BTCC Knockhill Race Weekend

**touringlegend** · 27 Aug 2005, 09:36 (Ref:1392357)

Free Practice is halfway through and at the moment it's looking very competitive, several different makes at the top of the timesheets so far.

Strangely it's also Dry! We'll see how long that holds out

**touringlegend** · 27 Aug 2005, 10:40 (Ref:1392386)

5 different cars in the top 5..not bad!

2005 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship - CLASSIFICATION - FREE PRACTICE SESSION 1
POS NO CL DRIVER NAT CAR TIME LAPS GAP MPH
1 6 Colin TURKINGTON GBR Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch 54.401 25 85.93
2 21 I Rob COLLARD GBR MG ZS 54.419 26 0.018 85.90
3 11 Jason PLATO GBR SEAT Toledo Cupra 54.421 23 0.020 85.90
4 25 I Gareth HOWELL GBR Honda Integra 54.493 24 0.092 85.79
5 9 I Tom CHILTON GBR Honda Civic Type-R 54.669 23 0.268 85.51
6 2 Yvan MULLER FRA Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch 54.709 24 0.308 85.45
7 5 I Matt NEAL GBR Honda Integra 54.713 17 0.312 85.44
8 10 I James KAYE GBR Honda Civic Type-R 54.779 24 0.378 85.34
9 57 Luke HINES GBR SEAT Toledo Cupra 54.824 25 0.423 85.27
10 8 I Dan EAVES GBR Honda Integra 54.841 13 0.440 85.24
11 88 Gavin SMITH IRL Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch 54.938 24 0.537 85.09
12 12 James PICKFORD GBR SEAT Toledo Cupra 54.952 30 0.551 85.07
13 36 I Jason HUGHES GBR MG ZS 56.167 27 1.766 83.23
14 82 I Fiona LEGGATE GBR Vauxhall Astra Coupe 56.535 24 2.134 82.69
15 77 I Richard WILLIAMS GBR Lexus IS200 56.721 29 2.320 82.42
16 78 I Ian CURLEY GBR Lexus IS200 56.931 24 2.530 82.11
17 23 I Mark PROCTOR GBR Vauxhall Astra Coupe 57.014 25 2.613 81.99

Kicking-back · 27 Aug 2005, 10:49 (Ref:1392387)

And a 17 car field.

1 more and it would almost be respectable!

luke · 27 Aug 2005, 10:57 (Ref:1392391)

17 car field - Lets hope all of them start the races. Just wish we had a more solid field with Anthony Reid and a few other ex BTCC drivers who are left out.

BootsOntheSide · 27 Aug 2005, 10:59 (Ref:1392393)

Howell being the fastest Dynamics car is interesting. I'm fine with a 17-car grid, they've often produced mroe excitement than the WTCC has with twice as many cars. WSR look to be on the pace, which is also encouraging.

Alfa Fan · 27 Aug 2005, 11:05 (Ref:1392396)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kicking-back

And a 17 car field.

1 more and it would almost be respectable!

Remember Knockhill only had 18 cars last year. Both GA Astras missed it, and Bentwood Astras

luke · 27 Aug 2005, 11:12 (Ref:1392399)

Yes I forgot Gareth Howell, and even though the BTCC grids are small comapred to the WTCC grids, as mentioned yu can never copy the magic of the BTCC.

nickyf1 · 27 Aug 2005, 11:52 (Ref:1392421)

I cant wait to go!!!!!!!!!!

speedy king · 27 Aug 2005, 12:07 (Ref:1392429)

Great result for Howell

Looks like the racing should be good, 17 cars, i believe thats the biggest grid this year isnt it?

And the Lexus' are not at the back, infact the back 4 or 5 i can see having quite a dice. Shame its not live on TV this weekend

**touringlegend** · 27 Aug 2005, 13:07 (Ref:1392454)

Looks like it could be a good weekend for SEAT/Collard/Turkington. Might turn out to be a bad weekend for Matt Neal, he slid off at McIntyres in FP1. Fiona Leggate ended the session after spinning off at the chicane.

2005 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship - CLASSIFICATION - FREE PRACTICE SESSION 2
POS NO CL DRIVER NAT CAR TIME LAPS GAP MPH
1 11 Jason PLATO GBR SEAT Toledo Cupra 54.198 21 86.25
2 21 I Rob COLLARD GBR MG ZS 54.336 17 0.138 86.03
3 8 I Dan EAVES GBR Honda Integra 54.368 22 0.170 85.98
4 9 I Tom CHILTON GBR Honda Civic Type-R 54.383 23 0.185 85.96
5 6 Colin TURKINGTON GBR Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch 54.470 25 0.272 85.82
6 5 I Matt NEAL GBR Honda Integra 54.573 19 0.375 85.66
7 2 Yvan MULLER FRA Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch 54.586 17 0.388 85.64
8 12 James PICKFORD GBR SEAT Toledo Cupra 54.646 22 0.448 85.55
9 10 I James KAYE GBR Honda Civic Type-R 54.753 24 0.555 85.38
10 57 Luke HINES GBR SEAT Toledo Cupra 55.041 10 0.843 84.93
11 88 Gavin SMITH IRL Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch 55.131 19 0.933 84.79
12 25 I Gareth HOWELL GBR Honda Integra 55.338 9 1.140 84.48
13 36 I Jason HUGHES GBR MG ZS 55.714 27 1.516 83.91
14 77 I Richard WILLIAMS GBR Lexus IS200 55.724 24 1.526 83.89
15 23 I Mark PROCTOR GBR Vauxhall Astra Coupe 56.156 18 1.958 83.25
16 78 I Ian CURLEY GBR Lexus IS200 56.417 21 2.219 82.86
17 82 I Fiona LEGGATE GBR Vauxhall Astra Coupe 56.483 17 2.285 82.76

redshoes · 27 Aug 2005, 13:14 (Ref:1392459)

Quote:

Originally Posted by BootsOntheSide

Howell being the fastest Dynamics car is interesting.

