TCR UK 2023 - Page 6

redshoes · 28 Mar 2023, 07:45 (Ref:4149455)

https://www.touringcartimes.com/2023...honda-in-2023/

As expected, Chris Smiley will get a new Honda FL5. Snetterton will be the world race debut for the car.

Scott Sumpton stays in the older FK7.

antnee · 28 Mar 2023, 09:24 (Ref:4149464)

Area still have an Elentra with them, but no longer in the FastR black and gold scheme. I would guess Tonks may have put the car up for sale as he doesn't have a full season's budget.

Evantra · 28 Mar 2023, 09:31 (Ref:4149465)

Looks like 20/21 cars lined up in the pit lane photo, not including Smiley’s FL5. Liveries are nice and colourful!

Dan Kirby (well, a D. Kirby) is there in a Cupra.

https://twitter.com/mrtmotorsport/st...T11pmdgnSSDQzA

peebee2 · 28 Mar 2023, 09:43 (Ref:4149467)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evantra

Looks like 20/21 cars lined up in the pit lane photo, not including Smiley’s FL5.

Someone's doing a decent job, as it's a far cry from just a couple of years ago.

touring fan01 · 28 Mar 2023, 09:44 (Ref:4149468)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evantra

Looks like 20/21 cars lined up in the pit lane photo, not including Smiley’s FL5. Liveries are nice and colourful!

Dan Kirby (well, a D. Kirby) is there in a Cupra.

https://twitter.com/mrtmotorsport/st...T11pmdgnSSDQzA

only 16 cars in the test session

Evantra · 28 Mar 2023, 10:01 (Ref:4149469)

Quote:

Originally Posted by coffinpilot

Interesting thing is Tonks hasn't said he's out yet, and neither has Lewis, whose car is up for sale.

https://racecarsdirect.com/Advert/De...s3-tcr-lms-seq

Lewis is there at Media Day with a liveried Audi, first gen, presumably the same one!

Also Adam Shepherd, not on the list here.

Evantra · 28 Mar 2023, 11:01 (Ref:4149477)

https://twitter.com/tcruk_series/sta...T11pmdgnSSDQzA

J Mitchell on the end… Jack?

redshoes · 28 Mar 2023, 11:57 (Ref:4149480)

https://artiecphoto.photoshelter.com...000tkPve2oX1JU
Some pics from Donington.

I'm surprised they haven't realised an entry list yet.

Evantra · 28 Mar 2023, 12:09 (Ref:4149482)

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Originally Posted by redshoes

https://artiecphoto.photoshelter.com...000tkPve2oX1JU
Some pics from Donington.

I'm surprised they haven't realised an entry list yet.

Thanks for the share

Looks like Sargeant in the (or an) Elantra then.

Think he’s gotten lost! https://artiecphoto.photoshelter.com...000tkPve2oX1JU

antnee · 28 Mar 2023, 12:17 (Ref:4149483)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evantra

Thanks for the share

Looks like Sargeant in the (or an) Elantra then.

Think he’s gotten lost! https://artiecphoto.photoshelter.com...000tkPve2oX1JU

And Alistar Camp is out in Sargeant's i30N

Andrew Abbott · 28 Mar 2023, 13:27 (Ref:4149488)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evantra

Looks like Sargeant in the (or an) Elantra then.

The livery suggests its an old Target Competition Elantra. Area Motorsport wouldn't have taken off Tonks' Fastr livery just to put back on the livery of the team they bought it from I don't expect...

Evantra · 28 Mar 2023, 20:14 (Ref:4149522)

https://bit.ly/3LUyt1C

Run-down of the day. It was Jack Mitchell running, with Josh Files also lapping the Elantra.

coffinpilot · 28 Mar 2023, 22:06 (Ref:4149533)

The Elantra is not the Tonks car. Was at Croft today and two different people said that the team have two cars. One owned by TOnks and one owned bby another driver.

antnee · 3 Apr 2023, 06:57 (Ref:4150207)

3 more announcements between today, tomorrow and Weds. Then first race this weekend at Snetterton.

Evantra · 3 Apr 2023, 09:21 (Ref:4150229)

Quote:

Originally Posted by antnee

3 more announcements between today, tomorrow and Weds. Then first race this weekend at Snetterton.

Presumably those would be Jack Mitchell, Dan Kirby and Alistair Camp, assuming they weren’t just filling in for media day?

