[BTCC] BTCC News & Rumours 2025

[TinTopGrumpy]

Originally Posted by billy bleach

It certainly didn’t cost £25k to run the hybrid. Probably twice that

Didn't say it did cost 25k to run the hybrid.....

[Spanner monkey]

Originally Posted by BobJones

Agreed - but what are the top teams doing this winter? Working on a redistribution of weight... and that's £££..

The battery went in the place where the ballast box went so no real work to do. You can take all the hybrid kit out and just blank off the input it used to go on the gearbox.

[SV8Predator]

Originally Posted by TinTopGrumpy

I'd be surprised if it dropped the amount a team is asking for by more than 25k.

Originally Posted by TinTopGrumpy

Didn't say it did cost 25k to run the hybrid.....

Clearly what you meant though.

[billy bleach]

Originally Posted by TinTopGrumpy

Didn't say it did cost 25k to run the hybrid.....

Nor did I.

[coffinpilot]

Interesting read from the manager at unlimited motorsport. A slight change in ignition and some new fuel lines is all that's needed for the new fuel.


https://touringcarmagazine.co.uk/202...new-btcc-fuel/

[BobJones]

Originally Posted by Spanner monkey

The battery went in the place where the ballast box went so no real work to do. You can take all the hybrid kit out and just blank off the input it used to go on the gearbox.

Yes, very straightforward... but I think you've missed the point. There used to be weight on that side of the car, so certain parts were designed to counteract that, and setups. Now, that's in the bin.

[Mike Harte]

Originally Posted by coffinpilot

Interesting read from the manager at unlimited motorsport. A slight change in ignition and some new fuel lines is all that's needed for the new fuel.

https://touringcarmagazine.co.uk/202...new-btcc-fuel/

Towards the end of that article, it says that one driver, who was aware of the fact that TOCA was dropping the hybrid, prior to the announcement, from the cars for the coming season, stated that he would have preferred it if they had gone back to success ballast.

I wonder if that driver would have been Sutton who did use to find ways, with his engineers, to counteract the extra weight possibly better than most of his peers.