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Old 24 May 2024, 17:49 (Ref:4210207)   #26
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Old 25 May 2024, 07:21 (Ref:4210249)   #27
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First look at Thompsons BMW, that'll stand out on the grid:

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/p16LqqRx6TfRDib8/
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Old 25 May 2024, 07:22 (Ref:4210250)   #28
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First look at Thompsons BMW, that'll stand out on the grid:

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/p16LqqRx6TfRDib8/
I like it, nice to have such a different colour! Hopefully a few more sponsors will be accumulate through the season.
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Old 25 May 2024, 10:34 (Ref:4210262)   #29
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First look at Thompsons BMW, that'll stand out on the grid:

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/p16LqqRx6TfRDib8/
If that's the final version then I'm impressed. So rare these days to see a livery with a single sponsor instead of the usual stickerbombs we've got used to.
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Old 25 May 2024, 12:16 (Ref:4210266)   #30
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I know it’s wet and you can’t read much into free practices… but Bobby Thompson 4th and 1st so far having barely driven the car!
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Old 25 May 2024, 13:59 (Ref:4210276)   #31
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I know it’s wet and you can’t read much into free practices… but Bobby Thompson 4th and 1st so far having barely driven the car!
With less hybrid than Morgan too......
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Old 25 May 2024, 15:06 (Ref:4210284)   #32
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I wonder how significant the difference is if you’ve made it to Q2 but you were originally in the 1st group or the 2nd.

Warmer tyres for the 6 fastest in the second group but also less time for the engine etc to cool down, which much be a negative point.

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Old 25 May 2024, 15:26 (Ref:4210288)   #33
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Bit of a disaster for the Hyundais. Thompson impressing!

A very long lap and changeable conditions, but even so I’m surprised the gaps are so large?
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Old 25 May 2024, 15:49 (Ref:4210289)   #34
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Hoping it's the proper start to Bobby's lengthy BTCC career, he certainly deserves it. Sadly, money talks. However, the livery looks super fine, as already mentioned, refreshing to see a car with a proper main/title sponsor rather than awful stickerbomb livery.

Impressive result by Sutton, P2 with so little hybrid, chapeau bas.
But what happened with Ingram??
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Old 25 May 2024, 15:53 (Ref:4210290)   #35
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All the Hyundais had no pace at all, Pearson the best in P12.

Going to be a long night for them I think.
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Old 25 May 2024, 15:59 (Ref:4210292)   #36
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Hoping it's the proper start to Bobby's lengthy BTCC career, he certainly deserves it. Sadly, money talks. However, the livery looks super fine, as already mentioned, refreshing to see a car with a proper main/title sponsor rather than awful stickerbomb livery.

Impressive result by Sutton, P2 with so little hybrid, chapeau bas.
But what happened with Ingram??
What apart from the Laser BMW and the NAPA cars?
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Old 25 May 2024, 17:46 (Ref:4210302)   #37
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But what happened with Ingram??
No grip apparently, sounds like the car just wasn’t in the window.
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Old 25 May 2024, 18:32 (Ref:4210308)   #38
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No grip apparently, sounds like the car just wasn’t in the window.
Quite a mishap given Sutton's consistency so far. Wonder if they can make it up in the races tomorrow
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Old 25 May 2024, 19:08 (Ref:4210311)   #39
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Quite a mishap given Sutton's consistency so far.
What’s the record for consecutive podiums? Because you wouldn’t bet against him making it at least 8 in a row tomorrow.
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Old 25 May 2024, 20:46 (Ref:4210314)   #40
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That's an interesting question. Just checked the 2001 BTCC results and can see Plato was on the podium 13 races in a row. Must be the record, I guess (or at least very near)?
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Old 25 May 2024, 20:57 (Ref:4210316)   #41
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What’s the record for consecutive podiums? Because you wouldn’t bet against him making it at least 8 in a row tomorrow.
Andy Rouse and Jason Plato both had 13 in a row.

After that:

Rouse - 11, 10, 10
Muller - 10
Rouse, Gravett, Biela, Jackson - 8
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Old 25 May 2024, 22:50 (Ref:4210320)   #42
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So still some work to do for Ash
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Old 26 May 2024, 07:57 (Ref:4210335)   #43
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Addison saying it’s very wet and doubtful the option tyres will come into play, but due to stop raining about 11:00.
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Old 26 May 2024, 09:03 (Ref:4210337)   #44
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I’ll probably get slaughtered for this but what on earth has happened to the TOCA Package?!

Snetterton just half hour down the road for me so I attend both days every year, but will give today a miss and save some money after yesterday.

The Radicals and Porsche Caymans are absolute garbage. Simply not suitable for a headline event IMO. The F4’s have always been average at best, understandably so as it’s a one make single seater series. The Mini’s just isn’t competitive this year unfortunately. Other than the BTCC Sessions it felt like a glorified club event, it really was dire. I know we lost the presence of Ginetta a season or two ago but they really need to find a suitable replacement for that soon. Think it’s a bit of a cheek that the ticket prices for entry stay the same when the support races are a massive step down in quality and in some cases quantity (aware that’s not the circuits fault) I never thought I’d say it but I was actually bored at a BTCC event yesterday.
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Old 26 May 2024, 09:14 (Ref:4210338)   #45
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The problems are multiple really:

a) The manufacturers aren't interested in running/promoting series anymore. Look at 2006 for example: BMW, Renault, Porsche and SEAT all heavily involved with at least one series each which the UK branch was actively involved in as a promoter.

b) There are substantially fewer paid drives higher up the ladder, so excelling in junior series is no longer the pathway to a top F1 drive that it once was. This, coupled with the FIA's stricter rules about the required pathway to F1 has removed the role of national single-seater championships. Using 2006 again, we had 22 Formula BMWs and 24 Formula Renaults on the grid for the first round.

c) There are more series running internationally, and the notion of trying to race at as many relevant GP venues as a junior seems to a more important consideration than it once was.
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Old 26 May 2024, 09:21 (Ref:4210339)   #46
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Completely agree, the package is far worse than it used to be.

The problem (I think) is that to appear on the package, it costs a lot of money for a championship, and high entry fees get passed on to competitors. Therefore only manufacturer supported championships tend to end up as a permanent part of the package.

The closest racing is always between slower cars which have a lot of drag (Minis, Caterhams, Legends e.t.c.), but drivers who have a lot of budget and don't mind paying the high entry fees for the TOCA package tend to want to drive faster cars such as Porsches/ Radicals.

Therefore the best championships only make sporadic appearances on the package. Can't really see this changing unless Gow stops charging the support series as much to appear.
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Old 26 May 2024, 10:35 (Ref:4210344)   #47
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It probably would have been different had TOCA removed the Ginettas and had time and an idea of a replacement. However Ginettas chose to move and at least to the public it came out of nowhere which made finding replacements hard I imagine.
However we are now a season on from that and still haven't got permanent replacements which probably again just shows the financial mire the country finds itself in at the moment.
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Old 26 May 2024, 10:35 (Ref:4210345)   #48
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Nice to have a drone on the ITV footage now.. adds a bit of a different dimension.
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Old 26 May 2024, 11:04 (Ref:4210346)   #49
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Lack of hybrid really hurts at Snetterton. Have to say I don't like it, punishes frontrunners too much and creates too many push-to-pass moves without any fight. Don't like it at all, too gimmicky IMO.
Nevertheless, fantastic to see Bobby on the podium, so happy for him.
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Old 26 May 2024, 11:05 (Ref:4210347)   #50
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Yes Thompson!! P2!!
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