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16 Mar 2017, 17:11 (Ref:3719115) | #2676 | ||
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Must admit I'm very surprised by how well the Norlin cars went. I thought Dave would do his usual; plenty of points, odd podium, but thought Chris would struggle - especially at first, but he seems to have been very quick today.
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As we know, impossible to tell the running order based on this, especially when teams may be running ballast and there's a new tyre.
But, as 850Estate mentioned, we can take away that the field is incredibly close. Ace. |
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2016 http://www.tsl-timing.com/file/?f=TO.../161241trg.pdf Depper 6th (21st in championship) Smith 7th (18th in championship) O. Jackson 15th (28th in championship) Shedden 16th (1st in championship) Jordan 17th (8th in championship) 2015 http://www.tsl-timing.com/file/?f=TO.../151341trg.pdf Moffat 3rd (15th in championship) Abbott 7th (21st in championship) Shedden 18th (1st in championship) Priaulx 21st (8th in championship) Smith 25th (11th in championship) 2014 http://www.tsl-timing.com/file/?f=TO.../141241trg.pdf Menu 3rd (11th in championship) Plato 22nd (2nd in championship) Jackson 24th (4th in championship) Austin 21st (12th in championship) The pre-season test is meaningless in terms of pace. |
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the facelifted Toyota looks terrible , screams MG wish they kept the original front end
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16 Mar 2017, 18:30 (Ref:3719148) | #2684 | ||
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A good entry list this year, most of last year's dross has been cut out.
Mostly nice liveries, too, but I'm not really a fan of the Norlin grey. |
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Few observations from today:
Norlin livery looks great, reminds me of the Hoy/Spence Arena Renault Laguna. Dynamics were Clearly running some specific test program as half the time they were hardly pushing it at all it seemed, perhaps running in fresh engines? The Astras need setup work/more testing, Chilton was getting great pace but they look very twitchy and quite loose at the back, watching the way it took the Old Hairpin looked positively dicey. Depper's Focus likes being a tripod, he seemed to be really getting some good lines and looked far faster than in the Civic. Cole looks quick in testing mode so why the hell is his race pace so rubbish? Speedworks livery is even worse than last years! Why do we still not know what TAG is/does? WSR livery looks better in the flesh. The new Dunlop tyre stickers make the wheels look bigger which is great as it reminds me of when they went to the bigger rims (was it 19" or 20" I forget) on the super tourers in 2000. |
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BTC Norlin are coming across as a highly professional outfit. Smart liveried trucks, immaculately presented cars, garage layout one of the best in the pitlane, brilliant teamwear. They had an awful lot of guests at Donington. I hope they do well. Livery wise, there are some highly professional looking ones (BTC Norlin, Team Parker, PMR, BMR, Honda)... But some are downright awful or bland - Ingram's car is a mess, Moffat's car has been ruined over the winter and looks pretty bad now, and the MGs?! How bland are they?! And the Eurotech cars have been tweaked to look worse too. Well, if MG are reading this (doubt they do of course!) but I would happily design them a better livery in 30 minutes than the bore-fest they've created. Not sure if anyone at DOnington spotted the following though: 1) Tom Chilton hassling and battling Matt Neal on track for a couple of laps. Very entertaining and probably a sign of things to come! 2) Matt Neal losing it on cold tyres late on coming out of the final chicane. Full opposite lock both ways to bring the car straight. Lots of tyre smoke and very entertaining! |
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Agreed on most, but I actually like the hint of red they added to Moffats Merc. And, haters gonna hate, I absolutely love the new HARD.. ehrm... TAG-liveries. White suits that car well, and the liveries are clean and professionally looking.
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I'm sure everyone here if familiar with the reference to 'Three Shredded Wheat'. The original ad campaign was more than 30 years old, and it's probably been over 20 years since Shredded Wheat actually used that in their any of their promotion work, yet it's still clearly a phase most people understand. I get the feeling we are going to get a lot of jokes and references to three during the year. Motorbase are running three cars, numbered as 3, 30 and 300 - surely that's not a coincidence. And the associate sponsor who share billing in the team name..... Duo!
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I agree about Moffat's livery. What's the red stripe for? And why has the Mercedes badge been filled in blue? I prefer this year's Eurotech livery. Last year's wasn't quite vibrant enough for me. On the other hand, the Maximum car has far too much white on it. I hope the Vauxhalls will run with the grey wheels for most of the season, they look better than the white ones. |
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17 Mar 2017, 00:47 (Ref:3719227) | #2698 | ||
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Totally disagree about the black wheels for me personally. More than half the grid run black wheels, boring to me (imo). I much prefer white, silver or some colour.
What's the point in using 18" rims if the rims are essentially hidden by the black paint? The rims just blend into the tyre. Might as well use 16" wheels if they are going to be black. |
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Had another cracking day at Donington for the Media Day yesterday. There are so many great liveries this year, my personal favs at the Motorbase Ford's and the Works BMW's, they just look stunning.
Anyway here's my vid from the day, not my best work but enjoy, all comments welcome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJyGxMxF7Is |
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