BTCC Finals - Silverstone - 14/15 October - Page 2

Hazard · 10 Oct 2006, 18:26 (Ref:1734360)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alfa Fan

He did turn up to Brands Hatch, but had to fly home late friday night/early saturday morning to attend to a family emergency.

Yeah, I saw his pit garage was all set-up with his name etc.

Well, here we go again then...27 cars...biggest line-up for a while (again)...since Brands was no more than 24 in the end I think, with Erkut & Marsh gone before the racing began.

And Craner...that's a little harsh. New cars are just filling out the field nicely, allowing races to take place throughout the field. Mark's Smith & Jones now have each other to fight etc. was great watching them battle to not be last at Brands.

And the BTC Lexus' (albeit IMO surprisingly), Motorbase's Toledo etc. can hardly be considered to be uncompetitive entrants.

**touringlegend** · 10 Oct 2006, 21:28 (Ref:1734543)

God if there were 10-15 cars out there that could win we'd still be getting more moaning about grid sizes!

cos · 11 Oct 2006, 13:20 (Ref:1735181)

Gavin Smith is in doubt because of the broken ribs he picked up from Brands unfortunately.

Alfa Fan · 11 Oct 2006, 13:24 (Ref:1735186)

I guess Vauxhall will replace him though should he be unable to make it? Especially with the manufacturers championship still undecided

**touringlegend** · 11 Oct 2006, 13:42 (Ref:1735201)

I must have missed what happened to him at Brands ?

Alfa Fan · 11 Oct 2006, 13:43 (Ref:1735203)

Remember the collision at the start of the race, where he tangled with Hughes and hit the inside wall pretty hard?

cos · 11 Oct 2006, 13:44 (Ref:1735207)

Quote:

Originally Posted by touringlegend

I must have missed what happened to him at Brands ?

Startline shunt with Hughes at the first race. Didn't realise he'd broken his ribs until I read about it today!

I wonder who VX would replace him with if he had to miss the races... I do remember reading that VX were all set to put O'Neill in the 4th Astra when Erkut almost didn't make Snetterton (I think) due to flight problems.

**touringlegend** · 11 Oct 2006, 13:46 (Ref:1735209)

Just read that on BTCC.net - remember it now. Didn't get to see much of the Brands coverage at the time really.

BootsOntheSide · 11 Oct 2006, 13:48 (Ref:1735211)

They could simply upgrade Erkut's support to make him a de facto 3rd factory car, now that Owy has a regular drive.

cos · 11 Oct 2006, 14:07 (Ref:1735228)

Quote:

Originally Posted by BootsOntheSide

They could simply upgrade Erkut's support to make him a de facto 3rd factory car, now that Owy has a regular drive.

Not sure that would be the best bet for VX to attempt to clinch the Manufacturers title, no offence to Erkut! I'm sure Smith will have recovered enough by the weekend to render this point moot anyway.

redshoes · 11 Oct 2006, 17:01 (Ref:1735392)

I wonder what the story was with Gavin Smith as I didn't recall him being stretchered off at Brands. Sounds like a result of his first race crash where he got turned into the pit wall. Odd that he managed to get out in races 2 and 3 without any obvious difficulties.

http://tentenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=89604

redshoes · 11 Oct 2006, 17:08 (Ref:1735397)

Quote:

Originally Posted by cos

Not sure that would be the best bet for VX to attempt to clinch the Manufacturers title, no offence to Erkut! I'm sure Smith will have recovered enough by the weekend to render this point moot anyway.

Only 2 cars score Manufacturers points anyhow so wouldn't need to nominate anyone else.

Team points go to 3 cars so Erkut would score if Smith didn't make it.

White flag man · 11 Oct 2006, 19:25 (Ref:1735496)

Quote:

Originally Posted by redshoes

I wonder what the story was with Gavin Smith as I didn't recall him being stretchered off at Brands. Sounds like a result of his first race crash where he got turned into the pit wall. Odd that he managed to get out in races 2 and 3 without any obvious difficulties.

http://tentenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=89604

When we reached his car, after hitting the pit wall, he was trying to get it going. When it was realised that the car the too badly damaged, he got out pretty sharpish, could be that old adrenalin factor. Been there, done that....!

redshoes · 11 Oct 2006, 19:58 (Ref:1735521)

That's got to be some adrenalin rush to do 2 more races a couple of hours later.

**touringlegend** · 14 Oct 2006, 11:09 (Ref:1737677)

Gavin Smith is competing in FP so far and seems pretty competitive - as do Chilton and Gio.

