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Okay. First point, if anything, the current Super2000 cars are less advanced than the Supertourers. Due to the lower levels of downforce the Super2000 cars probably don't handle as well as those Supertourers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Second point. Was the racing anymore sensational than it is today? There was far less overtaking than now, and I think the 3 race format is better than the two race one.
Well I think most of us would prefer to watch a series where the 1st prize is decided in the last race with the two contenders going wheel to wheel with each other. Rather than Alain Menu winning race after race.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
But I agree with you about success ballast. I thought the idea behind it was to stop one car from dominating. But from the first round this season (when there was no success ballast) we saw that the field was so competitive anyway. It's not needed, and it's a shame that Touring Car series seem to have adopted success ballast without thinking about it. At least the BTCC success ballast system works better than in the WTCC.
Dear god..... this proves nothing. I somehow doubt any of these people would have beaten Menu on a good day with them both being in Laguna's. You could argue that Kimi Raikkonen beat Alonso last year who beat Schumacher who beat this guy who beat that guy who beat that other guy and that Kimi is the best driver ever. It simply doesn't work like that. Menu was simply excellent back in the Laguna and although I think he's an arrogant prat he probably would wipe the floor with most of these guys if he was 10 or 20 years younger. It was a mark of quality that back in the 90's the BTCC simply had a good chunk of best touring car drivers in the world.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow
If the BTCC was so great as people are suggesting then why is Seat pulling out? Why not pull out of the WTCC. Surely it's better to compete in a "world class competition where the transport costs aren't so high?
The truth is no one gives a **** about the BTCC. Even 5 years ago people on this forum used to go ga-ga for it and people used to religiously go to each round and meet up with other forum people and there was a whole social thing around it.
Racing like this just doesn't happen anymore.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXkWU...eature=related
That race only happened once.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
BTCC can still cut it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MZDdA4CQfo at 3mins 30 into the video I get sexually aroused! Five abreast around Church corner :eek:
Firstly tone it down a bit. Everone is entitled to their own opinions no need to start shouting about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Secondly that race was a one off. It was a great race but the racing is not much different now than it was then. The only real difference is more contact was allowed then than is now.
As the viewing figures and attendance figures have shown a lot of people care about the BTCC and if you look at the super touring years there was not a World touring car series so all the big names came to race in Britain. If you took away the WTCC I think the same would happen as apart from the WTCC the BTCC is the best national touring car championship.
to get back on topic shame to see Seat go!!
You need a girlfriend Jon :)
On the weekend Brands Hatch hosted the WTCC, the BTCC was at Oulton Park. Am I right in thinking that the BTCC attracted twice as big a crowd than the WTCC did?Quote:
Originally Posted by VXRDartford
I know :( Maybe the fact I got aroused by that puts girls off?Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Daniel quit trolling please.
Well, the championship would have died had the Super Touring regulations continued any longer than they did. Schnitzer coming in with a massive budget in '93 was, with hindsight, the beginning of the end of Super Touring.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndySpeed
We're talking about a very different breed of car. There is no comparison, so I don't take that point seriously.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Yes, and who could forget Mike Jordan winning his sixth ever BTCC race (I know he competed briefly in 1990, but you get the point)? Who can forget Dan Eaves winning three races in one day, a great achievement even when the grid was thin? And who remembers a lot of dull races in the golden era that you seem to recall with such fondness? I for one couldn't give a toss how good any of the cars looked.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Where did I argue that? I must have missed it. Or are you exaggerating the opinion I did voice in order to make your own point?Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel