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Old 26 Mar 2019, 08:58 (Ref:3893442)   #4851
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They’re 385mm longer than the 1 series with a 161mm increase in wheelbase. They’ll be stable on the fast bits in comparison to the 1 series.

The big think they’ll struggle with is their first (and only?) test day is tomorrow...
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Old 26 Mar 2019, 09:40 (Ref:3893447)   #4852
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I hear one of Bushells backers backed out leaving him high and dry.

Goff had the folding: remember Tony had all his seats filled very early on and he charges peanuts compared with most other teams, hence Goff being able to fund the seat.
Yes, I think that's pretty accurate.
Bushell's seat last year was the cheapest on the grid, mainly down to Bushell taking over the engineering once they got rid of Geoff Kingston.

I'd expect him to continue working on the CC as an engineer (not on race weekends, but certainly in between) this season.
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Old 26 Mar 2019, 09:53 (Ref:3893448)   #4853
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TPR livery quite nice, though a little plain.
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Old 26 Mar 2019, 10:03 (Ref:3893449)   #4854
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TPR livery quite nice, though a little plain.
looks much the same as last years
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Old 26 Mar 2019, 10:06 (Ref:3893450)   #4855
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My predictions, may be totally wrong....

Title contenders
Neal
Cammish - 2nd year of the FK8 for Dynamics
Sutton - even with the BMR problems this guy is class
Plato - Really think he'll have the measure of the Astra

Wins and podiums
Turkington
Jordan
Oliphant - Not at first but I expect all 3 BMW's to be competitive towards mid season
Ingram - Again struggle at first but expect a least a run of podiums if not a win by the season end
Collard - Tempted to put Collard in the contenders part given now competitive I think the car will be. Plus some rivals have new cars that will need development. However Collards time out the car concerns me
Morgan
Tordoff - FK2 is fully developed and should get wins
Simpson
Chilton
Moffat

Points scorers
Hill
Rowbottom
Smiley
Cook - I think BTC might take a while to get the FK8 up to speed
Butcher
Thompson
Goff - These two best of the HARD line up
Proctor
O Jackson
Jelley - Just think we'll see a more consistent season from Jelley

Struggles
Smith
Osborne
Hamilton
Blundell
Crees
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Old 26 Mar 2019, 10:42 (Ref:3893452)   #4856
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to upgrade the car, gaining more power along the way
so they have the 2018 spec engines now ?

problem is WSR themselves struggled in straight line last year
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Old 26 Mar 2019, 10:44 (Ref:3893453)   #4857
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Sadly I think most BMWs in general look quite boat-ish now,
and ugly design

the last good looking ones were the E46 and E39
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Old 26 Mar 2019, 10:56 (Ref:3893454)   #4858
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and ugly design

the last good looking ones were the E46 and E39
The E92 coupe was quite nice, but also quite big.
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Old 26 Mar 2019, 11:44 (Ref:3893460)   #4859
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so they have the 2018 spec engines now ?

problem is WSR themselves struggled in straight line last year
dunno why people here get fixated on straightline speed because it all depends how they have designed the engine to perform.

some engines like the bmw and subaru are set up to deliver more power down low so they get the drive off the corners better. dont forget that the last three championships have all been won by some of the the slowest cars in top speed, which just underlines this point.
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Old 26 Mar 2019, 11:45 (Ref:3893461)   #4860
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Not convinced that we'll see any of the new cars struggle to start with. The components on the cars are tried, tested and understood. Not to mention that we've seen brand new cars hit the ground running many times before. I could see it from a team new to the championship but not existing ones with plenty of NGTC experience.
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Old 26 Mar 2019, 11:57 (Ref:3893463)   #4861
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Sadly I think most BMWs in general look quite boat-ish now, they are all so big, but that’s how road cars have gone, everything has to get “bigger” (for some reason). The new 2019 VW Polo is almost as big as the first generation Golf.
Most of it is down to safety, and public perception of it. The EuroNCAP tests and other standards mean that you can't have a tubeframe chassis and tin plate skin these days on a volume production car, you have to have inches and inches of impact absorbing material and huge crumple zones.

It all adds up - and the public perception follows, that "big" => "safe". So the cars get more steroidal, which makes them heavier, which means they need bigger/better impact protection, and we go round again.

