******** BTCC 2012 Thread ********

[Tamiyoman]

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Plato is always naughty.

I wonder how long the AmD Golf will hang onto first place! I'm not holding my breath but nonetheless wish the team well.

About 4.5 seconds 

[Tfsi_Mike]

Shame for news ham, ambitious of Plato

[Tamiyoman]

If theres a Gap platos gonna try filling it, I think the gap was there but it was a shame for newsham

[Hedge]

So hands up who said the MG was going to be rubbish then.... 

[rdfcpete]

^^^^
Plato is always naughty.

I wonder how long the AmD Golf will hang onto first place! I'm not holding my breath but nonetheless wish the team well.

About 4.5 seconds 

 
Such a sluggish start. Argh well, that oil was waiting for many of them anyway...

[Tamiyoman]

So hands up who said the MG was going to be rubbish then.... 

Ahem that would be FRENZY 

[Frenzy]

  yep that told me   still think they should scrap the manufacturers championship if there are less than 3 teams in it - just make them all independents  

The lads who went to watch must have had a cracking day's entertainment, hopefully theyll have some pictures to post up  

Performance
MG - Amazed by how well Triple 8 have put this car together, it really was an eleventh hour job so to get a win and a podium is a real dream start. Have the best driver in the business and the worst livery in the field   seriously i don't think the MG is anything to go by looks wise but i can't really tell what it looks like from that 'race trim'

Honda - decent but not driving away with it as i thought they might. In race trim it doesn't half look like a(n unnecessary) lard arse from the back  

The rest - AMD Golf has improved tenfold over last season and should score reasonable points this season, the Vectra of Newsham had impressed in the timing run at silverstone and obviously in qualifying and performed well in the final race, shame Plato robbed him of his race in the first round. Rob Austin's A4 ran well as well. Surprised Wrathall's Avensis didn't run better after last season's showing


Drivers
Plato - kudos to the guy for winning a race but boy he's dirty. And he plays the game so much in the interviews, if he had done to him what he did to Newsham he would have been raging  

Neal - Solid enough performance

Sheddon - great comeback in the last race, showed great character to persevere and not let his head go down after the car let him and the team down badly

Newsham - felt sorry for the bloke but got his reward in the final round with a podium finish

Jordan - looking good, if they can keep developing the car he'll be there or there abouts come the fat lady's warbbles

Collard - good start but then went backwards, will have come away scratching his head a bit as the Bimmer is supposed to come into its own towards the end of races, having said that i don't think Brands indy is the most demanding of circuits on tyres so maybe RWD will show stronger at other tracks with higher speed corners and more demanding braking

ITV - i thought their coverage of the BTCC, as ever, was cracking. Toby Moody was better than Ben Edwards imo and gelled ever so well with Tim Harvey. I think ITV's coverage of BTCC is superior to Sky F1's coverage of F1 (and i'm not saying that Sky F1 is bad, however i'm in no way saying ITV's coverage of F1 was good, it wasn't, it was dire and i rejoiced the day it went back to the beeb). Was top to see Paul O'Neil interviewed as well - hope some sponsor(s) can come through so they can get the cars out of the garage and on the track where they and O'Neil belong  

Roll on Donnie  

[Frenzy]

P.S look out for my tip for the national, a former 3 legged donkey from Blackpool beach, now down to 2 legs:

 

[Hedge]

Bless. Wasn't particularly having a pop mate. The MG's are a real surprise but look sh*te.

Here's hoping the Beemers come good at the other circuits. 

[Frenzy]

Ah no worries Hedge, i was asking for it  If you make such bold statements and are willing to roll in the clover when they pay off you have to be equally willing to roll in the turd when you get it wrong along with the helping of egg on yer face!

I honestly was expecting the MGs to be mid-pack if they actually made it to the end. I too hope the beemers improve because after the first race they seemed to be lacking a certain something - maybe they don't cope well with ballast...?

[Hedge]

Well next time I see Rob in Waitrose I shall ask him. 

[SteveP]

 

[Hedge]

 

[glenn_g60]

To be honest, with Triple 8 runnung the MGs, they were never going to be that bad. Triple 8 know how to build a good touring car (Vauxall atras anyone!?!) so not a massive suprise. Think you got to take their pace as somewhere between Plato and Neate. Plato out performed the car and Neates just never been the same since his huge Britcar/TVR crash few years back.

[vRS_Pagey]

I was there and I can confirm it was awesome.......