The NGTC Thread

[m0rk]

The question is... will they be around the back of the grid for which of the following reasons?

No setup time to get the best performance
Poorly engineered, and just won't be as quick regardless of setup time
Privateer drivers abilty
Privateer budget constraints

I'm all for the idea, but if the cars aren't competitive there will be all sorts of reasons given until they're allowed to turn the power up to counteract all of the above.

[Allyc85]

Not long till we find out how fast these new machines are, Wrathal's Avensis looks sooo good!



http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=5909

[Alfa Fan]

Well its not looking too good is it? GPR Motorsport don't seem to have done a very good job...

[BDunnell]

With all due respect to the drivers, teams and GPR, being over three seconds off the pace round the Indy circuit is a big, big gap. How does this compare to Thompson's times in the Avensis at the Brands Indy meeting last year?

[Allyc85]

Early days yet, but it is pretty disappointing that they couldnt get the cars turned out in time to give the teams some proper running with the cars.

What are the rules for testing and shake downs these days?

[Alfa Fan]

With all due respect to the drivers, teams and GPR, being over three seconds off the pace round the Indy circuit is a big, big gap. How does this compare to Thompson's times in the Avensis at the Brands Indy meeting last year?

There's a suggestion that the time published wasn't accurate!

[m0rk]

There's a suggestion that the time published wasn't accurate!

Shock horror!

I seem to remember stop watch times didn't correlate at the time. But there is no information on the weight or power of the car that ran then...

Or today's drivers are just 'that' bad

[Alfa Fan]

I don't think you can say that about Frank. He's G50 champion after all.

[Alfa Fan]

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[Alfa Fan]

Interesting post by someone going by the name "fabricator" over at the btcc.net forums. Seems to confirm suspicions that GPR are an utter shambles. I'm worried that on the car side its such a mess that TOCA might be better off getting a new outfit in to either sort out the existing cars or build up some new ones. It's been terrible PR for the new regs so far.