[BTCC] Brands Hatch Rd4/5/6

[Greem]

Originally Posted by Bodysnatcher

if only they were a bit more mechanically sound...

Did you have a lot of business to attend to with them?

We had a fair number of breakdowns at Donington.

[Bodysnatcher]

Originally Posted by Greem

Did you have a lot of business to attend to with them?

We had a fair number of breakdowns at Donington.

not me, all nice and peaceful so far tho the Porsches tried hard. The number of mini breakdowns in the earlier races outnumbered the recovery trucks, hence shorter race 3 for them.

[bella]

tim harvey white knighting for hawkey in the porsche race was a bit embarassing.

[RS67]

Originally Posted by auroan

I would guess as they've lost the engine supply deal to msport, that their standards may not be as high as previous seasons.

Bit early to let standards slip, M Sport don't take over until 2022

[Evantra]

Jack Goff full of confidence in that VW 😂

[Evantra]

So we're going to have Cammish, Turkington and Sutton winning again?

[Akrapovic]

The Lexus is setup really soft. Very similar to how Ash used to like the Subaru. Interesting to watch.

[porsche962fan]

poor Butcher ...


now RWD 1-2-3

[Evantra]

Why's it never Turkington with problems

[Evantra]

Gutted for Smiley again.

Hamilton in the points..... 🤔

[porsche962fan]

Congrats to Oliphant for losing his BTCC virginity, and Jelley scoring a podium !!

Turks managed 5th !!

[mprmke]

Originally Posted by Evantra

Why's it never Turkington with problems

If Turkington hadn’t been plagued with bad luck he’d have 8 titles now, not 4...

[redshoes]

All RWD podium. When was the last time that happened?

[Matt K]

Originally Posted by Evantra

Why's it never Turkington with problems

Because usually those who are the best at the end have the best package- driver, car, team, luck. This is how it is in motorsport.

If Cammish loses title, he'll have nightmares about Brands Hatch.

Fantastic battle between Oliphant and Sutton, was holding my breath. Honestly I wanted Ash to win but I'm kind of relieved that Tom won. And this move for first from the outside was quite a thing!

And I can't really get over the bad luck of Butcher and Hill... it seems they must have run out of the whole bad luck for the season...

[porsche962fan]

RWD 1-2-3-4-5 this race

[CarfanLUFC]

Well after Brands "not being a RWD track" it's a 1 to 5 finish for RWD cars in race 3

Although i've really enjoyed the racing today I do worry about the Championship battle as Turks is a great driver in a seemingly bullet proof car and nearly always avoids the messy incidents.

All 3 Honda running teams have problems. The Fords look quick, even Neate did a solid job but things came a little undone in the last race.

I'm pleased Hamilton has got a top 15, yes it was down to others falling off the road etc but unlike Donnington he kept his car in one piece and brought it home.

Looking forward to Oulton because the racing has been great but like I said I worry about Turks having an easy title this year

[Matt K]

There's no such a thing as easy title. And another thing is, it's BTCC, when was the last time when someone was so dominant that the championship battle wasn't ongoing until the last round of the season? I think a lot can still happen, Turkington may have his portion of bad luck and worse results as well.

[slummingangel]

Originally Posted by Bodysnatcher

that's about right, bolt has to be inserted through roof and then giant wing nut screwed on from inside.

Thanks, explains a lot.

[Evantra]

Originally Posted by CarfanLUFC

Well after Brands "not being a RWD track" it's a 1 to 5 finish for RWD cars in race 3

Looking forward to Oulton because the racing has been great but like I said I worry about Turks having an easy title this year

Agreed. Turks qualified 5th here will full ballast so it's not hard to imagine a pole and two wins at Oulton, which is very much a RWD circuit and overtaking is difficult. Sutton's probably the only one who could stop him, but the car didn't seem to carry the weight very well yesterday.

[redshoes]

Something for you stats nerds to pick over in the (not so) long break until the next race.

- Race 2 saw no points for any Honda - apparently first time that's happened since Snetterton 2015.

- Race 3 had the first all RWD podium. More than that, the first 5 places were all RWD cars. Last time either of those happened would be 1991 maybe?

- All drivers have now scored at least one point in this year's championship. That's been helped by a smaller entry than recent years and points being awarded down to 15th. I think the last time that happened was in 2005. Obviously that stat might change if/when we start getting driver changes or 'guest' drives.

This is going to be a weird year

[thetool]

Originally Posted by redshoes

- Race 3 had the first all RWD podium. More than that, the first 5 places were all RWD cars. Last time either of those happened would be 1991 maybe?

Final race at Oulton was a BMW 1-2-3. Not sure on the last RWD top 5 though.

[KA]

Originally Posted by redshoes

Something for you stats nerds to pick over in the (not so) long break until the next race.


- Race 3 had the first all RWD podium. More than that, the first 5 places were all RWD cars. Last time either of those happened would be 1991 maybe?

Originally Posted by thetool

Final race at Oulton was a BMW 1-2-3. Not sure on the last RWD top 5 though.

Might be the Silverstone GP support in 1991- Soper, Hoy, Harvey, Bellm, Palmer, all in E30 M3s
http://touringcarracing.net/Races/19...tone%20GP.html

[thetool]

My previous post should have referenced 2018 for clarity.

[GT6]

Another good day of racing at brands, just a real shame i was not there. still hoping for later this year

[porsche962fan]

standings

Turks 95
Sutton 79
Oliphant 70
Tingram 67
Cammish 61
Butcher 52

bet Turks is glad that Sutoon will carry near maximum ballast