BTCC BTCC 2023 season discussion, News and Rumours! - Page 47

Jiiiiiiim · 8 Feb 2023, 10:49 (Ref:4143096)

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Originally Posted by billy bleach

Unless he going somewhere better?

Rumour a while back was he’s heading to Speedworks.

redshoes · 8 Feb 2023, 11:43 (Ref:4143108)

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Originally Posted by Mike Harte

The article also confirms that it will be part of the 4 car team of 330M vehicles, which puts paid to the speculation that WSR could be fielding new models.

Not in the article as such but the confirmed list at the bottom hopefully put to bed a couple of other things.

Motorbase staying with Fords. I think most people probably already knew that but somehow the wishful thinking posts about them changing cars won't die.

Hard running 6x Cupras, the last 2 being new cars for Moffatt. Again I think that's not a huge surprise to most people.

No mention of Boardley on that list?

Ant25 · 8 Feb 2023, 11:44 (Ref:4143109)

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Originally Posted by Millvi

Turkington plans for 2023 should be revealed today. Won’t spoilt the news but details in Motor Sport News.

Also there’s an interview with Matt Neal. Sheddon likely for Dynamics and more rumours of Rowbottom being on the move.

Could you link the website please so I could have a read?

Millvi · 8 Feb 2023, 11:50 (Ref:4143110)

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Originally Posted by Ant25

Could you link the website please so I could have a read?

I subscribe to this app that gives me access https://gb.readly.com/

redshoes · 8 Feb 2023, 11:50 (Ref:4143111)

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Originally Posted by SSmith

Probably completely wrong here - but I wonder if there is some investment/involvement coming from Will Powell? His motorsport team is MOTUS ONE...

Could be. My initial thought was that changing from BTC was a way for the team to distance themselves from Burt Taylor, but then the BT in BTC never stood for Burt Taylor anyhow.

Mike Harte · 8 Feb 2023, 11:52 (Ref:4143112)

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Originally Posted by redshoes

Not in the article as such but the confirmed list at the bottom hopefully put to bed a couple of other things.

Motorbase staying with Fords. I think most people probably already knew that but somehow the wishful thinking posts about them changing cars won't die.

Hard running 6x Cupras, the last 2 being new cars for Moffatt. Again I think that's not a huge surprise to most people.

No mention of Boardley on that list?

I could only count 5 Cupras amongst the 27 cars listed on the Autosport article, so there are 2 entries missing I believe:

Motorbase Performance Ford Ash Sutton, Dan Cammish, TBA, TBA
West Surrey Racing BMW Jake Hill, Colin Turkington, Adam Morgan, Stephen Jelley
Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai Tom Ingram, Tom Chilton, Nick Halstead, TBA
Team Dynamics Honda TBA, TBA
BTC Racing Honda TBA, TBA, TBA
Speedworks Motorsport Toyota TBA, TBA, TBA
Team Hard Cupra Dan Lloyd, Bobby Thompson, Dexter Patterson, TBA, TBA
Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Andrew Watson, TBA

redshoes · 8 Feb 2023, 12:32 (Ref:4143118)

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Originally Posted by Mike Harte

I could only count 5 Cupras amongst the 27 cars listed on the Autosport article, so there are 2 entries missing I believe:

Ignore me, I can't count.

Boardley must be in with Hard with the Moffat not-Laser Tools, not-Infinity missing

Evantra · 8 Feb 2023, 12:39 (Ref:4143119)

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Originally Posted by redshoes

with the Moffat not-Laser Tools, not-Infinity missing

Interestingly I saw his name crop up a few times in BTC's 'hairy arms' teaser...

Ant25 · 8 Feb 2023, 12:55 (Ref:4143123)

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Originally Posted by Evantra

Interestingly I saw his name crop up a few times in BTC's 'hairy arms' teaser...

When are they meant to be announcing?

Millvi · 8 Feb 2023, 13:04 (Ref:4143131)

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Originally Posted by Ant25

When are they meant to be announcing?

