BTCC BTCC 2017 Rumours & Silly Season - Page 15

pimmy · 20 Oct 2016, 13:29 (Ref:3681593)

That's Will Burns in the Toyota.

LeonardBernstein · 20 Oct 2016, 14:09 (Ref:3681601)

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Originally Posted by cameronpoe

Not so sure Leonard
WSR , from a few whispers are looking hard at a driver currently on the Toca package for one of the cars, but so are lots of other major teams so still early days on the driver line ups at WSR, BMR , Motorbase for 017. To Close to call and not straightforward at all.

Just reporting what I've heard - of course, it is very early days!

Rob877 · 20 Oct 2016, 14:50 (Ref:3681604)

44 was also the number Andy Neate ran under in his first spell in BTCC.

pimmy · 20 Oct 2016, 14:51 (Ref:3681605)

Yes, but Neate has been banned from the championship.

Sodemo · 20 Oct 2016, 15:25 (Ref:3681606)

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Originally Posted by pimmy

Yes, but Neate has been banned from the championship.

Banned?

BLiTZ · 20 Oct 2016, 16:27 (Ref:3681612)

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Originally Posted by Sodemo

Banned?

Perhaps not banned, but told politely that they (TOCA) won't consider any entry he makes seriously ever again!

pimmy · 20 Oct 2016, 16:28 (Ref:3681613)

In the original article on Autosport after Team Dynamics lost their 3rd TBL, there was a sentence that read, "TOCA will no longer accept any entry associated with Andy Neate". Not the exact quote, but that was the gist of it.

Jiiiiiiim · 20 Oct 2016, 16:30 (Ref:3681614)

I imagine it is Jack Clarke in the #44 as he is the driver linked with a potential manufacturer & new backer at Motorbase,.

Steel Wheels · 20 Oct 2016, 17:34 (Ref:3681627)

Anyone know who was testing the PMR car at Donington today?

S griffin · 20 Oct 2016, 18:35 (Ref:3681637)

I was thinking Neate ran #44 too, but if he's been politely told not to come back, then that's that

S griffin · 20 Oct 2016, 18:36 (Ref:3681638)

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Originally Posted by Ry44

Have to agree on that one Very nice guy who has time for his fans

He had a good bubble back at Donington in 08 when my mum told him not to call his dad an 'old git' because that was what was on Jordan Sr's window!

jsmee · 20 Oct 2016, 21:46 (Ref:3681662)

Chris Smiley was testing the PMR Chevy at Donington, and Rob Smith at Snetterton the other day.

Will Burns (Ginetta GT4 vice-champ) and Martin James (a driver coach and club racer) tested Team Hard's Avensis's at Snetterton, alongside Jake Hill.

Steel Wheels · 20 Oct 2016, 21:56 (Ref:3681664)

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Originally Posted by jsmee

Chris Smiley was testing the PMR Chevy at Donington, and Rob Smith at Snetterton the other day.

Will Burns (Ginetta GT4 vice-champ) and Martin James (a driver coach and club racer) tested Team Hard's Avensis's at Snetterton, alongside Jake Hill.

Thanks, had kept up to speed with the others, just hadn't seen that it was Smiley in the PMR car at Donington! 😊

old man · 21 Oct 2016, 09:53 (Ref:3681746)

I hear the Goff will need to find a lot more money to continue at WSR as the IHG deal ends now. Jordan could fill that seat. Quite sure Turkington would be welcome back but he has always sruggled to find the budget and let's not forget that Tordoff would probably have won at Snetterton had his car not failed on the warmup lap, that would have made all the difference to the final outcome.

Lots of ifs and buts at the end of such a close season.

Meanwhile Tordoff is racing a BMW at the Nurburgring this weekend

Steel Wheels · 21 Oct 2016, 10:37 (Ref:3681749)

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Originally Posted by old man

I hear the Goff will need to find a lot more money to continue at WSR as the IHG deal ends now. Jordan could fill that seat. Quite sure Turkington would be welcome back but he has always sruggled to find the budget and let's not forget that Tordoff would probably have won at Snetterton had his car not failed on the warmup lap, that would have made all the difference to the final outcome.

Lots of ifs and buts at the end of such a close season.

