[BTCC] Brands Hatch Rd4/5/6

[redshoes]

Originally Posted by S griffin

Read in today’s Autosport that WSR are looking to have a third driver hopefully for Thruxton next month and they’ve spoken to a few drivers. Hope the can put that empty seat to good use

The Autosport story is slightly contradictory. Quote from Dick Bennetts says they are talking to 2 drivers with a view to "doing the last three or four round". If that's the case then surely the third car would be first seen at Silverstone or Croft, not Thruxton.

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by S griffin

Read in today’s Autosport that WSR are looking to have a third driver hopefully for Thruxton next month and they’ve spoken to a few drivers. Hope the can put that empty seat to good use

Originally Posted by Matt K

That's interesting! I bet it's £££ that matters most but hopefully they can still get some valuable addition to the squad. In ideal world it'd be a young star of the future

Originally Posted by porsche962fan

or just old Collard returning

Originally Posted by RS67

Or as ATS said he was hoping to do some BTCC this year and has RWD experience from his last few years of GT racing.

All interesting points - are they relevant to this weekend at Brands though?

[S griffin]

It's relevant to the BTCC, so I don't see much wrong with it

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by S griffin

It's relevant to the BTCC, so I don't see much wrong with it

I never said there was anything wrong with it.
My point was whether it is relevant in a thread about Brands Hatch Rd4/5/6 - or whether it would be better discussed in the 2020 Season Thread?

[redshoes]

Entry list for this weekend
https://www.barc.net/wp-content/uplo...04-08-2020.pdf

Andrew Jordan is back.... in a Mini Miglia

[VIVA GT]

Originally Posted by redshoes

Entry list for this weekend
https://www.barc.net/wp-content/uplo...04-08-2020.pdf

Andrew Jordan is back.... in a Mini Miglia

The Mini's should be Megga, I'm certainly looking forward to seeing them race.

[Greem]

The series running at Brands had races alongside the MG Car Club at Donington in mid-July. They were absolutely superb.

Also, the Masters Pre-66 Mini races that we had at Donington a few weeks ago were hilariously good. Jeff Smith (yes, that one) spent two entire races swapping and re-swapping positions with Ian Curley and there were similar battles up & down the field.

[S griffin]

The Minis will be something to see, especially at a circuit like this. And I’m sure AJ will be at home in one

[porsche962fan]

how many times will Hamilton end in the gravel on his own this time ? causing safety cars too

[porsche962fan]

Originally Posted by Greem

with Ian Curley and there were similar battles up & down the field.

this Curley ?

[kipper]

Originally Posted by porsche962fan

this Curley?

Yes.

[Craner Curves]

Originally Posted by porsche962fan

this Curley ?

Yes. He was a Mini superstar before going touring car racing.

[Greem]

There was a reason why I mentioned him specifically. Doughnuts all round to those who realised

[thetool]

Random piece of trivia: This is the first time the BTCC has run back-to-back weekends since August 2001 when Snetterton and Croft were on consecutive Sundays, also in August.

[pimmy]

Croft & Mondello Park were back to back in 2005.

[redshoes]

Random trivia. This is the first time the BTCC has run on the same weekend as F1 at Silverstone since umm... last week.

[porsche962fan]

Sutton only 14th, Moffat 21st , best RWD Turkington in 5th despite full ballast

front is a Civic Focus

[S griffin]

Great for the Focii of Butcher and OJ, especially at Motorbase’s home circuit. Really pleased Ollie is up there, let’s hope he has a good race

Cammish and Turkington looking good, but what a shocker by Sutton

[redshoes]

I know it very early in the year and he desperately needs seat time but can I say how totally unimpressed I am with Jack Butel. Slowest in qualifying by over 3 seconds; over a second slower that the next fastest time (Nic Hamilton). He's been in the bottom 2 every session this year. When you are consistently slower than someone who didn't even have a race licence 6 months ago (Ollie Brown), then something is badly wrong.

[RS67]

Originally Posted by S griffin

but what a shocker by Sutton

6kg obviously makes a world of difference.

[Evantra]

Originally Posted by redshoes

I know it very early in the year and he desperately needs seat time but can I say how totally unimpressed I am with Jack Butel. Slowest in qualifying by over 3 seconds; over a second slower that the next fastest time (Nic Hamilton). He's been in the bottom 2 every session this year. When you are consistently slower than someone who didn't even have a race licence 6 months ago (Ollie Brown), then something is badly wrong.

I'll agree that I expect(ed) a bit more from him, but to be fair it's only been about 10 days since he was announced as a BTCC driver (and how much FWD racing has he done?) We'll see where he is mid season, but yeah to be 3 seconds off really isn't a good sign.

Chilton's been the disappointment so far for me, P10 around a Honda circuit with no ballast. Hopefully he can move forward tomorrow.

Some huge slides coming out of Sheene's in qualifying, reckon they'll be one or two ending up in the inside barrier tomorrow.

[pimmy]

Butel's been a backmarker in pretty much every series he's been in that contained a modicum of quality. I didn't expect him to be this far off the pace though.

[antnee]

Neate is a little slow too - more so when an identical car is on pole

[porsche962fan]

expected a bit better from Tingram too

and Chilton could be blamed but fact is Ginger didn't do much better, only on 9th

[tux]

Suttons car looked a real handful, every corner it was sideways