I was thinking exactly the same thing. This year's rules mean there is a fine line between the benefits of winning and not winning. Collard's day yesterday showed that.Quote:
Originally Posted by inimitablestoo
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I was thinking exactly the same thing. This year's rules mean there is a fine line between the benefits of winning and not winning. Collard's day yesterday showed that.Quote:
Originally Posted by inimitablestoo
I was just thinking during race 1, why do we need success ballast? BMW's, VW's, Honda's and MG's all fighting together providing close racing.
What the success ballast did in race 2 was make the racing slightly predictable. We knew that Collard was going to fall back
Exactly! Race one of the season always shows that it's unnecessary. I think it betrays a lack of confidence in the ability of the championship to entertain without gimmicks. As I said, the BTCC at present is on the cusp of being really good, but it's spoiled by this sort of thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow
By the way, am I alone in thinking TOCA ought to take proper disciplinary action against Rob Austin?
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
As in you don't think they should?Quote:
Originally Posted by Alfa Fan
Bro' you're heaps beached eh!
So beached.
Beached as!
Want a chip bro?
Caught up with the races online yesterday, seemed pretty decent on the whole, the extra success ballast is probably a little excessive, but I don't think that was Collards only problem in race 2, as much was the soft tyres. Only watched the races and skipped over the rest so missed anything about how the race 2 grid is formed. Overall some good racing, close between a number of cars and the field has some real depth which is great.
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Fastest lap from race 1 gets pole for race 2.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robinho
What I do think has improved (and was the case for much of last season) is that the driving standards are better now. Nice to see people getting close up to Druids but not just barging people out the way, which has often been the case in the past. The closest move I can remember was Priaulx in race 2, and that was more a case of bashing door handles (the way it should be).
Agreed. There's a lot to be said for just watching the races and enjoying them individually, and not worrying too much about ballast and grid formations and such.
On the Rob Austin front... that's what you get if you get somebody with a vested interest picking balls from a bowl that is at least partially see-through. Honestly, I can't imagine I'd have done anything different myself (assuming I was ever good enough to finish in the top 10 of a BTCC race, which seems unlikely)