In my car (Mk3 MX-5) I often find I'm looking at the top of a wheel arch when a big family size bus pulls up next to me in a queue!
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Old 26 Mar 2019, 12:02 (Ref:3893465)   #4862
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We've got a Fiesta ST in our "stable" and I'm amazed at the size of it compared to the old Mk3 Escorts etc. Hardly any difference in size.
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Old 26 Mar 2019, 12:03 (Ref:3893466)   #4863
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So RCIB are backing Goff and Boardley at Hard!

Must be a big RCIB presence on the grid this year once more... assuming they are still fully backing AmD (I believe Autoaid and RCIB are ultimately the same business)

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Old 26 Mar 2019, 12:07 (Ref:3893468)   #4864
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I wonder if the PMR unveiling has been put back until tomorrow in light of the WSR unveiling.

That 3 series looks brilliant; nice to have a different shape on the grid!
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Old 26 Mar 2019, 12:22 (Ref:3893475)   #4865
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Sadly I think most BMWs in general look quite boat-ish now, they are all so big, but that’s how road cars have gone, everything has to get “bigger” (for some reason). The new 2019 VW Polo is almost as big as the first generation Golf.

Having said that, I don't think the NGTC 3 series looks as bad as I feared, however I think its a shame the 2 series wasn't eligible as thats the perfect size for a touring car.
I like the new Bimmer, looks like a proper touring car.

Polo's from the early 00s Mk4 have been bigger than the Mk2 Golf. Seem to have levelled off at Mk3 Golf size now for the last couple generations.
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Old 26 Mar 2019, 12:32 (Ref:3893480)   #4866
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Most of it is down to safety, and public perception of it. The EuroNCAP tests and other standards mean that you can't have a tubeframe chassis and tin plate skin these days on a volume production car, you have to have inches and inches of impact absorbing material and huge crumple zones.

It all adds up - and the public perception follows, that "big" => "safe". So the cars get more steroidal, which makes them heavier, which means they need bigger/better impact protection, and we go round again.

In my car (Mk3 MX-5) I often find I'm looking at the top of a wheel arch when a big family size bus pulls up next to me in a queue!
Agreed Greem. I also think it's a marketing led thing too: "The all new Mk IV Whizmobile, 10% more interior space than the previous model".
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Old 26 Mar 2019, 13:03 (Ref:3893486)   #4867
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So RCIB are backing Goff and Boardley at Hard!

Must be a big RCIB presence on the grid this year once more... assuming they are still fully backing AmD (I believe Autoaid and RCIB are ultimately the same business)

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Plus their motorcycle brand is backing the other hard cars I think. How can a relatively unknown company have so much presence?
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Old 26 Mar 2019, 13:19 (Ref:3893490)   #4868
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Are the teams testing today @Brands as well as tomorrow?
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Old 26 Mar 2019, 13:25 (Ref:3893494)   #4869
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Are the teams testing today @Brands as well as tomorrow?
Not sure if everyone is testing today, but likely 30 cars tomorrow for 'media' day! 🙌🏼
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Old 26 Mar 2019, 13:26 (Ref:3893495)   #4870
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Old 26 Mar 2019, 13:27 (Ref:3893496)   #4871
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Not convinced that we'll see any of the new cars struggle to start with. The components on the cars are tried, tested and understood. Not to mention that we've seen brand new cars hit the ground running many times before. I could see it from a team new to the championship but not existing ones with plenty of NGTC experience.
It isn't the components teams have to get used to, it finding the last 10th of a second in the set up. The grid is so close that every 10th counts, so having a year or 2 of data is a massive help over having a few test days.
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Old 26 Mar 2019, 14:20 (Ref:3893499)   #4872
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It isn't the components teams have to get used to, it finding the last 10th of a second in the set up. The grid is so close that every 10th counts, so having a year or 2 of data is a massive help over having a few test days.
That's the point though. The components are what makes the car. They all go through airflow tests to equalise them so the body basically just holds the subframes together which have the standard parts they are so used to. If it was all about data then the teams who have had the same car for the longest would be at the front. That isn't the case and of course we've seen many times a brand new car with hardly any testing running at the front right from the start.
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Old 26 Mar 2019, 14:22 (Ref:3893500)   #4873
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It’s a good job WSR have got the car out just in time for the test. The car needs all the development it can get
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Old 26 Mar 2019, 14:30 (Ref:3893503)   #4874
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Old 26 Mar 2019, 14:39 (Ref:3893505)   #4875
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sp both title protagosnist got new cars while Sutton and Team Dynamics have already developed cars

should be interesting
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