Rob Collard is currently 3 months into an 18-month driving ban. I'm shocked..
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Rob Collard is currently 3 months into an 18-month driving ban. I'm shocked..
He competed (legally, it must be added) in the BTCC while banned from driving in 2010, as well, as this report outlines: Racing driver Rob Collard banned from driving (From Basingstoke Gazette)Quote:
Originally Posted by Alfa Fan
Yes, I'm not suggesting it would affect his race licence, but not really something someone aspiring to be a "professional" driver should have happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
I'm not condoning it by any means; however, I do recall at least one very well-known F1 driver losing their licence for a time over speeding offences.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alfa Fan
Time for a round up of where we're upto with team / car / driver line-ups for 2013 I think. It's genuinely looking like a pretty massive grid this year.
Honda Yuasa Racing (Team Dynamics) Honda Civic 2 cars Gordon Shedden / Matt Neal 2 CONFIRMED
MG KX Momentum Racing (Triple Eight) MG 6 2-4 cars Jason Plato / TBA (Sam Tordoff) / TBA / TBA 2 CONFIRMED, 2 MORE POSSIBLE?
eBay Motors (West Surrey Racing) BMW 1-Series 2-3 cars TBA (Rob Collard) / TBA (Nick Foster) / TBA (Colin Turkington?) 2 CONFIRMED, 1 MORE LIKELY
Redstone Racing (Motorbase Performance) Ford Focus 2-3 cars TBA (Mat Jackson) / TBA (Aron Smith) / TBA 2 AWAITING CONFIRMATION, 1 MORE LIKELY
Pirtek Racing (Eurotech Racing) Honda Civic 2 cars Andy Jordan / Jeff Smith 2 AWAITING CONFIRMATION
Team HARD Volkswagen Passat CC 2 cars Tom Onslow-Cole / TBA (Richard Hawken?) 2 CONFIRMED
Team HARD Vauxhall Insignia VXR-R 2 cars Jack Goff / James Cole 2 CONFIRMED
wixracing.co.uk (Rob Austin Racing) Audi A4 2 cars Rob Austin / Will Bratt 2 CONFIRMED
Dynojet Racing Toyota Avensis 1 car Frank Wrathall 1 LIKELY
Ciceley Racing Toyota Avensis 1 car Adam Morgan 1 CONFIRMED
Speedworks Motorsport Toyota Avensis 2 cars Dave Newsham / TBA (Carl Boardley?) 2 CONFIRMED
Welch Automotive Proton Gen-2 2 cars Dan Welch / TBA 1 VERY LIKELY, 1 MORE POSSIBLE
Thorney Motorsport Vauxhall Insignia VXR-R 2 cars TBA / TBA 1 VERY LIKELY, 1 MORE POSSIBLE
BTC Racing Chevrolet Cruze 1-2 cars Chris Stockton / TBA 1 CONFIRMED, 1 MORE POSSIBLE
AmD Tuning Vauxhall Astra 1 car TBA (Oliver Jackson) 1 CONFIRMED
IP Tech Race Engineering Chevrolet Cruze Andy Neate 1 CONFIRMED
So by my count, 18 confirmed NGTC entries, 4 more just waiting for press releases, and 2 more very likely, as well as up 8 further entries of varying likelihood.
Jack Sears Trophy
BMR Restart SEAT Leon Warren Scott 1 AWAITING FORMAL CONFIRMATION
Team HARD Honda Civic 1 car TBA 1 POSSIBLE?
Techspeed Racing Chevrolet Cruze 1 car Joe Girling 1 LIKELY
Motorbase Performance Ford Focus ST 1-2 cars TBA / TBA 2 POSSIBLE?
AmD Tuning Volkswagen Golf 1 car TBA (Oliver Jackson 1st half of season) 1 CONFIRMED
And so far just AmD's Golf confirmed in the JST, but given the nature of this class, not surprising. Looks like between 3-6 cars running in this class.
Overall it looks like we won't be a million miles away from a full grid this year, much depending on whether Team HARD really delivers.
And, all things considered, a pretty interesting one as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alfa Fan
I'm still concerned about the direction the NGTC rules have gone and the performance-balancing due to take place this year. There's little point having different makes and models if they are all equalised and all pretty much the same under the bodywork.
The NGTC rules I have no problem with. The performance balancing I dislike intensely, not least because I think it's totally unnecessary.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alfa Fan
The team with which Harry Vaulkhard intends to return to the BTCC with is due to be revealed today.
Or not. Turns out he's off to NASCAR. What a dreamer...Quote:
Originally Posted by Alfa Fan