BTCC predictions 2024

[hen henths]

No-one's made a thread for this year so far, so here you go.

The idea is to post your five predictions (or as many as you like) for the 2024 BTCC season below.

These are mine:

1. The championship will be won by Sutton or Ingram again.
2. Sutton or Ingram won't make the championship top 3 at the end of the year.
3. Josh Cook will finish either 3rd or 4th in the championship, with more wins than last year.
4. At some point after the first round and before the end of the last there will be a new car, a new team, or an existing team or car will leave the championship.
5. Someone will win all three races.

[Matt K]

1. There will be fewer repeat Race 1 and Race 2 wins than in 2023.
2. There will be at least one driver change at Team HARD during the season.
3. Ash Sutton will defend the title but in a less dominant way.
4. Josh Cook will be the highest-placed Toyota driver in the standings.
5. No one will win more than 5 races.

[Matt K]

Originally Posted by Matt K

1. There will be fewer repeat Race 1 and Race 2 wins than in 2023.
2. There will be at least one driver change at Team HARD during the season.
3. Ash Sutton will defend the title but in a less dominant way.
4. Josh Cook will be the highest-placed Toyota driver in the standings.
5. No one will win more than 5 races.

1. Yes - 4 as opposed to 5 in 2023
2. No - HARD was not on the grid at all; even if we take Unlimited as HARD under new guise (although we shouldn't), Deleon drove full season for them
3. No
4. Yes
5. No - Hill 8, Ingram 6

Not too bad, but not good either

[Pdh]

1 there will be a new championship winner
2 no driver will win R1 and R2
3 there will be 10 or more race winners
4 Napa wins teams championship for a third year on the bounce
5 drivers championship is won by a point

[SSmith]

Champions:

Overall - Ash Sutton
Independents - Aron Taylor Smith
Jack Sears Trophy - Ronan Pearson
Teams - NAPA Racing UK
Manufacturers - NAPA Racing UK Ford

Random:
1. There will be fewer than 20 starters in at least 1 race this season
2. Josh Cook to finish P3 in standings
3. Rob Huff to take at least 2 wins
4. A major announcement about the future of the BTCC will occur at Silverstone
5. Final season for Colin Turkington

[hen henths]

Originally Posted by SSmith

1. There will be fewer than 20 starters in at least 1 race this season
4. A major announcement about the future of the BTCC will occur at Silverstone
5. Final season for Colin Turkington

A bit dark and ominous, but I think you might be onto something.

[SSmith]

Originally Posted by SSmith

Random:
1. There will be fewer than 20 starters in at least 1 race this season

Keeping tabs on my predictions - this one happened in the 2nd race of the season at Donington Park.

Looking at other people's predictions there's been a few successes and a couple of misses. Ronan Pearson has already taken his first career win, Rob Huff has won a race, and Bobby Thompson has made an appearance and impressed. We've had the same winner in R1 and R2 at every meeting though which goes against predictions.

With 18 races to go, it'll be very interesting to see if we TenTenthers get any more correct!

[SSmith]

Originally Posted by SSmith

Champions:

Overall - Ash Sutton
Independents - Aron Taylor Smith
Jack Sears Trophy - Ronan Pearson
Teams - NAPA Racing UK
Manufacturers - NAPA Racing UK Ford

Random:
1. There will be fewer than 20 starters in at least 1 race this season
2. Josh Cook to finish P3 in standings
3. Rob Huff to take at least 2 wins
4. A major announcement about the future of the BTCC will occur at Silverstone
5. Final season for Colin Turkington

Overall - No (Hill)
Independents - Yes
JST - No (Doble)
Teams - Yes
Manufacturers - No (BMW)

Random:
1. Yes (it happened 4 times)
2. No (he ended up 6th)
3. Yes/No (he did take 2 wins but my wording was at least so it possibly shouldn't count)
4. No
5. Probably not his last season, although confirmation probably won't come until early-2025

3.5 / 10 - not an amazing score!

[MarcusH26]

Predictions

Sutton wins the title , Napa takes the teams and manufacturers but it's close with WSR

All 4 Speedworks cars win a race.

Turkington announces his retirement before the final round.

Major manufacturer joins the championship for 2025.

Multiple driver changes and not just at HARD.

[MarcusH26]

Originally Posted by MarcusH26

Predictions

Sutton wins the title , Napa takes the teams and manufacturers but it's close with WSR

All 4 Speedworks cars win a race.

Turkington announces his retirement before the final round.

Major manufacturer joins the championship for 2025.

Multiple driver changes and not just at HARD.

Well that went pretty badly! Napa for teams title about the only thing I got right along with driver changes.

[Greem]

1. Dick Bennetts retires, Turkington and Huff take the reigns at WSR.
2. Team.HARD disappear before the season finishes.
3. At least one race is finished early (or abandoned altogether) due to appalling weather.
4. Sutton romps away with a massive points lead by R15 but then has a terrible second half of the season, winning eventually by 5 points or fewer.
5. One race will be won by someone starting at the back of the grid.

