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17 Sep 2018, 21:04 (Ref:3851147) | #151 | |
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didnt seem to try too hard, if a win is there a driver should go for it IMHO
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This stage of the season it's not about going for every gap. There are bigger picture things to consider if you want to be on the grid next year. |
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18 Sep 2018, 08:50 (Ref:3851217) | #153 | |
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people criticise the likes of Andrew Jordan in 2015 for moving over and letting Shedden past on his way to the title, Austin letting the title contenders stay at the front unchallenged when he "claims" to have been able to overtake is no different.
If your going to win a championship you should expect a bit of a fight for it |
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18 Sep 2018, 09:07 (Ref:3851226) | #154 | ||
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It's not a direction that I agree with as it should be the same all season but the instructions are there. |
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If you are not going to attempt a pass because of title challenges, you shouldn't hold someone up either.... |
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18 Sep 2018, 09:52 (Ref:3851231) | #156 | |
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I think people are probably reading a bit too much in to Rob Austin's comments. I think it's quite easy to for him to say 'I just wanted to sit there and not affect the title players' than 'I didn't have the pace to challenge them'. Rob is pretty good at this pr game.
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18 Sep 2018, 11:46 (Ref:3851248) | #157 | ||
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Where is the championship challenge if they aren't working for every place. I agree don't get into unnecessary things like deliberately holding a driver up, or take one of them off with a stupid move but for god sake try! The drivers all have sponsors to impress and teams who like Alfa-HMS have nothing from the season and you don't try then it's not right. Ingram could win all 3races at Brands but if these so called racers just let Turks through to second each time so they can stay out the way, is that a fair way for him to take the title? |
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He was probably happier to settle for a guaranteed 2nd place than risk a DNF (and the embarrassment of taking a championship contender out in the process), by trying to win.
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18 Sep 2018, 19:28 (Ref:3851320) | #161 | ||
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I'd say the Alfa sponsors would have been less impressed with Austin taking out Turkington compared to finishing in the top 5 with a lot of screen time. Totally agree that it's not a fair way to win the title but it's the position the management have taken for a few seasons now. Don't fight with the title contenders. Bonkers in my view as how many times have we seen someone taken out in a move by a journeyman earlier in the season? Every race should be the same. |
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18 Sep 2018, 19:52 (Ref:3851325) | #162 | |
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with the notable exception of a title contender team mate....
Turks has Collard and now probably Jordan who is out of title picture Tingram has nobody the 2nd unwritten exception is if one of the title contender is a real douchebag who most of the paddock dislikes to say the least |
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18 Sep 2018, 22:06 (Ref:3851341) | #163 | |
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Last year Turkington lost out after a tap from Jackson coming back on the circuit
Unfortunately that's racing. As for Rob Austin, I'll resort to the late great Ayrton Senna's quote of "if you no longer go for a gap that exists, your no longer a racing driver" |
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19 Sep 2018, 06:54 (Ref:3851379) | #164 | ||
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Totally agree on that one; if a guy is trying to pass you then you should be defending position with very few exceptions.
The guy trying to pass being a championship contender is not one of those in my book; It would be like a football team rolling over in the last match of a season to allow their opponents to win the match and the league. |
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Can't be a racing driver if you can't afford to fix the smoking pile of metal that used to be your car. Big difference between well funded F1 drivers and BTCC drivers who scrape the budget together every year by the skin of their teeth. |
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I think it should be up to the drivers to decide
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Being told not to interfere with championship challengers to my mind means: Don't cruise round with it deliberately holding someone up causing a rolling roadblock to other championship contenders, and dont do anything which could be seen as having a direct result in the championship outcome (i.e deliberately take someone out with a move that would never come off). It does NOT mean: Dont try to overtake the championship challengers Wave any championship challenger past when you can I get that the comment that there is a cost to repair etc that Rob and others needed to think about but they are there to race, if they cant even attempt to pull a move off cleanly against top drivers who are going for the title without taking them out then they need to consider why they are there and if thats the right championship for them |
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19 Sep 2018, 17:26 (Ref:3851451) | #171 | |
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Looks like Jake Hill was a guest of AmD at Silverstone. Hopefully good news for 2019!
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20 Sep 2018, 10:13 (Ref:3851559) | #172 | |
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I hope he does get the seat at AMD
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Do we need to start a new thread for PR spin / team excuses. This latest gem from BMR.
http://www.teambmr.co.uk/2018-09-sut...at-silverstone Quote:
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"unnecessary and timely process" is something of an oxymoron, isn't it? "Time-consuming", perhaps...
Anyhow: if there's a series official in the garage, and the car is damaged, and they deem that to need to floor changing - the change is necessary. It's a shame that we've lost a contender as a result, and I get the pressure comments, but no other teams in my memory have dropped a car and something resulting in a floor change being needed. :-/ |
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