised wheel hubs this year, nobody has lost a wheel!).
Basically, unless your car is terrible or you’ve got a load of money chucked at you to build a new car, you don’t need to bother to keep up. That’s how the MGs and even the CCs still work. The Audis must just be rubbish. Last edited by Robin Marriott; 18 Sep 2018 at 13:18. Reason: Fixing grammars |
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18 Sep 2018, 16:32 (Ref:3851297) | #424 | ||
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The Audis have alway looked good but the results never seem to be much good, whether that is the car or the drives I don't know. Can't remember off hand which driver was given the choice of driving the Audi again or the 6 but he decided to stay with the Audi, I wonder given this season whether that decision might have been better to have gone with driving the 6. But as other comments have said seems a waste for AMD to have taken the 6's on for just one season and get some decent results out of them to just drop them. As for age of the car it's pretty irrelevant as wall all know apart from the bodyshape most of thr performance is down to the engine and TOCA parts. Under the skin they are all pretty much the same. |
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I would agree with that most aren't as tall as they seem, it's just because they are jacked up to look like a proper SUV. Their is a lot of ground clearance so it's entirely possible to not be too tall.
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