[BTCC] Season Finale! Brands Hatch GP, 7/8 October, Rds. 28/29/30

[EastonNeston]

I'd say the fact the team had failed to do any preperation on the car, so it was not fit to run, together with their demands for additional sums, above the contractually agreed amount may have had a influence on the situation.
Effectively the team were in breach of contract.

[Sodemo]

Ticket prices are a bit more reasonable, £34 for race day.

[fergus_r]

It’s also the first major meeting with the new catchfencing at Paddock Hill Bend, which is no doubt going to surprise (and infuriate) a lot of people!

[Evantra]

If we don’t get a first-time winner this weekend, when was the last season that happened? (It may well be recent it feels very unusual!)

[thetool]

Originally Posted by Evantra

If we don’t get a first-time winner this weekend, when was the last season that happened? (It may well be recent it feels very unusual!)

2008

Winners were (year of first outright victory in brackets):

Fabirizio Giovanardi (2007)
Colin Turkington (2003)
Gordon Shedden (2006)
Mat Jackson (2007)
Matt Neal (1999)
Jason Plato (1997)
Darren Turner (2007)
Tom Onslow-Cole (2007)
Tom Chilton (2004)

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by Evantra

If we don’t get a first-time winner this weekend, when was the last season that happened? (It may well be recent it feels very unusual!)

2008 I think.

Edit: beaten to it

[Evantra]

Thanks, a long time then.

[SSmith]

Originally Posted by SSmith

Provisional Entry List

BTCC
Confirmation of Gornall as #180 at Go-Fix with Autoaid Breakdown

MINI Challenge JCW - 19 entries
Return of Cordell. Kerridge absent on provisional entry list.

Porsche Carrera Cup GB - 23 entries
Return of Richardson Racing with de Haan and Stanley. Edgerton replaced by Will Martin at Toro Verde.

Porsche Sprint Challenge GB - 18 entries
Same entries as at Silverstone. Trice appears on the entry list but given his bruising, and the fact his car was very badly damaged, I'd be surprised if he races.

British F4 - 19 entries
Largely the same field as last time we saw them at Donington - Peebles, Mills, and Rodella absent

UPDATE - V2


MINI JCW news with 3 exciting names joining the grid and 2 withdrawals (Ryan Faulconbridge and James Griffith):

#1 - Sam Weller - Hybrid Tune [replacing Ryan Faulconbridge]
#2 - Nathan Harrison - EXCELR8 Motorsport
#93 - Maximus Hall - EXCELR8 Motorsport

[coffinpilot]

Trice has confirmed on socials that he's missing the weekend.

[ScottS]

Just seen that ITV sport have scheduled this stream for Saturday starting at 10am.

https://www.youtube.com/live/nT7zPh1...WH5_63zGWvsofe

[tocatrucky]

Originally Posted by redshoes

Was Rob Huff not available?

Available, Tony can't afford him. I've heard from people internally the Knockhill fee he requested was £25k and after driving the car it went up to £35k per weekend. Rob was not impressed with neither the team nor the machinery.

Originally Posted by Pickles

Just a shame he decided to make that decision 2 minutes before FP1, having driven all the way up to Croft.

It wasn't Nic's decision. One of the sponsors in the package the team brought to the table didn't cough up. The team were repeatedlu strung along until it was obvious the delay wasn't a ''banking problem'' like they'd been told.

[EastonNeston]

So the team, not only failed to provide a car that was safe and fit to run, but demanding money above what was agreed in the contract.
That is not how a reputable professional organisation behaves.

[coffinpilot]

Creesy on Facebook hunting for a race engineer for this weekend.
He doesn't say it's for himself specifically, but it would not be a surprise if it was.....

[redshoes]

Originally Posted by tocatrucky

Available, Tony can't afford him. I've heard from people internally the Knockhill fee he requested was £25k and after driving the car it went up to £35k per weekend. Rob was not impressed with neither the team nor the machinery.

My comment was slightly tongue in cheek

A driver asking HARD for more money than originally agreed? My, how the tables have turned!

[Evantra]

They were obviously strapped for cash then if they could afford to pay Huff £25k for one weekend!

[Evantra]

Originally Posted by SSmith

#2 - Nathan Harrison - EXCELR8 Motorsport

https://www.minichallenge.co.uk/2023...s-hatch-entry/

Like so many, is still targeting a BTCC drive.

[S griffin]

Gonna be an interesting end to the season. Sutton can still lose it if he has some major problems and Tingram gets a win and a couple of other top fours. Anything can still happen. Especially if this year's British weather plays a part

[billy bleach]

Originally Posted by Evantra

They were obviously strapped for cash then if they could afford to pay Huff £25k for one weekend!

Who says he was paid? Where is this information?

[BertMk2]

Originally Posted by fergus_r

It’s also the first major meeting with the new catchfencing at Paddock Hill Bend, which is no doubt going to surprise (and infuriate) a lot of people!

Yep, it's awful.

[Sodemo]

Does it affect the view from the Paddock Hill grandstand or is it only a factor if you are sat trackside sorta post apex in the dip (so to speak)?

[redshoes]

Originally Posted by Sodemo

Does it affect the view from the Paddock Hill grandstand or is it only a factor if you are sat trackside sorta post apex in the dip (so to speak)?

It runs from top of Paddock hill all the way to the Druid's bridge. It's further back from the previous fence and they have felled the trees in the dip to accommodate. I haven't been there since it was installed but have seen pictures.

[S griffin]

Obviously safety is a priority. From what I’ve seen it shouldn’t impede the view of the spectators too much

[coffinpilot]

Looks like it'll make the amateur photographers life a lot harder.
The inside of Druids is going to be impossible to watch from without being clonked on the head by a giant lens!

[Mike Harte]

Originally Posted by coffinpilot

Looks like it'll make the amateur photographers life a lot harder.
The inside of Druids is going to be impossible to watch from without being clonked on the head by a giant lens!

That's possibly true, but at least you are unlikely to have great big tents and gazebos blocking your view which seems to have become a bit of a tradition at Croft, and to a lesser extent at points around Oulton.

[S griffin]

I can’t wait for qualifying tomorrow. I won’t be up close watching it like last year, but will still be fun to see them go round