BTCC 2019 season discussion, News and Rumours!

[psq43]

Originally Posted by mprmke

I’m still intrigued by this “biggest surprise of the winter” to come

I find that BMR still have Subaru backing AND are going to be on the grid to be the biggest surprise of the winter!!

[jsmee]

All those people writing off BMR earlier in the Winter, posting their accounts and company details, i hope you're all enjoying that humble pie!

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[mprmke]

Originally Posted by Robin Marriott

Not most people, just people speculating on the internet. Ask most armchair or local ‘it’s a good day out’ fans and it’s big news.

Didn’t see the Proctor to BMR move coming, that means there’s definitely two new drivers at PMR!

But Matt Salisbury’s target audience on Twitter are the “hardcore” who do talk about it online and fish for information. He will be well aware that Plato to PMR has been a popular rumour.

[mprmke]

Originally Posted by psq43

I find that BMR still have Subaru backing AND are going to be on the grid to be the biggest surprise of the winter!!

I don’t think it is. I think everyone expected BMR to be running Subarus and to be on the grid. We all know of Warren Scott’s problems, but I don’t think anyone can expected them not to be there. They’re on everyone’s lists etc.

I thought they may have run an Impreza Hatchback rather than a Levorg this time round, but thought that would have been as radical as it gets.

[CroftPilgrim]

I'm disapppointed. Where was the headline "BMR gamble on Proctor"?

[btccbloke]

Originally Posted by crmalcolm

touring fan01 - right now, I'm not placing much faith in your assertions:










It's beginning to seem like another case of posting enough predictions and claims that eventually some of them will come true......

I thought he had seen all the letters signed by Alan Gow in blood? He has no time for speculation or suggestion on a rumours thread

[btccbloke]

Originally Posted by CroftPilgrim

I'm disapppointed. Where was the headline "BMR gamble on Proctor"?

Not a Gamble, he's not gonna do much worse than Jason is he

[Craner Curves]

Originally Posted by btccbloke

Not a Gamble, he's not gonna do much worse than Jason is he

It's a sort of pun. Proctor and Gamble the cleaning product company.

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by Craner Curves

(Senna) Proctor and Tom (Gamble) the BMR 2019 line-up.

A good young driver pairing right there.

[VXDave]

Hope PMR have a pretty special line up ready having lost two pretty good drivers!

[spoton]

Originally Posted by psq43

I find that BMR still have Subaru backing AND are going to be on the grid to be the biggest surprise of the winter!!

I’ve heard a whisper we may be seeing a new model BMW from WSR.

[btccbloke]

Originally Posted by Craner Curves

It's a sort of pun. Proctor and Gamble the cleaning product company.

Bah OK missed that one haha

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by VXDave

Hope PMR have a pretty special line up ready having lost two pretty good drivers!

They're one of the last to announce, and we are still promised a big surprise - so is there a dream team in the making?

[Evantra]

Originally Posted by spoton

I’ve heard a whisper we may be seeing a new model BMW from WSR.

That'll be interesting - would make sense with BMW behind them! However I would've thought they would've announced that by now otherwise they won't be getting much testing in? Either way I'm sure we will for 2020.

[mprmke]

Originally Posted by spoton

I’ve heard a whisper we may be seeing a new model BMW from WSR.

I did hear early on words about running a 3-series

[Evantra]

I guess I'll give my predictions - bare in mind I don't think I've ever made a correct prediction here so I am well aware they're all wrong!

BMR - Ash Sutton
EX8 - Nathan Harrison (guess!)
PMR - Jason Plato, Paul Rivett

[Craner Curves]

Originally Posted by VXDave

Hope PMR have a pretty special line up ready having lost two pretty good drivers!

Hopefully not the same as 2016!

[Liquoriceman]

Originally Posted by mprmke

I can’t see any way in which a new team could end up on the grid, but the only thing that hasn’t been mentioned is the possibility that Power Maxed won’t be running Vauxhalls, but something else. Is that a possibility at all?

With Vauxhall now being part of the PSA group could they switch to another brand from their stable?

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[Evantra]

Originally Posted by Craner Curves

Hopefully not the same as 2016!

To be fair, I recall Abbott doing pretty well in some of the later qualifying sessions - although tended not to finish quite as highly!

[Alfisti]

Originally Posted by Craner Curves

It's a sort of pun. Proctor and Gamble the cleaning product company.

George Gamble in the second seat? Didn't see him coming.

[MagicBoy]

Social media posts within the last half hour from Ash and WestCoast Racing : "With his eyes on the prize. @asuttonracing what a performance in his first @tcreurope race. First but will it be his last???"



Let the speculation begin...

[Alfisti]

Originally Posted by mprmke

I did hear early on words about running a 3-series

That would have meant having access to the brand new 3 series ages ago: pretty sure that's a no. I would expect the new FWD 1 series in 2020 if BMW are staying on board with sponsorship.

[Alfisti]

Originally Posted by btccbloke

I thought he had seen all the letters signed by Alan Gow in blood? He has no time for speculation or suggestion on a rumours thread

I thought he was Alan Gow. 😆

[Craner Curves]

Originally Posted by Alfisti

George Gamble in the second seat? Didn't see him coming.

Just like he didn't see that cottage. 😕

[touringlegend]

Originally Posted by crmalcolm

Given his previous tweets about BMR, it wouldn't surprise me to see that he's referring to an announcement of his own that will be timed to upstage the BMR announcement.

Maybe he has just been fooling everyone with tomorrow’s date to force the announcements out of others early!