Doesn’t look like Jenson Brickley was there, wonder if that was a clashing date or he’s pulled out.

redshoes · 3 Apr 2023, 15:20 (Ref:4150285)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evantra

Presumably those would be Jack Mitchell, Dan Kirby and Alistair Camp, assuming they weren’t just filling in for media day?

One down, 2 to go

https://www.touringcartimes.com/2023...turn-in-cupra/
Dan Kirby joining Carl Boardley in a second Zestcar Engineering run Cupra

antnee · 3 Apr 2023, 18:59 (Ref:4150336)

Area Motorsport - Hyundai i30N - Bruce Winfield
Area Motorsport - Hyundai i30N - Alex Ley
Area Motorsport/FastR - Hyundai Elantra - Jamie Tonks

Chameleon Motorsport - Cupra Leon Competición - Neil Trotter
Chameleon Motorsport - Cupra Leon Competición - Lewis Brown

Darron Lewis Racing – Audi RS 3 LMS Gen1 - Darron Lewis

DW Racing - Vauxhall Astra - Darelle Wilson

Essex and Kent Motorsport - Hyundai Veloster - Bradley Kent

Jenson Brickley Racing – Cupra Leon Competición - Jenson Brickley

JH Racing - Hyundai i30N - Callum Newsham

JWB Motorsport - Cupra Leon Competición - George Jaxon
JWB Motorsport - Cupra Leon Competición - Matthew Wilson

MPH Racing - Audi RS3 LMS Gen1 - Brad Hutchinson
MPH Racing - Audi RS3 LMS Gen1 - Steve Gales

Paul Sheard Racing - Audi RS3 LMS Gen2 - Joe Marshall
Paul Sheard Racing - Audi RS3 LMS Gen2 - Garry Townsend
Paul Sheard Racing - Audi RS3 LMS Gen2 - Oliver Cottam

Restart Racing - Honda Civic FL5? - Chris Smiley
Restart Racing - Honda Civic FK7 - Scott Sumpton

Rob Boston Racing - Audi RS3 LMS Gen2 - Jac Constable

Zestcar Engineering - Cupra Leon Competición - Carl Boardley
Zestcar Engineering - Cupra Leon Competición - Dan Kirby

One round only - Snetterton
Rick Kerry - Cupra Leon

Selected rounds only
Area Motorsport - Hyundai Elantra - Luke Sargeant

redshoes · 4 Apr 2023, 15:04 (Ref:4150415)

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Originally Posted by Evantra

Presumably those would be Jack Mitchell, Dan Kirby and Alistair Camp, assuming they weren’t just filling in for media day?

Score so far: 1 win, 1 loss

https://www.touringcartimes.com/2023...etterton-grid/
Josh Filies in the Area Motorsport Elantra for Snetterton only. Luke Sargeant takes over the car from round 2.

redshoes · 5 Apr 2023, 15:38 (Ref:4150520)

Sorry Evantra, just one out of three.

https://www.touringcartimes.com/2023...tcr-uk-return/
Adam Shepherd in an Area Motorsport Hyundai i30
"budget for the first few rounds"

Evantra · 5 Apr 2023, 16:04 (Ref:4150524)

Wonder why the others turned up for media day then!

redshoes · 5 Apr 2023, 16:29 (Ref:4150527)

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Originally Posted by Evantra

Wonder why the others turned up for media day then!

Maybe they will be out later in the year, or at least hoping to be.

Evantra · 5 Apr 2023, 17:43 (Ref:4150535)

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Originally Posted by redshoes

Maybe they will be out later in the year, or at least hoping to be.

Wasn’t the NordVPN (I think) car driven by Mitchell announced already with another driver? Might be wrong but the livery looks familiar.

coffinpilot · 5 Apr 2023, 20:03 (Ref:4150541)

Heard today that we'll see Mitchell on the TOCA package, but not in BTCC.
Shame if true, reckon he'd be a front runner. But I wonder if his GT background has him looking at Porsche sprint. If he's sniffing around TCR he hasn't the budget for Carrera has he? RWD seems his thing.

jsmee · 6 Apr 2023, 09:13 (Ref:4150601)

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Originally Posted by Evantra

Wasn’t the NordVPN (I think) car driven by Mitchell announced already with another driver? Might be wrong but the livery looks familiar.

Believe it must be the car that raced in TCR Germany last season with that livery.

Evantra · 6 Apr 2023, 09:23 (Ref:4150602)

Quote:

Originally Posted by jsmee

Believe it must be the car that raced in TCR Germany last season with that livery.

Ahh ok, yeah that rings a bell, was sure I’d seen it before!

An extra driver announcement and full entry list at 4 today.

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