[BTCC] Round Four, Oulton Park 11-12 Jun, Races 10,11&12

[Craner Curves]

Originally Posted by porsche962fan

I mean a newer more accurate one as we move closer to the event

Warm and dry for qualifying. Same for Sunday.

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by porsche962fan

I mean a newer more accurate one as we move closer to the event

As said previously - there are plenty out there. Many people will have their own preference, and many forecasts will differ from others.

For the sake of having one to refer to in this thread, Saturday and Sunday forecasts below:

[S griffin]

Look forward to this one. Oulton is always fun to watch. And with the weather likely to be sunny, the fans there will be able to enjoy it to the full. So everyone's a winner

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by S griffin

. And with the weather likely to be sunny, the fans there will be able to enjoy it to the full. So everyone's a winner

As mentioned, there are many different forecasts. A lot of them suggest there will be showers though:

netweather.tv:
0.56mm rain during Qualy - showers during the race times

weather-forecast.com:
dry during Qualy - showers then light rain during race times

Accuweather:
showers during Qualy - showers during race times

BBC:
chance of rain during Qualy - low chance of rain during race times

Met Office:
showers during Qualy - overcast with chance of showers during later races

[crmalcolm]

Going into this weekend, 4 drivers have picked up points in every round so far this season.

3 of those have point-scoring runs going back further. With Sutton on a 27-run streak.

Driver	Points streak
Ashley Sutton	27
Daniel Lloyd	18
Josh Cook	15
Colin Turkington	9
Rory Butcher	8
Adam Morgan	4
Daniel Rowbottom	3
Ash Hand	3
Tom Chilton	3
Michael Crees	3
Tom Ingram	2
George Gamble	1
Bobby Thompson	1
Árón Taylor-Smith	1
Sam Osborne	1

[S griffin]

Makes me wonder who has the longest consecutive points scoring streak ever? Plato from Rd 30 in 2006 to R9 in 2008 is the most obvious I can remember

[Evantra]

BMWs seem to be struggling a bit in FP.

[hen henths]

Moffat 4th in FP2. Maybe some people were too quick to write off that Infiniti?

[Robshillito1990]

Oh look tocas stupid idea of not using flags causes issues with people coming out of the pits not knowing where cars are.

[Evantra]

Great looking top 3 for me! Hopefully Ingram gets his championship back in track.

I was expecting a Hill-Turkington 1-2, not 15th and 9th - Oulton no longer a RWD track?

Chilton finds a way to be more disappointing every weekend.

[hen henths]

That 5th might be Sutton's best qualifying position so far in the Focus.

[Mike Harte]

Originally Posted by hen henths

Moffat 4th in FP2. Maybe some people were too quick to write off that Infiniti?

You were saying!

[hen henths]

Originally Posted by Mike Harte

You were saying!

I know Lots of drivers improved in qually whereas Moffat seemed to go backwards. A pity as I'd like to see him at the sharp end again.

[S griffin]

Moffat’s a bit of a mystery atm. The car ain’t great at the moment, but I’ve felt he could get something out of that car at this track. But it just didn’t work out, which is a shame, although maybe he could have gone higher, but for that problem at the end

[Mike Harte]

Originally Posted by hen henths

I know Lots of drivers improved in qually whereas Moffat seemed to go backwards. A pity as I'd like to see him at the sharp end again.

I think that they are missing Sutton and his engineering crew. Moffat vastly improved in the Infinity last year after he acknowledged that Sutton had been mentoring him, but he appears to have lost the edge that he had after that assistance.

Not that it is going to happen, but it would be really interesting to see what Sutton could wring out of that car this year.

[Millvi]

Originally Posted by Robshillito1990

Oh look tocas stupid idea of not using flags causes issues with people coming out of the pits not knowing where cars are.

2 penalty points for Chilton for his latest incident. No mention of the matter carried over from Thruxton that was to be looked at.

https://www.barc.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Qualifying-No-3-Tom-Chilton.pdf

I understand flags and lights system in place at Oulton Park.

[Evantra]

https://www.barc.net/wp-content/uplo...ah-Stanley.pdf

Drama in the Porsches too...

And 4 Ginetta GT4s disqualified for being under ride height, that's a lot?

[Sodemo]

Has there been further penalties against RWD cars?

[Robshillito1990]

Originally Posted by Evantra

https://www.barc.net/wp-content/uplo...ah-Stanley.pdf

Drama in the Porsches too...

And 4 Ginetta GT4s disqualified for being under ride height, that's a lot?

So you get disqualified for offensive language these days? Seems the stewards have jumped on the snowflake bandwagon aswell

[auroan]

Originally Posted by Robshillito1990

So you get disqualified for offensive language these days? Seems the stewards have jumped on the snowflake bandwagon aswell

Did you read the penalty ? He also physically abused Theo. No call for it at this, or indeed any level of motorsport.

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by Robshillito1990

So you get disqualified for offensive language these days?

No - for physical and verbal abuse.
Are you really stating that abuse should be tolerated?

[Evantra]

Nice to see Speedworks on better form.

Team HARD 4 out of the last 5 cars on the grid... Taylor-Smith is the one that surprises me, you'd never think he's a multiple race winner.

[Evantra]

Speaking of offensive language... I'd love to have heard Hill's radio after the Chilton incident, looked rather animated!

[porsche962fan]

Tingram or Cook for champion ?

[hen henths]

Originally Posted by porsche962fan

Tingram or Cook for champion ?

Either would be a worthy champion. Ingram has come close so many times though that I think he deserves this year. That still doesn't mean he's likely to get it though! I think if Sutton keeps improving he'll scrape through to a fourth title this year.

Prediction-wise, I'll go for Cook 2nd and Ingram 3rd for the championship but of course it wouldn't suprise me in the slightest if another driver jumps into one of those spots towards the end. In a BMW perhaps?