Motorsport News BTCC Preview

[VXRDartford]

I have just bought the lastest motrsport news for the BTCC Preview. If you are buying MN just for the preview don't as it is rubbish. It has got all about the last 49 years of the BTCC and a feature on the Jordans but nothing on the 2008 championship and who is driving!!

Hopefully the autosport preview wil be a lot better

[Alfa Fan]

It's crap isn't it. I flicked through the paper three times thinging I must have just missed it. I don't know whats happening to Motorsport News, it used to provide such good coverage. Now even Autosport's preview tomorrow is sure to be better. :(

[Scuderia ferrari]

It's crap isn't it. I flicked through the paper three times thinging I must have just missed it. I don't know whats happening to Motorsport News, it used to provide such good coverage. Now even Autosport's preview tomorrow is sure to be better. :(

What's so bad about that? Autosport's previews are always good.

[Alfa Fan]

It's just that Motorsport News' is usually so good. A comphrensive look at the field, from your Neals, Platos, Giovanardis, down to Bell, Stockton, Taylor, etc. I'm usually far more interesting in finding out about some of the team's lower down the order and their plans & expectations etc for the season. MN usually provided this. Autosport on the other hand will have a feature with one of the top 10 drivers, probabily Stephen Jelley this year I think, plus a detailed look at the top teams. Most of the true single-car independents will be lucky to even get a mention!

[VXRDartford]

What's so bad about that? Autosport's previews are always good.

Autosport is a great mag (I like it so much i subscribe to it) but it is usually more interested in the single seaters and NASCAR (for some reason) DTM seems to get more coverage than BTCC. What is good it their reviews of the rounds its just the news is usually lacking or just one story about the BTCC.

[thompp]

Autosport is a great mag (I like it so much i subscribe to it) but it is usually more interested in the single seaters and NASCAR (for some reason) DTM seems to get more coverage than BTCC. What is good it their reviews of the rounds its just the news is usually lacking or just one story about the BTCC.

Like most general motorsport coverage, half of Autosport is given over to F1.

[RaikkonenRules]

Autosport's NASCAR previews are probably the worst in my opinion. This year they only metioned the top drivers and the open wheelers. Nothing whatsover on about 2/3s of the drivers.

[VkmSpouge]

Autosport's NASCAR previews are probably the worst in my opinion. This year they only metioned the top drivers and the open wheelers. Nothing whatsover on about 2/3s of the drivers.

Considering there are about 50 drivers who will compete regularly in NASCAR this year, that is hardly surprising.

[VXRDartford]

Autosports preview is much better. It has a little bit on each driver and also a good preview on the website (only if you subscribe to the website unfortunatley)

[BDunnell]

Autosport's NASCAR previews are probably the worst in my opinion. This year they only metioned the top drivers and the open wheelers. Nothing whatsover on about 2/3s of the drivers.

Given that the majority of Autosport's sales are in the UK, where there is a significant lack of interest in NASCAR, I don't think this is surprising.

[MrJan]

I don't really buy either publication. Autosport is just an F1 fest although the national bit in the back is usually interesting.

Motoring News has tried to move back towards rallying a bit more which is probably why they haven't put that much effort in. The one thing that I've noticed recently is that MN seems to be getting thinner while the price keeps getting bigger.

[RaikkonenRules]

Well Autosport's preview of the BTCC was quite good with equal mention of all the teams. Same for the Indycar preview. :up:

[Rover V8]

I have just bought the lastest motrsport news for the BTCC Preview. If you are buying MN just for the preview don't as it is rubbish. It has got all about the last 49 years of the BTCC and a feature on the Jordans but nothing on the 2008 championship and who is driving!!

Hopefully the autosport preview wil be a lot better

It's an odd one to say the least- I thought there were a couple of pages missing from mine at first....All the Mike/Andrew Jordan stuff is basically advertising for John Guest, and as you said, there's no 2008 preview material in there...

The Jack Sears interview is pretty good, the 'timeline' is a bit sketchy, though no more so than you'd expect trying to cram 50 years into 2 pages, the Mike Jordan track test of Frank Gardner's RS1600 is interesting (that's one of my favourite BTCC cars of all time...).

I'm surprised there's not been much comment about the 'Top 50 drivers' bit though- some of those are contentious to say the least...Mansell's BTCC career of precisely 3 meetings and a TOCA Shoot-Out putting him in the list at no 25? above several champions and some of the all-time touring car greats? Hmm....