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25 Nov 2019, 11:50 (Ref:3942723) | #1253 | |
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Anyone else watch the BTCC season review yesterday?
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As for #HARD I fully expected Michael Crees would he the announcement that turned out to be Goffy. Just a matter of crossing t's and dotting i"s I suspect. I can see Carl Boardley staying put too. This year has been a learning curve for both, and with Goff staying put they have a good team leader. |
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Don’t forget that there could well of been an increase in the price of the seats at teams that have had better success this last year than others, that could contribute to some driver moves. |
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For Colin definitely. Mr Bartrum would no doubt think it was his fairytale. Mind you the last former BTCC champion to race for Dave wasn’t too complimentary about his car. So they’d have nowhere to hide. Good job it was only a dream. As a Turks fan I’d be dismayed.
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Any more knowledge on this FK2 floor design? Colour me intrigued...
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25 Nov 2019, 17:05 (Ref:3942779) | #1259 | |
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The road car has a flat floor so presumably the touring car is able to use this to its advantage. Agreed that we never heard much about it while the Levorg was been slated for having a unique design feature...
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It was intended all NGTC cars would have a stepped floor (remember WSR getting looked at when Collard rolled his 1 series and people noticed how flat tap he floor was, iirc they had to make some changes afterwards or that’s when the regs got changed), however I’ve heard that because of the positioning of the fuel tank on the FK2 it allowed them (Dynamics) to basically have a flat floor like the road car, coupled with some creative cooling ducks that feed the rad & oil cooler helping channel the airflow, it gave a very nice underfloor aero. That loophole in the regs was closed, but as the car had been homologated it remains legal. Hence why even the FK8 has struggled to match it & also probably why Mr Neal was going on about pegging the older cars back - he knew the FK2’s advantage.
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26 Nov 2019, 09:50 (Ref:3942892) | #1262 | |
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Looking at pictures from knockhill, all the cars seem to be the same, the only flat floor being fore and aft of the wheelbase.
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so Probably no Alfa Romeo (and Rob Austin) in 2020
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I'm not surprised! I wonder if we will ever see Rob back on the grid?
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So what was HMS' TBL may be used elsewhere - spin up the 3-car entry rumours....
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Interesting to read that HMS were forced to sell the TBL due to Nic Hamilton failing to complete the season... Don't see how this is possible as Motorbase filled the seat for the remaining rounds.
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I think it is more likely to be that Hamilton's departure resulted in a reduced payment to HMS for the lease. This meant they received less than planned, and has affected budget for 2020.
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26 Nov 2019, 12:08 (Ref:3942926) | #1272 | |
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Well Laser Tools Twitter/Infogramme hint seems to confirm a second car.
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Hamilton's departure is only an issue if HMS were planning to lease it for a further year. |
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