BTCC 2020

[svensktoppen]

Races finally back on, first outing today at Donington.

Colin did well overall even if he did get a bit lucky in the first race.

Sutton looking frighteningly quick!

Last race was fantastic, superb result for Hyundai. Hoping to see more of them up front.

 

[svensktoppen]

Another good weekend for Colin at Brands Hatch

First two races were a little uneventful but the last was brilliant. Reverse grid never disappoints

 

[Dan.86]

Have recorded both days but haven’t got near the tv to watch them. Colin doing great mind you!

 

[weeloaney]

Need to catch up on yesterday’s, seen the first race but then went out for the day.
But first week was great racing

 

[Crow555]

Eventful race 2 at Oulton Park. Poor Josh Cook, that's gonna be a frosty garage. Sutton's Infiniti was just untouchable, especially out of the slower corners. Looking forward to race 3 now.

 

[dufunk]

 

[Dan.86]

Eventful race 2 at Oulton Park. Poor Josh Cook, that's gonna be a frosty garage. Sutton's Infiniti was just untouchable, especially out of the slower corners. Looking forward to race 3 now.

Josh Cook still not catching a break at Knockhill

 

[Crow555]

That race 3 restart at Silverstone was hectic. Ash Sutton had to be wishing for another lap. Three decent races for the Honda team too.

 

[Dan.86]

He was flying!

 

[adzy]

Sutton is great to watch, he can make that Infiniti dance!
Was looking like a strong weekend for Ingram but that went downhill rapidly

 

[weeloaney]

Can’t believe this has been so quiet and haven’t posted myself, been some unreal races this season. The final day is here and first race unfortunately not great for Turkington, hopefully the cars better once the full ballast is off. But not going to be easy for him at all, Sutton is a brilliant driver.

 

[Dan.86]

That was some near miss! Could have been catastrophic for Turkington and Rivett! Great days racing so far

 

[weeloaney]

That would have been a horrific crash. Bet turkington had a mini heart-attack

 

[adzy]

Shaping up to be a good final race! Sadly Ingram is def out of the running now, but he’s had a brilliant weekend so far. Great recovery in race 2

 

[weeloaney]

Sutton’s to lose really. If he doesn’t go too mad and try and push through when he doesn’t need to and get into trouble it’s I’m his really.

 

[Dan.86]

Sutton and Turkington raced so well and well deserved by Sutton holding his aggression in because that could have lost him it. Not often you see Turkington finish all 3 races on the finale.

 

[MagicRat]

Another great BTCC championship, great racing all year. Pity that cock Sutton won.

 

[adzy]

It’s drivers like Sutton that make it great racing tbh. Granted he sometimes takes stupid risks, but I think he deserved the championship.
Ingram next year

 

[weeloaney]

Don’t really like him but he is a great driver and deserves that 2nd championship, he would have had it handier if he didn’t make the stupid risky move in Croft after Turkington was out. But that is the kinda racing that we want

 

[svensktoppen]

Yep, brilliant finish, top class entertainment

Shame with the weather for Colin, never really had a chance in the rain. Could have been a different story in a dry race but that's how it goes.

Well done Sutton, flawless weekend, drove that home beautifully

 

[Graham]

Any guesses as to why the BMW was so poor in those conditions?

 

[svensktoppen]

RWD vs FWD, I think that's the main one in the wet.

 

[weeloaney]

RWD vs FWD, I think that's the main one in the wet.

Infiniti is rwd too.

but Sutton has his car setup so soft normally, even in the dry, and the bit extra in the wet and think that makes a huge difference.

it rides the kerbs like a rally car not a hard setup touring car, just floats over them.

 

[svensktoppen]

Ah, didn't realise his was rwd. That's very impressive then

The other BTCC specific things would be weights. I know Colin went in with a lot of extra weight in the first race, not sure how they compared in the other two races. It makes a big difference.

 

[Dan.86]

The weight doesn’t seem to effect Sutton’s car, it has such pace that unless you super defensive it’ll just pull past. I heard Tim Harvey say they have reduced the boost for the starts too on all the rwd cars so whether that’s a result of Sutton’s pace off the line too or Colin’s too who knows.