Avon Tyres British GT Championship 2011

[jondownunder]

Yeah, I was piling on the suncream all day and I still ended up red!

Good weekend, if spoiled a bit by seeing Luke Williams be taken away by ambulance after crashing hard in the final FF race approaching Druids. Haven't heard anything so I assume he was just knocked about a bit.

Earlier I caught the end of the Bridgman/Hodgetts/McDonald incident at the same corner:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab9hLGViHkE

[GroupOfOne]

Ditto on the redness! Like the video Jon, and particularly whichever Ginetta driver it was who didn't seem to be too keen to hang around!

Two good GT races, particularly the second. Was amusing with all the chaos around the two Trackspeed's getting various talkings too from the officials. Wasn't surprised by Bridgman getting into trouble for taking the Fosters loop, said it at the time! Am very surprised though that the Mike Guasch Audi didn't get a penalty for overtaking under yellow flags at Old Hall though!

Perhaps the officials though that UA's bizarre pit stop strategy was more than a penalty!

[sukispeed]

Originally Posted by jondownunder

The usual highlights on Channel 4 (30 min minus breaks) & Motors TV (60 min minus breaks) -

http://www.britishgt.com/tv.php

Edit: Don't know if it's geo-locked, but the GT/F3 programmes are also shown on 4oD, along with the support race programmes: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/motor-sport/4od

Thanks for the links

[AndyS]

This thread seemed to die a death after the first round, what are people's thoughts on the season so far? I've not made it to a meeting unfortunatley but I've watched all the rounds on Motors and I've enjoyed the vast majority of it. The grids seemed to have bounced back and the quality of the racing has been strong. Can only bode well for next season.

[Truckosaurus]

Due to work commitments I've probably followed this year's BGT the least of any season this century. Not made it to a single round yet.

[cg7aa]

I saw the Donington race highlights on Motors over the weekend and I quite enjoyed it, I'm gonna make an effort to see the series next year at maybe somewhere like Oulton Park especially if the GTR returns to the series.

I like the looks of some of the cars competing these days like the Chevron and Ginetta. Good to see the series back on good health.

[cmk]

The season seemed to be a great one judging from DSC write-ups, which is the main format by which I've been following the series for over a decade now. This series desperately needs a live TV deal though - time to get on the same page as France, Germany etc!

[TheNewBob]

Originally Posted by cmk

This series desperately needs a live TV deal though - time to get on the same page as France, Germany etc!

According to DSC that could be on the cards in the next couple of years. I have a feeling it'll be limited to a website feed and Motors TV, though.

I'm impressed at the way BGT has improved since '09. You really could hear them putting the finishing touches on the coffin and the gravestone, so the strong racing we've had this year is wonderful.

Plus with Chevron and Ginetta we have a little bit of that variety which used to be such a big draw for this series.

[Alfaholic]

Thirty cars made it to the start for this weekend's final round so it would appear that the organisers have got something right to attract all these entrants.

Having been to Snetterton, Donington and Silverstone's rounds this year I hope that the growth in interest continues and that they keep the mixture of race lengths.

[AndrewF31]

I've been watching the highlight shows on MotorsTV and the spectacle rivals ADAC GT Masters.
It would be good enough for me if they start having live feeds on the internet if a 'mainstream' TV deal is not possible.