BTCC 2017 : All Chat Here

[Dan]

Money no doubt, the amount Neal and Plato bring in to the sport through their status and subsequent manufacturers. I see Sutton is a bit of a chip of the old Plato block now that he has pace.

 

[cormac81]

Belfast could be turned into Monaco-style race circuit for major event

 

[Shaun]

Would be awesome but no a chance it would ever happen over here.

 

[K55]

Hairpin round the bonfire?

 

[surprising_skoda]

Good to see Neal wailing off the track after trying to force his way through by bashing into gaps that weren't there.

Don't think I've ever been annoyed with anything Turkington has done on track until today. Sure I'll just try and overtake the identical car in front of me and scupper any chances of the team getting a win and guarantee a win for my main championship rival in the process. Absolute selfish beginner move all round from the guy who's supposed to be the best in the business.

 

[weeloaney]

Good to see Neal wailing off the track after trying to force his way through by bashing into gaps that weren't there.

Don't think I've ever been annoyed with anything Turkington has done on track until today. Sure I'll just try and overtake the identical car in front of me and scupper any chances of the team getting a win and guarantee a win for my main championship rival in the process. Absolute selfish beginner move all round from the guy who's supposed to be the best in the business.

Must try and get watching the races during the week.

Very unlike turkington to do something like that

 

[Graham]

Good to see Neal wailing off the track after trying to force his way through by bashing into gaps that weren't there.

Don't think I've ever been annoyed with anything Turkington has done on track until today. Sure I'll just try and overtake the identical car in front of me and scupper any chances of the team getting a win and guarantee a win for my main championship rival in the process. Absolute selfish beginner move all round from the guy who's supposed to be the best in the business.

The bmw was never taking pole so fair play to colin for seeing if he could get 2nd

 

[Dan]

Good to see Neal wailing off the track after trying to force his way through by bashing into gaps that weren't there.

Don't think I've ever been annoyed with anything Turkington has done on track until today. Sure I'll just try and overtake the identical car in front of me and scupper any chances of the team getting a win and guarantee a win for my main championship rival in the process. Absolute selfish beginner move all round from the guy who's supposed to be the best in the business.

He's the best in the business because of those kind of decisions. He wouldn't have taken the win, Collard sitting behind him in the Championship so why not go for P2 and close the gap on Sheddon for Knockhill. The only difference is he won't punt his teammate off unlike a Plato or Neal

 

[Shaun]

Had every right to fight for 2nd, Collard was never getting 1st and Colin was faster and with a championship on the line he has to fight for every point.
Neal needs to just give up, man is a joke!

 

[surprising_skoda]

The bmw was never taking pole so fair play to colin for seeing if he could get 2nd

Pole? I'm talking about the third race where Collard was on the back bumper on Shedden and as soon as Turkington tried to pass him they fell 1.5 seconds back. And Turkington didn't pass him. He's good enough to know that if, when, Collard had pulled the trigger, he would have been able to follow him through on the inside, both of them holding Shedden wide and thus taking more points off him, and getting a WSR 1-2.

Refer to both Mercedes and Ferrari F1 teams for correct team-mate operating behaviour and result maximisation.

 

[Graham]

Pole / P1 same thing, but the bmw was never getting gold in the third race - flash is too good a driver and rob didn't have the pace of turk

 

[PaulYDP]

Pole? I'm talking about the third race where Collard was on the back bumper on Shedden and as soon as Turkington tried to pass him they fell 1.5 seconds back. And Turkington didn't pass him. He's good enough to know that if, when, Collard had pulled the trigger, he would have been able to follow him through on the inside, both of them holding Shedden wide and thus taking more points off him, and getting a WSR 1-2.

Refer to both Mercedes and Ferrari F1 teams for correct team-mate operating behaviour and result maximisation.

Collard had followed Sheddon for plenty of laps and was unable to get past him, it's not like the final lap was shaping up to be any different so I don't see your point? Colin coming second would have been enough to see him leading the championship and he looked to have the faster car at that time. He had deliberately stayed off the back of Collard in the previous laps in the hope Collard could get past and he too could benefit but it didn't happen.

Also just because it's an "identical" car doesn't mean they have the same pace - I assume you watched the second race where Colin did in fact pass Collard? Or the fact he qualified in 2nd with a heavier "identical" car?

 

[weeloaney]

Good to see Neal wailing off the track after trying to force his way through by bashing into gaps that weren't there.

Don't think I've ever been annoyed with anything Turkington has done on track until today. Sure I'll just try and overtake the identical car in front of me and scupper any chances of the team getting a win and guarantee a win for my main championship rival in the process. Absolute selfish beginner move all round from the guy who's supposed to be the best in the business.

Talk about an over reaction LMAO
Just watched the race

I thought he took a big diving pass on collard and nearly put bothnof them off by the way you talked.

All he did was try to pass on the LAST lap to get more points as he's fighting for the championship, he was clearly faster and held back. He done absolutely nothing wrong

 

[svensktoppen]

Exactly, lol

If you want to stick to the F1 analogy, the team should have told Collard to pull over to maximise championship points. Yuasa/Honda would have done exactly that in the same situation. Or Neal would have punted his team mate off the track

Great weekend's racing! What a relief after the F1 snore fest in Hungary.

Just imagine a race series with three races in a weekend, flat out from start to finish, overtaking everywhere, with different winners in every race, and different drivers leading the championship throughout the weekend - not just whoever happens to have the best car at the start of the year wins at the end. How good would a series like that be

 

[Graham]

there is nothing quite like the current BTCC and WRC

 

[Shaun]

Good to see the Subarus finally being competitive and Colin with 3 solid 3rd places

 

[Wild Thing]

After race2 and plato had his mini rant with lou at the drivers interview, it was very plain someone got inside his head and messed with him

 

[Dan]

Oh missed that...what was his rant this time?

 

[Shaun]

They had problems all season and they sorted it on Saturday when they seen data from the Diff. Every reason to have a bit of a rant with the crap he has been getting on twitter etc

 

[svensktoppen]

Yes, good to see them back up there. Strange it should take so long to find something like that, but hey, at least now they are on track.

Good solid results for Colin as well.

Knockhill is a strange track. Brilliant to drive, but rarely very exciting to watch, few places to overtake.

 

[RoniN]

Alfa Romeo brand returns to BTCC for 2018 with dealer team



Cheers

 

[Dan]

Well that late lunge bit Neal right back. Hah!

 

[Graham]

Feel sorry for Sheddan in this race and the driving standard from Cook isn't great

 

[Graham]

What a drive from Harper !

 

[MagicRat]

Good to see another young talent from here winning races. Best weekend for Chris Smiley with two top ten finishes.

Have to disagree about Shedden, could never feel sorry for Crash Gordon, apart from his team mate he's the worst on the grid for pushing to pass.