BTCC BTCC 2017 Rumours & Silly Season

Ry44 · 8 May 2016, 08:43 (Ref:3640020)

so with 2016 under way and the rumours starting already I feel the need to start this thread. So far I have heard

Support our Paras are looking to return to the series
Richard Hawken is looking at a return to the series
Team Hard are planning something (https://twitter.com/tonygilham34/sta...09762336870400)

The following questions over 2017 also exist:

Will Halfords Honda find a driver or even sell their 3rd car ?
Will Eurotech receive the ability to continue to run their 3rd car ?
Will BKR continue to run in the championship
Will the Subaru look like a championship winning car going into 2017 ?
Will we see Simon Belcher return alongside Austin at Handy
Will Andrew Jordan make a move to his 3rd team in 3 years

With all of the answers revealing themselves over time I am sure that 2017 is going to be as good or better than the 2016 season !

Craner Curves · 8 May 2016, 08:55 (Ref:3640023)

Is that Alfa Fan?

VIVA GT · 8 May 2016, 14:57 (Ref:3640134)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ry44

so with 2016 under way and the rumours starting already I feel the need to start this thread. So far I have heard

Support our Paras are looking to return to the series
Richard Hawken is looking at a return to the series
Team Hard are planning something (https://twitter.com/tonygilham34/sta...09762336870400)

The following questions over 2017 also exist:

Will Halfords Honda find a driver or even sell their 3rd car ?
Will Eurotech receive the ability to continue to run their 3rd car ?
Will BKR continue to run in the championship
Will the Subaru look like a championship winning car going into 2017 ?
Will we see Simon Belcher return alongside Austin at Handy
Will Andrew Jordan make a move to his 3rd team in 3 years

With all of the answers revealing themselves over time I am sure that 2017 is going to be as good or better than the 2016 season !

Regarding your last point. When interviewed on TV after winning Race Two today he was (rightly) full of praise for Motorbase and clearly said that he's planning on staying with the team for a very long time...

TWRv12 · 8 May 2016, 19:32 (Ref:3640180)

Subaru switch to saloon bodyshell...

850Estate · 8 May 2016, 19:38 (Ref:3640181)

I'll hazard a guess that Gordon Shedden will drive a Honda.

medius · 8 May 2016, 20:20 (Ref:3640191)

The silly season really has started early now!

Can we get at least 66% of the 2016 season done before the rampant speculation and wishful thinking posts?

steve_r · 9 May 2016, 12:01 (Ref:3640314)

7th post in and no one has mentioned the Kia rumor from about 5 years ago yet? Shoddy.

VIVA GT · 9 May 2016, 12:10 (Ref:3640316)

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Originally Posted by steve_r

7th post in and no one has mentioned the Kia rumor from about 5 years ago yet? Shoddy.

Is that the one that David Pinkney is coming back to drive?

porsche962fan · 9 May 2016, 16:19 (Ref:3640386)

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Originally Posted by VIVA GT

Is that the one that David Pinkney is coming back to drive?

it was Giovanardi

billy bleach · 9 May 2016, 17:01 (Ref:3640395)

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Originally Posted by porsche962fan

it was Giovanardi

Or Robbie Gravett

VIVA GT · 9 May 2016, 20:39 (Ref:3640472)

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Originally Posted by billy bleach

Or Robbie Gravett

That famous Scottish Touring Car racer, and Jock Clelland's cousin?

kmchow · 4 Aug 2016, 14:53 (Ref:3663437)

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Originally Posted by steve_r

7th post in and no one has mentioned the Kia rumor from about 5 years ago yet? Shoddy.

I thought the Kia rumors goes back to even tthe ST days??

BtccLee · 6 Aug 2016, 17:16 (Ref:3663828)

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Originally Posted by kmchow

I thought the Kia rumors goes back to even tthe ST days??

I think I read that it was very close to a reality for this year, but they wanted to do it with very little funding and rely on the team running it...

I think for a team like Motorbase it could/would/should make sense. Will it happen? Almost certainly not.

porsche962fan · 6 Aug 2016, 21:28 (Ref:3663886)

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Originally Posted by BtccLee

I think I read that it was very close to a reality for this year, but they wanted to do it with very little funding and rely on the team running it...

I think for a team like Motorbase it could/would/should make sense. Will it happen? Almost certainly not.

they could give Dan Welch some cash to run it for little money

Alfisti · 9 May 2016, 21:13 (Ref:3640486)

Toyota to enter a squad of Priuses, sponsored by the Guild of Mini Cabs.

Honda to switch to new Type R CRV SUV with rear wheel drive.

Andy Neate to claim he will enter the Championship and beat Matt and Flash...

antnee · 10 May 2016, 06:04 (Ref:3640550)

Will Welch be able to buy some new tyres for 2017?

porsche962fan · 18 May 2016, 15:40 (Ref:3642662)

anyone mentioned Team 48 returning in 2017 with a pair of NGTC Alfa Romeo Giulia ??

850Estate · 14 Jul 2016, 21:29 (Ref:3658867)

Ah hem, as is now customary every few months, looks who is creeping back out of their shell:

https://crowdfunding.justgiving.com/...r-Paras-Racing

ABS Motorsport:

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When you see an organisation who has clearly exhausted all trust with the people and companies who supported them, to disappear for a while, let the dust settle, then come up with more harebrained schemes to fleece the un-expecting on a project that will never happen is a sad day..
Maybe I should sit back and have a coke, I wonder if I can get people to contribute to a 10 pack...

The paddock can well do without them

Ry44 · 15 Jul 2016, 21:11 (Ref:3658982)

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Originally Posted by 850Estate

Ah hem, as is now customary every few months, looks who is creeping back out of their shell:

https://crowdfunding.justgiving.com/...r-Paras-Racing

ABS Motorsport:

The paddock can well do without them

Is that the shell that still is probably not paid for or competitive for that matter

pimmy · 17 Jul 2016, 01:37 (Ref:3659097)

It says a lot that after 3 days only 2 (rather silly) people have donated.

Alfisti · 27 Jul 2016, 21:48 (Ref:3661536)

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Originally Posted by pimmy

It says a lot that after 3 days only 2 (rather silly) people have donated.

A whole £80 now... enough to hire a mini cab to drive one of their top quality pilots around the track for 2- 3 circulations before parking up on the grass.

If I were the mini cab driver I'd demand the cash up front, and to hell with going Sarf of the river...

BillWiskins · 14 Jul 2016, 22:26 (Ref:3658874)

"Last year the team has competitively competed in BTCC..."

Did they? Did they?

jimothy84 · 18 Jul 2016, 06:36 (Ref:3659345)

Surely they'd get a 'thanks, but no thanks' from Gow, like Chris James allegedly did?

thlbtcc · 25 Jul 2016, 11:05 (Ref:3661052)

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/spor...cars-departure

S griffin · 25 Jul 2016, 11:19 (Ref:3661058)

That would be great to get an international tin top superstar in the series, although we'll probably never get it like the 90s where it reached EPL levels of foreign stars. But one or two wouldn't go amiss, might even encourage a manufacturer or two to enter

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