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Honda appear to work closely with TD, and there is a lot of cross-promotion between different Honda 'disciplines'. MG seem to at least be interested, in that their franchised dealers host Q&A sessions with the drivers. Subaru on the other hand seem to do nothing more than a minor press release twice a year, and leave Adrian Flux to promote via a blog. |
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https://www.touringcartimes.com/2017...in-tcr-switch/
Dan has found a seat elsewhere, which suggests he won't be in BTCC this year |
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When can we expect an announcement from Maximum? Seems a bit last minute, is this normal? Shame for Maximum and hope they can get a driver who can match Cook on pace.
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Dennis Strandberg in at Maximum. Story on BTCC.net
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A Swedish driver racing a Ford...How very 2000.
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He's the one who tested for them pre-season, nice to have an overseas Touring car driver in the series. Especially now Lloyd has gone to TCR. Hopefully Lloyd will show his true talent on an international stage, as others have done before him
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I assume Strandberg is in for the rest of the year. All the new stories just refer to him driving at Croft and don't mention anything after that.
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That's what I assumed, unless TOCA consider it force majeure.
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I think Maximum Motorsport would be right to feel hard done by if TOCA don't allow Dennis Strandberg to join them for Croft under force majeure rules.
It is not Maximum's fault their driver has dumped them, when they offered him a seat when there was little chance of a drive in the 2017 season. Cook should be made to remain at MG for the rest of the season, as it was his choice to move there. TOCA don't like musical chairs. What number is Strandberg running?, as I assume Cook has taken no.66 to MG. |
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Shouldn't be an issue with TOCA letting Strandberg drive a Croft. The question is do TOCA allow a further driver change if one Strandberg do the remainder of the year.
Press release for Cook specifically said 'replacement driver for the remainder of the season'. I believe Strandberg will run as #95. |
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I personally have no problem with drivers swapping and changing. As long as they are quick enough then I dont see the problem.
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Great to see Swedish driver in BTCC, I would love to see at least a few young, overseas drivers in BTCC.
And I hope Strandberg will remain for the rest of the season however it looks like he's only driving at Croft. |
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Given the last minute nature of the seat needing to be filled I would imagine it could take a while to sort the money out. A good few weeks break after Croft, so hopefully that will help in this respect.
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I noted that the track is wet today that might be fun and games during the qualfying part
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Three Subarus in Top 10 in FP1. Does it mark a turnaround for Team BMR?
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