3 excellent races, the second race with alison and turner looked nasty as did that porsche super cup crash.
The championship is so exciting this year, can't wait for the next round.
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3 excellent races, the second race with alison and turner looked nasty as did that porsche super cup crash.
The championship is so exciting this year, can't wait for the next round.
same here
I enjoyed all of the races.
Was impressed by Jordan again, keeping a good race to take him to the podium on race 3.
not a goog day if you were a BMW driver. Apparantly the lack of performance was down to the harder tire which upset the balance of the car
A manic Clio race today!! :eek:
Who the heck gave Richard Marsh the keys to that Alfa? lol I haven't seen anything like it since Simoni in 94/95!
I know not only is he slow, he keeps hitting things!
Having just got back from Thruxton, a couple of thoughts ...
Good things:
Parking arrangements. Pretty well organised, methinks. And by not having the final BTCC race on last helped to reduce the mad rush ...Lord Mike of Jordan. I dithered at the beginning of the season on who (whom?) I was going to support. Rockingham made me mind up. Thruxton confirmed it. I bow to thee, Lord Mike. Fiona finishing races. Yay!. Murray walking and talking.
Bad things:
It's owned by the British Automobile Racing Club yet they haven't placed view screens anywhere. When you're only allowed to view from 3/8ths of the circuit it really is a no-brainer that this sort of facility should be supplied (I know people will say "why because it's owned by the British Automobile Racing Club?". No reason, but if they have a posh name, make a bl**dy effort). The toilets. Look, your website looks like it was designed in the 1930's but there's no need to fob us off with old school lavs. No hot water, no hand dryers, no paper towels after midday. Awful. And worst of all. Mike Jordan's puncture ... No fair.
Not specifically Thruxton bad things:
Those wretched air horns .............
That's it ....
<grumpy old man mode:> Off
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Oh ... One more good things at Thruxton ...
Damn good job, marshals ....
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Races looked good on the TV. I thought Jordan, by rights, ought to have won all three races! He had a fantastic meeting.
I know it's early days, but is anyone elsewondering whether we'll see a BMW win this year? Further to that, I think it's abundantly clear that none of the Alfas will get a victory in 2007, reverse grid or no.
Great races with plenty of surpises and class performances, namely that of Fab, but for the second meeting I notice their is a whole load of absences throughout. I don't like it when so many drivers fail to make it out. I like to see everyone out racing.
From what I make out of BTC Racing messers Stockon and Leason DNF Race 1 but whereas both missed out on Race 2 atleast Chris got out for Race 3 (only to get a DNF). What happened to the two in Race 2 and Nick for Race 3?
John George and Eoin Murray were absentees when they missed Race 2 and 3 respectively.
I do notice though the races the above drivers miss do all follow DNF's so perhaps the teams couldn't fix problems in time?
But I notice Adam Jones and Jim Pocklington didn't show all day. What happened to them for Thruxton?
For Pocklington, read BTCC.netQuote:
Originally Posted by SEATFreak
http://tinyurl.com/yoq7p9
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Originally Posted by SEATFreak
Have we seen the last of Adam Jones? Unless he gets more funds?
Nick had terminal engine problem in 1st raceQuote:
Originally Posted by SEATFreak
Eoin started race 2 but also had engine expire after overheating in race1 (and he had lent his spare to Marsh)
Adam was never going to do Thruxton nor Croft
No you havn'tQuote:
Originally Posted by Ian McC
He is missing yesterdays race and Croft because of GR Asia WTCC commitments
He will be at Oulton with a new engine and a spare
although funds are still tight,the early season performances have made a difference to the funding and the team are fairly confident of doing the rest of the season
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Originally Posted by tyreman2
That's good news! Thanks :)
what happened in the seat cupra championship?
Based on what i saw on the highlights, i wish race three had gone on longer - it would have been a nail biting ending to race 3!!
Great wins again from Fabrizio and VXR - the horrors of a dodgy car and post Muller divorce of last season are long gone!
It's nice to see the main protagonists not verbally going at each other - full respect all round.
First visit to Thruxton and it was great. I really love how close you can get without huge metal barriers ruining your photos!
Great racing all round, impressed with Hughes performances. Finished 12th from 22nd in Race 1, then 2x 9th places shows he and the car still have some potential to get good top 10 finishes. Looking forward to visiting again later in the year. Only took 15 minutes to get out!
I still stick by my prediction of Gio winning the title.
And as for that Porsche crash, bloody hell. Ive never seen anything like it. Can't believe that knowone was injured. Look how close the 2 people are on the path....
http://i16.tinypic.com/4rc75t4.jpg
good day at the office for Jonathan Adam with 2 wins, rest can be seen at http://www.seatsportuk.co.uk/sport/ dont really care who was behind himQuote:
Originally Posted by lilmelvschilton
:champion: long way to go still :eek:
Blimey that Porsche crash looks nasty.
Big respect for the photos - I would have been running away, certainly by photo 11, probably a whole lot sooner!
As for the two people on the path they were very lucky indeed. I walked up that path on the Saturday and I have to say there is not a lot of width there to try to get out of the way so you'd just have to run up the path and hope you were running faster than the porsche, or any of the bits which are flying off it.
I guess they were watching thinking the fence would stop the Porsche, then were surprised when it bounced over.
I assume Kelvin is ok? He must have been pretty shaken up by that.
Yea Kelvin is fine just a tad shaken. When ever he crashed he always seem to do it in style, 96 + 97 at Outlon Park spring to mind
What a great days racing, I watched the races from the startline, exit of the complex and the 1st turn and they were very entertaining! What was richard marsh doing in race 2 tough, he looked miles back!
Also got to say it was great to have a short chat with Martyn Bell, Rick Kerry and John George. The grin on Georges face when I asked him how the new car, compared to the old one, was priceless! Mat Neal as usual looked like he didnt give a f*** about being there, hes really starting to bug me now.
oh yea and Mat Jacksons grid girl was stunning in love lol :D
I left the somewhat undercrowded FIA/GT at Silverstone early to get back for the TV coverage at Thruxton. Mike Jordan had an incredible first race and I was devastated when he suffered that last-lap puncture.
At this point in the season it appears to be panning out as a Plato v Giovanardi competition, and the BTCC is restored to being manufacturer team dominated once again - well, nearly. I think the other two "semi-independent" teams Halfords and RAC are underperforming at the moment, although some of the independents are coming on strong - esp. Messrs Jordan and Jackson.
I missed the first race :(
I was dissapointed with the pace of the BMW's, I thought that they would be good on high speed tracks. Also more bad look for Murray :bigcry:
Seems like the A-tech Alfa's are coming up strong, in race 3 Pinkney's fastest lap was on a few tenths slower than Plato's, if it wasn't for tyre wear he should have got a top 6 finish.
I hope A-Tech get the tyre wear issues sorted out because up to the point when the tyres started to go off, Pinkney had been doing very well.
Well Pinkney is doing a good job with it. Two top 10 finishes, where as Richard Marsh hasn't even scored a point in the indies championship!
Fair play to Rick Kerry, Simon Blanckley etc, who are not as experianced at BTCC but doing better!
Pinkney did a great job with the car even though I thought it looked very twitchy through the 1st bend, even on new tyres.