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Not currently in a V8 supercar. It is kind of interesting that Owen will be back in Autobahn colours since his last main game gig was at RNR with Autobahn backing. Hopefully Owen performs well at the enduro's and is able to get a full time drive that I think he deserves.
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I think Seton was more than quick enough compared to Baird to warrant another drive.
Yes, Baird might be faster without question than V8 has-beens and also-rans in a Ford Mondeo Super Tourer or an Porsche GT3 Cup S, but he has never had the ultimate pace in a V8 Supercar. WPS replaced Baird with Wilson for a reason after all - all "international aces" are not equal in a V8 Supercar, even if Baird would be a mega in the latest Ferrari or Mosler... |
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just because he doesn't have the money to buy a ride in V8's.. doesn't mean he isn't good enough. |
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He has'nt done all of the Co Driver practices this year,but have a look at Winton Practice 1 he was P3 and Tander or Davison could not better his time in Practice 2. Last year he did a quicker race lap than all the other drivers in HRT/HSV cars and was looking at 3rd with 20 laps to go at Bathurst so can't be to bad. Owen and Bairdo are fast and a good bet. Most V8 teams would place them if they had a budget. |
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I think promax needs to be reminded that Baird was replaced by Ambrose in the Pirtek ford... surely not suggesting broke F3 driver Ambrose magically produced a wad of $$$ to oust the former BTCC superstar!
V8 Supercars aren't representative of the low cars with heaps of grip that race in most other tin-top classes (like in Japan etc), so it's to be expected that some are best at one and some at the other. |
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so you're claiming Baird was paid big $$$$ from his BTCC days?
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No no just saying Ambrose was not a pay driver, but a 'punt' on a cheap young driver taken by SBR, like their choice of Besnard which didn't work out much better than Baird. Obviously, Seto also considered Ambrose but opted to take Richo and we all saw how well on that basis the team (didn't) continue as an emerging properly funded (not!) two-car squad for the following season! (Even though this is a Dumbrell thread, as there were Seton supporters about I wonder where the money from FTR merch went? To GSR or back to Ford, because they did and as FPR still do, shift a lot of hats, yet GSR didn't seem flush with cash with 2 cars or 1...)
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