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The body is a huge variable - width, wheelbase, stiffness for example all have a huge impact on how the car performs. The difference between the 1 Series and 3 Series used by WSR will be huge in terms of setup. Quote:
Not really - without sufficient testing the teams are still evolving their setups during race weekends. We've seen this with Dynamics last season - it took them a while to get the FK8 competitive consistently, BMR took a while to get the Levorg on the pace. |
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26 Mar 2019, 15:50 (Ref:3893511) | #4877 | ||
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I have to admit I'm not sorry to see the 1 series go...to me, it was a car only a mother could love, even if it was very successful.
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26 Mar 2019, 16:40 (Ref:3893519) | #4878 | |
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^ and we still don't know if they were scrapped for parts for the 3 series or the do still exist
surelly the BMW museum should be interested in one (last year's title winner in traditional BMW colors is a no-brainer !! ) !! and maybe the Turkington family in another one |
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26 Mar 2019, 16:51 (Ref:3893521) | #4879 | |
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People joke about the drivers revolving door at Team HARD but does the Bushell/Goff swap count as a driver change already?
What would happen if Goff hasn't got the funds for a full season, can they replace Goff? |
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26 Mar 2019, 16:53 (Ref:3893522) | #4880 | |
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Still better looking that the new 3 series.....front end looks so un BMW like with the massive new kidney grills just makes it look cheap and tacky
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26 Mar 2019, 17:47 (Ref:3893526) | #4881 | |
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Yeah, but (digressing slightly) aren't they fun to chuck around? I had a turn round Donington in the TOCA Fiesta ST safety car a couple of years back and it was properly quick
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26 Mar 2019, 18:17 (Ref:3893529) | #4882 | ||
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Oh yes on the ST front. Very chuckable and very fun.
Those new BMW grilles seem to be an attempt to out-do Audi in the "****ing ugly as ****" front end competition. Maybe the designers of the cars have a bet with each other as to who can get the most hideous car signed off by their respective boards? |
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26 Mar 2019, 19:10 (Ref:3893539) | #4883 | |
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I like the 3 Series. I always prefer BTCC Saloons over hatches.
I know the conversation has moved on, but Ginsters is possible the most touring car sponsor in the history of the BTCC. I love it. |
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26 Mar 2019, 19:15 (Ref:3893540) | #4884 | |||
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This year, I have to disagree though. The white and yellow patches don't seem to fit in with the rest of the scheme, and make it look a bit messy. It's as if they need those colours for another sponsor, which is not present. |
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26 Mar 2019, 21:01 (Ref:3893555) | #4886 | |||
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Light on dark comes across more as a missing patch, and clashes with the red at the front. (All just opinion, I'm sure others will like it). |
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27 Mar 2019, 00:17 (Ref:3893574) | #4887 | ||
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Will Parker be updating their 1 series sometime this season?
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27 Mar 2019, 00:53 (Ref:3893580) | #4888 | |
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http://www.btcc.net/wp-content/uploa...Entry-list.png Full entry list has been published. Nothing really of note. Plato has changed car number to #11 from #99, Collard from #5 to #9 and Jelley from #60 to #12.
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27 Mar 2019, 04:55 (Ref:3893600) | #4889 | |
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Interesting, but is that the road car or BTCC you’re talking about? If road, they’ll be able to lose most of the wheelbase extra in the regs. Body length not so important anyway.
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27 Mar 2019, 07:24 (Ref:3893619) | #4890 | ||
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New MG6 liveries are superb, especially Osborne! Will stand out well!
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'Initial Bodyshell Set Up Once you have chosen your base car you will need to locate the position for the front and rear ‘subframes’. This is determined by the layout of your chosen base vehicle, as the wheelbase of the race car must remain within the +/-10mm tolerance of the homologated road car figure.' |
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So is he now brought to us by the number 11? A bit like Sesame Street.... |
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27 Mar 2019, 08:14 (Ref:3893630) | #4894 | |
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https://twitter.com/gridleyracing/st...032377856?s=21
Excelr8 livery looks really nice! https://www.instagram.com/p/BvgTaXIl...d=9ju65l28pdxm BMR have done a good job too! Last edited by Evantra; 27 Mar 2019 at 08:19. |
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27 Mar 2019, 08:29 (Ref:3893636) | #4896 | ||
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The NGTC front/rear sub-frames are designed to simply un-bolt, and teams regularly do that between meetings. Unless the shell has been cut up or crushed then the car is never really "scrapped". Even if those parts have been removed, it's not a huge amount of work to re-fit. |
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27 Mar 2019, 08:51 (Ref:3893645) | #4898 | ||
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27 Mar 2019, 08:55 (Ref:3893647) | #4899 | ||
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I read it as using the actual physical components that were in the 1 series, rather than the same design.
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27 Mar 2019, 09:02 (Ref:3893648) | #4900 | |
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https://twitter.com/addison1972/stat...203327488?s=21
Most of the grid ⬆️ Quite a bit of white. Much plainer livery for the Audis than we saw at ASI. Still no KwikFit branding on the Dynamics cars. |
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