[Greem]

Originally Posted by Greem

1. Dick Bennetts retires, Turkington and Huff take the reigns at WSR.
2. Team.HARD disappear before the season finishes.
3. At least one race is finished early (or abandoned altogether) due to appalling weather.
4. Sutton romps away with a massive points lead by R15 but then has a terrible second half of the season, winning eventually by 5 points or fewer.
5. One race will be won by someone starting at the back of the grid.

The season hasn't even started and I've already got number 2 right

[thetool]

Originally Posted by Greem

The season hasn't even started and I've already got number 2 right

They're at Donington are they not?

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by thetool

They're at Donington are they not?

No. Unlimited Motorsport is.

[thetool]

Originally Posted by crmalcolm

No. Unlimited Motorsport is.

Yes but it's the same the same faux-Team HARD entry that's been expected for a while now, i.e. nothing has changed since media day in regards to this entry.

[Greem]

Originally Posted by Greem

1. Dick Bennetts retires, Turkington and Huff take the reigns at WSR.
2. Team.HARD disappear before the season finishes.
3. At least one race is finished early (or abandoned altogether) due to appalling weather.
4. Sutton romps away with a massive points lead by R15 but then has a terrible second half of the season, winning eventually by 5 points or fewer.
5. One race will be won by someone starting at the back of the grid.

1 nope.
2 yes, before it started!
3 very very close to it at Donington
4 nope
5 I don't think that happened but several drivers made a good fist of it, especially today!

[Evantra]

1. Sutton wins a fifth championship
2. The final championship top 10 features 3 Fords, 3 BMWs, 3 Toyotas and 1 Hyundai
3. At least two drivers reach the final six of qualifying at every round
4. Pearson outscores Chilton
5. Thompson makes an appearance and impresses

[Evantra]

Originally Posted by Evantra

1. Sutton wins a fifth championship
2. The final championship top 10 features 3 Fords, 3 BMWs, 3 Toyotas and 1 Hyundai
3. At least two drivers reach the final six of qualifying at every round
4. Pearson outscores Chilton
5. Thompson makes an appearance and impresses

No (I don’t think I’ve ever predicted this right. Sorry if I nominate your favourite driver next year.)
No
No
No
Yes!

[mf51]

1. Hill to be champion
2. Plato to make some sort of appearance this year, whether it be racing a round or commentating, even picking the ball
3. Mikey Doble to win the Jack Sears trophy
4. Andrew Watson to win at least 3 races
5. A new car model to be announced, I’m guessing new Civic or Astra.

[rdjones]

1 - A BMW Driver will the championship
2 - Team Hard will change there driver/s at least twice
3 - Rob Huff will win at least 3 races
4 - At least 3 drivers will win more than 3 races
5 - Restart Racing will take a podium at least once

[BtccLee]

Here goes,

1. Ash Sutton will become a five-time champion
2. The title will go down to R30
3. Rob Huff will win a race, but finish below Andrew Watson in the championship
4. Ronan Pearson will become a first time winner
5. Two teammates will take each other out

[BtccLee]

Originally Posted by BtccLee

Here goes,

1. Ash Sutton will become a five-time champion
2. The title will go down to R30
3. Rob Huff will win a race, but finish below Andrew Watson in the championship
4. Ronan Pearson will become a first time winner
5. Two teammates will take each other out

1. Nope - third
2. Yep
3. So wrong about the Watson performance, I won't even count the first part of this being correct
4. Yep
5. I believe Toyotas clashed at Donington GP, Cook/Huff byproxy on Finals Day I guess.

[rdjones]

Originally Posted by rdjones

1 - A BMW Driver will the championship
2 - Team Hard will change there driver/s at least twice
3 - Rob Huff will win at least 3 races
4 - At least 3 drivers will win more than 3 races
5 - Restart Racing will take a podium at least once

1 - A BMW Driver will the championship - Correct well done Jake Hill
2 - Team Hard will change there driver/s at least twice - They never turned up so I think that might be technically correct
3 - Rob Huff will win at least 3 races - Wrong he only had 2 win's (Race 3 at Snetterton and Race 3 at Knockhill)
4 - At least 3 drivers will win more than 3 races - In fact it was 4 (Ingram, Hill, Turkington and Sutton)
5 - Restart Racing will take a podium at least once - Wrong (Best Result 6th in Race 2 at Silverstone with Chris Smiley)

3 out of 5 must try harder next year....

[Matt K]

My predictions, on the other hand, look pretty miserable!

[MarcusH26]

Mine are looking a bit of a mess , I'm halfway there with the Speedworks one although if you told me beforehand Moffat would win before Watson I would have been surprised. Don't think the multiple driver changes one has much chance of coming off either really.