V8ST - Te News, 2013 v2.0

[NZSTfan]

Righty-ho, seeing as the mods wont re-open the old Te News thread, then I thought it was the right time to start another, hence the 'version 2.0'

Please post in this thread for all things V8ST news related. I guess for separate rounds people may want to start their own threads for each round.

Please be kind to each other, as I don't want to see this thread locked down for people being nasty/spiteful. This is for SuperTourer related items, not personal agendas and series bashing. For those of you who do not like the ST concept, then may I suggest you start your own threads based around your V8 racing preferences.

So, to get started, some things to chew over:

1) Greg Murphy looks to be on the cusp of his first ever career saloon car championship in either NZ or Aus. No doubt a very big deal in the Murphy camp, and no doubt one helluva monkey he would want of his back. Go Murph!

2) McLaughlins likely departure. Inevitable really, but will he be replaced, and if so, by who?

3) Will we see a better TV package come Taupo? It has been suggested we will, but does anyone know any firm details for this?

4) Will V8CC get their much deserved TV coverage at Taupo? I for one hope so, and I also think it should be embedded in the ST coverage, just like TV3 used to.

5) Will SVG be back for 2014?

6) When will we see the new VF? clearly they are at the dealerships now and I have been told the conversion would be an easy one. I would like to think that this could happen just as the enduros start, but at the same time I think it wont happen until R1 at Highlands next year.

But I think the biggie is......

7) Enduros are not too far off. Who will partner who? All I know at this stage is that Penny will partner Manuell, and there may be a pretty damn cool partner for Evans . I also believe that Walsh will partner with Heimgartner due to the damage to the BOC machine, but happy to be corrected

Will Jono Webb partner McLaughlin again or will he partner with SVG?

Murph and Perkins again? or could we even see Mr. Courtney head over, or even GT (based off what is happening at HRT this year). I'd say it will be Perkins as he seems to be a big part of that team, but who knows.

8) The i45....whats the go with it? will it be racing at Taupo or even on show? who will drive the machine?

9) Any news on the future of this class would be appreciated too. I think the Highlands thing with the GT86's is a good start, and I believe there will be a substantial TL field as well. Does this show some healing between ST and the rest of the motorsport community in NZ?

10) Would I be right in assuming the mechanical gremlins that popped up last year are now all sorted? If so, big ups to the ST guys

So many questions hence the new thread

As I said, please don't do your best to get this thread locked out. If you don't agree with something posted on here, then please be polite and respectful with your rebuttal, or start another thread.

So, who's up for posting their predictions for enduro partners??

Red lights out fellow tenthers