BTCC 2007 - rumours (merged)

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Originally Posted by Ur not a salmon

Not everyones an insider or a know it all........

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It's been mentioned on here a couple of times...

The problem is there are too many people posting rubbish on here, making it is hard to tell what is and what isn't true!

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Originally Posted by tisme

It was talked about at the Autosport show!

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i wasn't there though ;)

i had seen plenty about Matt Jacksson and his winnings from the Seat Cupras but nothing conclusive linking him to a drive and i certainly didn't expect him to crop up like this, rather him be linked with various seats and eventually find his way onto the grid.

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Originally Posted by tin-top fan

If they don't run amazingally, maybe we'll end up seeing a lot of Bmw's in the middle of the field. Also- Geoff Steel Racing: How do people think they'll go against these new beemers?

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by deafult you needn't do badly in a BMW as there are so many of them to race against if your in one. i personally don't believe they are as bad as we've been led to believe over the last couple of years. a good racing car doesn't suddenly become a bad one, although i do agree that perhaps they aren't at their best on some UK circuits.

i expect WSR to get a lot from the BMW and be pretty competitive, maybe a couple of the others too.

as for GSR and Martyn Bell i hope they show better than last year, i would hope last year they spent learning the car and the cahmpionship and that experience should see them move up the grid.

like you i do expect the midfield to be packed with BMWs, not the class of the field, but will beat some of the privateers, and most of the BTC crowd, on a normal day

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Originally Posted by Robinho

by deafult you needn't do badly in a BMW as there are so many of them to race against if your in one. i personally don't believe they are as bad as we've been led to believe over the last couple of years. a good racing car doesn't suddenly become a bad one, although i do agree that perhaps they aren't at their best on some UK circuits.

i expect WSR to get a lot from the BMW and be pretty competitive, maybe a couple of the others too.

as for GSR and Martyn Bell i hope they show better than last year, i would hope last year they spent learning the car and the cahmpionship and that experience should see them move up the grid.

like you i do expect the midfield to be packed with BMWs, not the class of the field, but will beat some of the privateers, and most of the BTC crowd, on a normal day

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I don't think you can use Martin Bells performances(or Lack of) as a yardstick
All 3 of the 2007 BMW drivers are in a different class,WSR will have a lot of help from schnitzer and i am sure that the Jackson's won't spend half the season messing with the suspension only to return to the original set-up!

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Originally Posted by tyreman2

I don't think you can use Martin Bells performances(or Lack of) as a yardstick
All 3 of the 2007 BMW drivers are in a different class,WSR will have a lot of help from schnitzer and i am sure that the Jackson's won't spend half the season messing with the suspension only to return to the original set-up!

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I wonder if the Jacksons and RAC will share set-up data or even work together like the RAC/Kartworld set-up this year.

i don t think jackson would help with set up as he realy wants the championship :s mokin: . and with the ex wtcc car he could be onto a winner :D

captain 1 vxr:CORRECT.
give away info that has just cost a considerable amount? no way.
want to WIN

mad monk ..
i say the only time u give info away if both teams were over 1.5 sec off the pace then maybe u try to work out what it is thats wrong but normaly only give away 1/2 the info u need to ...

we did this with the astra gsi we ran in nscc . . but we were both one car team and we only gave away a little info we needed .

have I missed something?? has Matt Jackon got a car for 2007??

jackson got andys bmw wtcc 06 car