Times are pretty close though.

http://www.msttiming.com/singlesessi...nd=round10.gif

cos · 14 Oct 2006, 11:29 (Ref:1737684)

No Erkut? O'Neill is there but had mechanical troubles in the first session. Good start for Ferrier though in 11th - those old Toledos may well be the next quickest thing after the Leon. Marsh has switched to bio-ethanol and actually managed to do some serious running for once.

Matt_S · 14 Oct 2006, 11:31 (Ref:1737686)

Erkut was never entered for the weekend.

Alfa Fan · 14 Oct 2006, 11:43 (Ref:1737691)

Motorsport News suggested he would do this meeting because he had to miss Brands.

Tibbett · 14 Oct 2006, 13:31 (Ref:1737773)

Jones crashed, hopefully he will be able to qualify

Hazard · 14 Oct 2006, 16:53 (Ref:1737847)

Grid For Race 1

1 - Gareth Howell [25] - Team Dynamics - Honda Integra Type-R - 1:00.411

2 - Colin Turkington [6] - Team RAC - MG-ZS - 1:00.587

3 - Matt Neal [1] - Team Dynamics - Honda Integra Type-R - 1:00.622

4 - Darren Turner [24] - Seat Sport UK - Seat León - 1:00.650

5 - Tom Chilton [5] - VX Racing - Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch - 1:00.723

6 - Gordon Shedden [52] - Team Dynamics - Honda Integra Type-R - 1:00.736

7 - James Thompson [14] - Seat Sport UK - Seat León - 1:00.744

8 - Fabrizio Giovanardi [11] - VX Racing - Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch - 1:00.757

9 - Mike Jordan [77] - Team Eurotech - Honda Integra Type-R - 1:00.834

10 - Rob Collard [7] - Team RAC - MG-ZS - 1:00.840

11 - Gavin Smith [10] - VX Racing - Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch - 1:00.932

12 - Eoin Murray [17] - Murray Motorsport - Alfa Romeo 156 S2000 - 1:01.067

13 - Jason Plato [4] - Seat Sport UK - Seat León - 1:01.073

14 - James Kaye [20] - Synchro Motorsport - Honda Civic Type-R - 1:01.240

15 - Paul O'Neill [82] - Tech-Speed Racing - Vauxhall Astra Coupé - 1:01.429

16 - Tom Ferrier [23] - Motorbase Performance - Seat Toledo - 1:01.923

17 - Jason Hughes [28] - Kartworld Racing - MG-ZS - 1:02.109

18 - David Pinkney [55] - Motorbase Performance - Honda Integra Type-R - 1:02.285

19 - Martyn Bell [15] - Geoff Steel Racing - BMW 320i - 1:02.676

20 - Richard Marsh [16] - Team Farécla - Peugeot 307 - 1:02.965

21 - Mark Smith [66] - In-Front Motorsport - Alfa Romeo 156 S2000 - 1:03.046

22 - Chris Stockton [43] - BTC Racing - Lexus IS200 - 1:03.279

23 - Nick Leason [19] - Daniels Motorsport - Vauxhall Astra Coupé - 1:03.728

24 - Darren Dowling [42] - BTC Racing - Lexus IS200 - 1:04.056

25 - Mark Jones [79] - Team Forward - Lexus IS200 - 1:05.060

Car graphics courtesy of the SeatCupra.net Spotter's Guide

**FIRE** · 14 Oct 2006, 17:01 (Ref:1737851)

What's with Plato?

Tibbett · 14 Oct 2006, 17:51 (Ref:1737868)

His gearbox was replaced during the second practice, so I think is bad qualifying result is caused by a lack of track time.

redshoes · 14 Oct 2006, 17:56 (Ref:1737870)

Quote:

Originally Posted by FIRE

Will Thommo have the WTCC Red Bull livery?

Wasn't full WTCC livery. Yellow bonnet with SEAT logos rather than the usual blue with Telefonica, but still with the Red Bull logo on the doors.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tibbett

Jones crashed, hopefully he will be able to qualify

Didn't make it to qualifying and will not race tomorrow.

Quote:

Originally Posted by FIRE

What's with Plato?

Transmission problems in FP2 and never got close to setting a decent time in qualifying despite several clear runs.

Hazard · 14 Oct 2006, 19:40 (Ref:1737932)

Howell has received a two point endorsement and a reprimand for his part in Adam Jones' shunt.

Source: BTCC.net

phatgti · 14 Oct 2006, 20:32 (Ref:1737972)

Any info on how it happened?
It's bloody qualifying for crying out loud!

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