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15 Apr 2010, 19:04 (Ref:2673289)
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Giovanardi won't be racing at Rockingham
Haven't seen this posted elsewhere, or the news sites, but no Giovanardi at Rockingham? At least according to his Facebook.
Literally what he put up yesterday evening: ''Fabrizio Giovanardi - Hi what do you think about I will be not at Rockingham the next race???'' |
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15 Apr 2010, 19:28 (Ref:2673308)
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The reason it is not posted on any news sites sites is because at the moment, it ISN'T TRUE!
 AND, if you read the rest of the comments from 'Gio' I think you will discover it is not him! |
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16 Apr 2010, 21:36 (Ref:2673906)
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16 Apr 2010, 22:08 (Ref:2673914)
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Doesn't mean that was him on Facebook though.
Giovanardi leaves Triple Eight, may race elsewhere: http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=4638 James Nash replaces him: http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=1883 |
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17 Apr 2010, 16:31 (Ref:2674340)
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With no disrespect to James Nash who proved to be a good driver last year this is bad news for the championship with Giovanardi the only man who could take the fight to Plato. With the likes of Turkington, Giovanardi and Thompson not in it this year it goes to show how good 2009 turned out with 2010 being somewhat of a let down with out these drivers.
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17 Apr 2010, 16:57 (Ref:2674354)
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Unfortunate for Giovanardi but great news for James Nash who proved to be a real racer last year in the Lacetti - let's hope he continues in the same vein.
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17 Apr 2010, 21:14 (Ref:2674478)
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And now I think we can say it's going to be a Plato walkover.
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18 Apr 2010, 08:42 (Ref:2674662)
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i hope its not a Plato walkover because he deserves to win having a real fight not just walking away with it and im pretty sure he'd rather win by having a hard fight throughout the season rather than just running away with it
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18 Apr 2010, 11:41 (Ref:2674835)
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Honda were the fastest car at Thruxton - bit presumptious at the moment to expect a Plato walkover, it *may* take a couple of races to get that Cruze up to speed.
And Airwaves BMW are looking very strong as well. Just because Triple Eight have dropped out of contention, doesn't make it necessarily that easy for Jason, just a bit easier 
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18 Apr 2010, 11:50 (Ref:2674840)
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It's disappointing that both of the Triple Eight cars are in the hands of relative rookies. They should be fighting for the championship but now probably won't be.
I'm sure we can have a perfectly good championship without Gio and Turkington, there are still plenty of drivers capable of winning races, but it does take the edge off it if two of the top three from the previous season aren't involved. Any championship would suffer. |
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18 Apr 2010, 14:30 (Ref:2674961)
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It's certainly a shame to lose someone as competitive as Giovanardi, but I won't hand it to Plato yet. The Civics have some pace and Team Airwaves can be competitive. It's a longshot to say Glew could win it, but I think he'll be very competitive after a few rounds (he already was showing well in Thruxton).
Overall, I just want to see good races, and if the championship turns out to be a bit dull, well, I like racing a lot more than I like watching a points table! There are still a lot of drivers who can win some races this year, so I'm not too concerned. |
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18 Apr 2010, 19:01 (Ref:2675179)
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I'm gonna miss Giovanardi (and already miss Turkington). Now that Plato has said that he's concentrating on the championship rather than just race wins, I fear the worst. |
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18 Apr 2010, 22:55 (Ref:2675404)
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It's not over until the fat lady sings...
Last year it didnt look much better on the grind at the very same point in time. Jackson wasn't there yet, Tommo wasn't there yet either, Plato was just a 1 off entry... Then things suddenly fell into place and it became a really really good season. Right now it's mostly down to the Hondas and MB to stop Plato dominating, but things can still change very quickly. |
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23 Apr 2010, 15:28 (Ref:2678506)
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http://ow.ly/1Cefz
Looks like Phil Glew is also out due to Uniq pulling their sponsorship!!!! (depsite two victories, TV exposure, TV interview and 6 points finishes from the 2 888 drivers) |
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23 Apr 2010, 16:08 (Ref:2678530)
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Why are they still being referred to as 'Uniq Racing with 888' on the BTCC website? The usual nonsense over on their forum - "I won't believe it until it's on the btcc.net homepage, even though the PR company for WD40 has released this news".
I see Nash is running with sponsorship from the DVD release of Avatar. That's an unusual one! |
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23 Apr 2010, 16:28 (Ref:2678546)
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The weird thing is, the way the statement from Uniq is worded, it almost sounds like it was too successful. Very odd...
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23 Apr 2010, 16:54 (Ref:2678565)
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The usual PR bull****.
Its like dumping your girlfriend, you never tell the truth. |
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23 Apr 2010, 17:30 (Ref:2678588)
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23 Apr 2010, 18:02 (Ref:2678615)
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Uniq suck. Hopefully Glew will get something together to do the rest of the season after Rockingham, not really worth watching if anymore drivers dissapear, this is probably for me the most dissapointing season of BTCC ive ever witnessed including 2000 and 2001
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23 Apr 2010, 19:34 (Ref:2678661)
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2001 was actually good in my book. Ok you didn't have as many cars, but it was worth it for the epic Plato-Muller scrap.
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