[BTCC] Rounds 28,29 and 30 Brands Hatch Gp 2014

[skells22]

next weekend we say until next year bye bye to the BTCC, one question that needs to be answered is will Collard car's be ready after his Silverstone shunt or will we be down to 30 cars for the last races of the season

[steve_r]

The team are working on it according to their Twitter feed. The teams official website seems to have disappeared though.

[Biscuits In A Red Bull]

Collard will be back

[BillWiskins]

Originally Posted by Biscuits In A Red Bull

Collard will be back

Impressive!

In other news, I bought my tickets a couple of days ago which sadly means that rain is guaranteed

[slummingangel]

Originally Posted by BillWiskins

Impressive!

In other news, I bought my tickets a couple of days ago which sadly means that rain is guaranteed

Bring a rain jacket I find that brings the good weather for me

[BillWiskins]

Originally Posted by slummingangel

Bring a rain jacket I find that brings the good weather for me

Way ahead of you there - for the sake of the poor soggy marshals as much as mine

[Alfisti]

No Rotek this weekend, can't fix the car in time. TOCA have accepted it as a "force majeure" according to TouringCarTimes so no danger of losing their entry for next year.

Seen a picture of Rob Collards car, also on TCT, those boys have an awful lot of work to do! Hope they manage it, be good to see Rob back on track.

[Biscuits In A Red Bull]

Looking at recent weather, don't rule it out

[skells22]

now another question, will Turkington wrap up the title in race 1? want place does Turkington need to finish race 1 to become 2 time champ?

[porsche962fan]

Originally Posted by skells22

now another question, will Turkington wrap up the title in race 1? want place does Turkington need to finish race 1 to become 2 time champ?

he can afford to lose 6 points to Plato at end of Race 1 to be crowned champion

[Biscuits In A Red Bull]

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/w...ime=1413068400

So currently we have a wet Saturday but a dry Sunday. This could well be fun...

...I've posted the link here to keep track of the weather - not only for us spectators but for those marshals who will want to know what's going on! Have a good one chaps I hope we all do, it's been a (edit - another) great season.

[porsche962fan]

Turks a class of his own

what better way to wrap the title with a lights to flag win

[Biscuits In A Red Bull]

Now it looks like we'll have the first dry Sunday at Brands Hatch GP since 2011 - the only dry GP meeting of the 2010s so far...

[BillWiskins]

Originally Posted by Biscuits In A Red Bull

Now it looks like we'll have the first dry Sunday at Brands Hatch GP since 2011 - the only dry GP meeting of the 2010s so far...

I'll believe it when I see it! My weather forecast site of choice seems to suggest that race one might be dry, but things then go downhill from 12:00. I am, however, very interested in that being proven wrong...

[porsche962fan]

with Plato on pole the gap shrunk to 49 points, this means Turks can afford to lose only 5 points on Plato to win after 1st race

Turks is happy cos mixed conditions doesn't suit the BMW , it has to be either full wet or full dry


Hondas again beaten by MG

[Tja]

Originally Posted by porsche962fan

with Plato on pole the gap shrunk to 49 points, this means Turks can afford to lose only 5 points on Plato to win after 1st race

Turks is happy cos mixed conditions doesn't suit the BMW , it has to be either full wet or full dry


Hondas again beaten by MG

Plato did his last flying lap before the red flag later than Turkington I think. In these conditions that obviously has a big impact on the result.
Does anybody know why they decided not to restart the session? Could've been an absolutely fascinating shootout for pole at the end...

[PabloTeK]

Originally Posted by Tja

Plato did his last flying lap before the red flag later than Turkington I think. In these conditions that obviously has a big impact on the result.
Does anybody know why they decided not to restart the session? Could've been an absolutely fascinating shootout for pole at the end...

They were already about 15 minutes down when they went green, pulling the car out and then going back to green would have put them further down. Coupled with the chance of more delays, you'd be seriously close to the curfew!

ETA: I wasn't there, but this is purely speculation based upon the fact that at Brands, everything stops at 18:30 no matter what.

[Tja]

Originally Posted by PabloTeK

They were already about 15 minutes down when they went green, pulling the car out and then going back to green would have put them further down. Coupled with the chance of more delays, you'd be seriously close to the curfew!

ETA: I wasn't there, but this is purely speculation based upon the fact that at Brands, everything stops at 18:30 no matter what.

Thanks for the information, it just surprised me that they stopped that potential one lap shootout. Just out of interest, is that restriction in place for both layouts or just for the loop?

[PabloTeK]

Originally Posted by Tja

Thanks for the information, it just surprised me that they stopped that potential one lap shootout. Just out of interest, is that restriction in place for both layouts or just for the loop?

Both layouts I believe, even the commentators (who were Hindy and Bradders from RLM) got cut-off when I made my annual trip south there!

[touring fan01]

Originally Posted by Tja

Thanks for the information, it just surprised me that they stopped that potential one lap shootout. Just out of interest, is that restriction in place for both layouts or just for the loop?

there was only 3 minutes left when they stopped it. not enough time for the cars to go out and take a couple of laps to bring the tyre up to temp and set times.

[Andrew Abbott]

Interesting that Plato feels a solution to the RWD start advantage would be to have it written into the rules that they must start two positions back from wherever they qualify...

http://www.touringcars.net/2014/10/p...ip-credentials

[BillWiskins]

Originally Posted by AndySpeed

Interesting that Plato feels a solution to the RWD start advantage would be to have it written into the rules that they must start two positions back from wherever they qualify...

http://www.touringcars.net/2014/10/p...ip-credentials

Automatic grid penalty seems a little silly, but I liked what Mr Plato said about WSR and Mr Turkington deserving the championship. It will be interesting to see what changes over the winter, if anything, in the FWD/RWD situation.

Mildly off-topic: how many national or 'higher level' series are there featuring a mix of both layouts? Perhaps I've had too much lemonade, but I can't think of any that aren't entirely one or the other.

[tux]

Moaning about RWD is silly, what they gain in starts and tyre wear they lose with the fact it takes longer for tyres to get up to temp and how easy it is for contact to spin the car.

RWD has been in the championship for a long time, everyone knows about the start advantages so why make a huge deal now.

[skells22]

messy start

[garcon]

Originally Posted by skells22

messy start

Wonderful understatement.

Had a feeling we'd get something but I thought Gio was classier than that. Feel sorry for Sheddon and Austin. I'll be impressed if we see Sherman again today.