No success ballast though

luke · 27 Aug 2005, 13:38 (Ref:1392473)

Also the races last year were some of the best touring car racing we have seen.

**touringlegend** · 27 Aug 2005, 16:32 (Ref:1392548)

It seems FP2 was brought to an abrupt halt, after James Pickford lost control of his Toledo at the chicane, hit the barriers and rolled the car. But he was back out for Qualifying.

Qualifying Results:

2005 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship - CLASSIFICATION - QUALIFYING ROUND 22
POS NO CL DRIVER NAT CAR TIME LAPS GAP MPH
1 6 Colin TURKINGTON GBR Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch 54.076 22 86.45
2 25 I Gareth HOWELL GBR Honda Integra 54.173 24 0.097 86.29
3 2 Yvan MULLER FRA Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch 54.225 23 0.149 86.21
4 5 I Matt NEAL GBR Honda Integra 54.233 27 0.157 86.20
5 8 I Dan EAVES GBR Honda Integra 54.255 19 0.179 86.16
6 9 I Tom CHILTON GBR Honda Civic Type-R 54.373 25 0.297 85.97
7 11 Jason PLATO GBR SEAT Toledo Cupra 54.467 24 0.391 85.83
8 10 I James KAYE GBR Honda Civic Type-R 54.520 20 0.444 85.74
9 88 Gavin SMITH IRL Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch 54.543 23 0.467 85.71
10 57 Luke HINES GBR SEAT Toledo Cupra 54.633 23 0.557 85.57
11 21 I Rob COLLARD GBR MG ZS 54.780 20 0.704 85.34
12 12 James PICKFORD GBR SEAT Toledo Cupra 55.058 14 0.982 84.91
13 36 I Jason HUGHES GBR MG ZS 55.593 26 1.517 84.09
14 23 I Mark PROCTOR GBR Vauxhall Astra Coupe 55.908 18 1.832 83.61
15 77 I Richard WILLIAMS GBR Lexus IS200 56.159 27 2.083 83.24
16 78 I Ian CURLEY GBR Lexus IS200 56.471 28 2.395 82.78
17 82 I Fiona LEGGATE GBR Vauxhall Astra Coupe 56.652 10 2.576 82.52

No matter how light his car is that's still a good showing from Howell, Plato's dissapointed me a bit with that positon, as has Collard. What happened to them.

BTCC.net notes Turkington's time was the fastest ever lap by a BTCC car round Knockhill. (I presume 2001 on regs..)

Alfa Fan · 27 Aug 2005, 16:48 (Ref:1392553)

Could be outright.

Kicking-back · 27 Aug 2005, 17:09 (Ref:1392557)

It's the fastest current-spec time.

Super Touring another 2s faster

Hazard · 27 Aug 2005, 17:52 (Ref:1392583)

This could be the best touring car weekend ever!

Excellent work from Howell...great field, WTCC looks a bit insane aswell, not to mention the DTM Opel assention (for a day no doubt).

luke · 28 Aug 2005, 14:47 (Ref:1393004)

Some great racing today so far.

Hazard · 28 Aug 2005, 14:48 (Ref:1393008)

And some not so great...but still interesting.

Muller vs Neal clearly turning into something of a strange love-hate relationship

Dani Filth · 28 Aug 2005, 14:50 (Ref:1393010)

first two races were pretty good .. let's see what race 3 reserves

Kicking-back · 28 Aug 2005, 14:50 (Ref:1393012)

Having abandoned being at the circuit after just an hour this morning, I'm warm at home and enjoying watching the wet races on the TV

Hazard · 28 Aug 2005, 15:14 (Ref:1393025)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kicking-back

Having abandoned being at the circuit after just an hour this morning, I'm warm at home and enjoying watching the wet races on the TV

I know, it's far more fun to watch wet races on the TV than at the circuit

Good thing too

Hazard · 28 Aug 2005, 15:34 (Ref:1393042)

As heard on TV:

Team Dynamics have appealed against Muller's 2 points (licence, not championship) endorsement in race one...(that's kind of them

)

luke · 28 Aug 2005, 15:50 (Ref:1393052)

What a dirty move by Plato to take Howell out on the finish straight when the safety car was out.

Hazard · 28 Aug 2005, 15:51 (Ref:1393054)

Just came on to talk about that, I'd welcome the black flag for that one, that was an absolutely foul move by Plato.

Gaz · 28 Aug 2005, 15:54 (Ref:1393062)

Shouldn't have done it I agree but it appears Howell was overtaking under yellows....

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
BTCC Mondello Race Weekend Thread	rdjones	Touring Car Racing	43	27 Jul 2005 21:01
BTCC: Knockhill	Hazard	Touring Car Racing	70	11 Aug 2004 20:16
F3 weekend at Knockhill	rick vaux	Marshals Forum	3	26 May 2003 20:05