Meanwhile Tordoff is racing a BMW at the Nurburgring this weekend

I Can see Goff having to move to a 'cheaper' team as I imagine the money required for a WSR drive is higher than what he had to raise at MG last year. If he stays it will be back to the sticker bomb livery of previous seasons.

porsche962fan · 21 Oct 2016, 23:23 (Ref:3681825)

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Originally Posted by Benj

Just popped in to Snetterton as we heading past today and saw these two testing, any ideas who could be behind the wheels?

hmm isn't Jack Clarke in Austin Texas this days according to his Instagram ?
and by the looks of it he does some world travel
https://www.instagram.com/jackclarkep1/

which means someone else may have been in that Focus

rumors suggested that a driver at Motorbase from 2014 so means Giovanardi but I think rather more a potential pay driver from the lower classes

porsche962fan · 21 Oct 2016, 23:27 (Ref:3681826)

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Originally Posted by old man

let's not forget that Tordoff would probably have won at Snetterton had his car not failed on the warmup lap, that would have made all the difference to the final outcome.

let's not forget Tordoff wouldn't even have lead the championship if Honda dodn't have those fiascos at Thuxton and Croft !!

or those 2 puctures in race 1 at Silverstone, so they had much more bad luck than Tordoff

LeonardBernstein · 22 Oct 2016, 11:16 (Ref:3681891)

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Originally Posted by porsche962fan

rumors suggested that a driver at Motorbase from 2014 so means Giovanardi but I think rather more a potential pay driver from the lower classes

Rumour was that 2014 Motorbase driver (definitely Clarke) was in talks with a manufacturer, or at least with a team looking to run a car from a new manufacturer, over getting a deal together for 2017.

Never a suggestion that he'd be testing with Motorbase this week! No idea who was in there tbh.

Rob877 · 22 Oct 2016, 13:54 (Ref:3681913)

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Originally Posted by porsche962fan

let's not forget Tordoff wouldn't even have lead the championship if Honda dodn't have those fiascos at Thuxton and Croft !!

or those 2 puctures in race 1 at Silverstone, so they had much more bad luck than Tordoff

'Fiascos' of their own making 😉

S griffin · 22 Oct 2016, 13:59 (Ref:3681915)

You can't win a title if you don't finish races and that's exactly how Tordoff stayed in, by staying consistent throughput the season and that should be respected

Sodemo · 22 Oct 2016, 15:03 (Ref:3681927)

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Originally Posted by S griffin

You can't win a title if you don't finish races and that's exactly how Tordoff stayed in, by staying consistent throughput the season and that should be respected

Yep, he managed to keep his nose clean throughout the year. In fact, I can't think of a single time he got turned around in a race (which is always one major drawback of RWD). I remember Turkington getting span out on several occasions when he was in the BMW.

Rob877 · 22 Oct 2016, 15:25 (Ref:3681932)

Tordoff drove brilliantly all year (apart from the final race of the year IMO), as I think any pundit or any of his fellow drivers would agree. It's just not possible to get to that position in the championship without being at the top of your game. Part of the skill of being a top BTCC driver is knowing when to attack and when to settle for points. He did that perfectly all year. It can be hard to see that when you're looking through your Orange tinted glasses though.

auroan · 23 Oct 2016, 15:57 (Ref:3682222)

Surprised no one has mention BTC Racing's tweets about making a return....

Team Dynamics - Honda Civic - Matt Neal ?
Team Dynamics - Honda Civic - Gordon Shedden

Eurotech - Honda Civic - Jeff Smith ???
Eurotech - Honda Civic - ????

Speedworks - Honda Civic - Mat Simpson
Speedworks - Toyota Avensis - Tom Ingram

Handy Motorsport - Toyota Avensis - Rob Austin ???

BMR - Subaru Levorg - Jason Plato
BMR - Subaru Levorg - Colin Turkington
BMR - Subaru Levorg - Warren Scott ???
BMR - Subaru Levorg - James Cole ???????

BKR - VW Passat ???? - Aron Smith
BKR - VW Passat ???? - ????

888 - MG - Ash Sutton ??
888 - MG - ???

WSR - BMW 125 - Rob Collard ??
WSR - BMW 125 - Jack Goff ??
WSR - BMW 125 - ??????

Motorbase - Ford Focus - Mat Jackson ?
Motorbase - Ford Focus - ?????

Power Maxed - Chevrolet Cruze - ?????
Power Maxed - Chevrolet Cruze - ?????

AMD - Audi S3 - Ollie Jackson ?
AMD - Audi S3 - ?????

WIX Racing - Mercedes A-Class - Adam Morgan ??

Laser Tools - Mercedes A-Class - Aidan Moffat ?????

HARD - ?????? - Michael Epps ?????
HARD - ?????? - ?????

Welch - ??????? - Dan Welch ????

Dextra - Ford Focus - Alex Martin ?????

Maximum - Ford Focus - Stewart Lines ???

BTC Racing - ?????? - ??????

jsmee · 23 Oct 2016, 17:27 (Ref:3682276)

Support our Paras Racing also ought to be a question mark with the Infiniti.

BillWiskins · 23 Oct 2016, 18:24 (Ref:3682285)

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Originally Posted by jsmee

Support our Paras Racing also ought to be a question mark with the Infiniti.

Yes, their website has a few mentions of the 2017 season plus a great big countdown clock at the front of it.

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