BTCC 2012 - Title showdown

[BDunnell]

What a great race win by Aron Smith. As for the championship, I think the best man won. Shedden, to my mind, hasn't put much of a foot wrong all season.

[Dave B]

Congratulations to Gordon Shedden, then

[MAX_THRUST]

Well done Flash

[christophulus]

Well done indeed

Hopefully should be a great final race now with nothing to play for except pride!

[BDunnell]

Well done indeed

Hopefully should be a great final race now with nothing to play for except pride!

Would be nice to see Frank Wrathall getting something good out of this final race, given his front row starting position.

[BDunnell]

And he did! Really good to see two new winners at the end of the season. Both Wrathall and Smith deserve, surely, to be BTCC fixtures for some time to come.

A pity WSR had such a desperate last couple of races, denying us a proper battle over the independents' titles, but — Neate-related carnage in the second race aside — I thought it was a good day's racing.

[Wasted Talent]

Good to see Shedden winning, he is the only driver this year that has driven quickly and cleanly all season, congratulations.

The driving standards seem to be at an all-time low, with Plato pushing people off from the first meeting to the last, and far too many drivers with more money than talent....Mr Neate being a prime example.

Also good to see Wrathall getting the final win, okay he has made a couple of mistakes but again he has been fairly quick and kept his nose clean all year.

I will watch the first meeting next year but if it continues with this years stock-cars trend I won't be following it for long

WT

[Iain]

A pity WSR had such a desperate last couple of races, denying us a proper battle over the independents' titles, but — Neate-related carnage in the second race aside — I thought it was a good day's racing.

That was unfortunate. It just wasn't BMW weather either. They don't do greasy or damp surfaces, it's got to be full-on wet or completely dry. Shame to see the cars bow out like that.

I really don't know what to think of Andy Neate. I have to have admiration for how he came back from that horrific broken neck four years ago, but he hasn't impressed at all in three seasons. I'm surprised he wasn't penalised for race two, but got a reprimand, fine and points for a race one incident.

[BDunnell]

That was unfortunate. It just wasn't BMW weather either. They don't do greasy or damp surfaces, it's got to be full-on wet or completely dry. Shame to see the cars bow out like that.

Interestingly, Onslow-Cole was the only one of the three drivers who seemed to have the measure of the car in those conditions today. A shame he rather spoiled it with the incident with Collard, who deserved better from the day.

I really don't know what to think of Andy Neate. I have to have admiration for how he came back from that horrific broken neck four years ago, but he hasn't impressed at all in three seasons. I'm surprised he wasn't penalised for race two, but got a reprimand, fine and points for a race one incident.

Well, we didn't see what happened in race one. I'd be interested to discover the justification for no penalty being given for the race two shunt.