“two driver announcements incoming this week” according to their Instagram page

crmalcolm · 8 Feb 2023, 15:32 (Ref:4143147)

2023 TBL	Team	Car	Driver	Status	Jack Sears
EXCELR8-1	Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8 TradePriceCars.com	Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance	Ingram	Confirmed in press release	Inel.
EXCELR8-2	Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8 TradePriceCars.com	Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance	Chilton	Confirmed in press release	Inel.
EXCELR8-3	Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8 TradePriceCars.com	Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance	???	???	???
EXCELR8-4	Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8 TradePriceCars.com	Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance	Halstead	Confirmed in press release	Elig.
Team Dynamics-1	Halfords/Cataclean?	Civic?	Shedden?	Talked about next year with the team	Inel.
Team Dynamics-2	Halfords/Cataclean?	Civic?	Rowbottom?	Talked about next year with the team	Inel.
Aiden Moffat-1	Aiden Moffat Racing	???	Moffat?	Infiniti described as being end of life by the team	Inel.
Aiden Moffat-2	Aiden Moffat Racing	???	???	Infiniti described as being end of life by the team	???
Motorbase-1	NAPA Racing	Focus?	Sutton	Confirmed as 3-year deal in press release, talk of new build car	Inel.
Motorbase-2	NAPA Racing	Focus?	Cammish	Confirmed as 3-year deal in press release, talk of new build car	Inel.
Motorbase-3	Motorbase	Focus?	Osborne?	Talked about looking forward to next year with the team	Elig.
Motorbase-4	Motorbase	Focus?	???
HARD.-1	HARD.	Cupra León	Taylor-Smith	Confirmed as multi-year in press release	Inel.
HARD.-2	HARD.	Cupra León	Thompson	Confirmed in press release	Inel.
HARD.-3	HARD.	Cupra León	Patterson	Confirmed in press release	Elig.
HARD.-4	HARD.	Cupra León	Lloyd	Confirmed in press release	Inel.
Speedworks-1	Toyota Gazoo Racing UK?	Corolla?	Butcher?	Talked about wanting another year with the team	Inel.
Speedworks-2	Toyota Gazoo Racing UK?	Corolla?	???	???	???
Speedworks-3	Toyota Gazoo Racing UK?	Corolla?	???	???	???
WSR-1	Team BMW/Ciceley Commercials?	BMW 330e M Sport	Morgan	Confirmed in press release	Inel.
WSR-2	Team BMW?	BMW 330e M Sport	Turkington	Confirmed in press release	Inel.
WSR-3	Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport	BMW 330e M Sport	Hill	Confirmed in press release	Inel.
WSR-4	MB Motorsport?	BMW 330e M Sport	Jelley	Confirmed in press release - MB talked about a 2-car entry for 2023	Inel.
PMR-1	PMR	Vauxhall Astra	Hand	Confirmed as multi-year in press release	Elig.
PMR-2	PMR	Vauxhall Astra	Watson	Confirmed in press release	Elig.
BTC-1	Rich Energy BTC Racing?	Civic?	???	Reported as considering a new build	???
BTC-2	Rich Energy BTC Racing?	Civic?	???	Reported as considering a new build	???
BTC-3	Rich Energy BTC Racing?	Civic?	???	Reported as considering a new build	???
Boardley-1	???	???	Boardley?	Has described 2022 as a sabbatical	Elig.
TOCA-1	Not allocated
TOCA-2	Not allocated
TOCA-3	Not allocated
???	Graves Motorsport?	???	Max Coates?	Outlined plans for an entry in 2021	Elig.
???	Parker Motorsport?	Alfa Giulia?	???	Press release states a planned return after hybrid is introduced	???
???	Parker Motorsport?	Alfa Giulia?	???	Press release states a planned return after hybrid is introduced	???
???	Bert Taylor Racing?	???	???	Talked about getting a TBL for 2023	???
???	???	???	Proctor?	Has described 2022 as a sabbatical	Inel.
???	???	???	Smelt?	Has described 2022 as a sabbatical	Elig.
???	???	???	Hamilton?	Talked about being in a car for 2023	Inel.
???	Volvo	Kia	T.Harvey	Rumoured in threads every year, has to be true one day	Inel.

Mike Harte · 8 Feb 2023, 15:50 (Ref:4143150)

crm, there is a 5th Cupra to be added to the Hard squad according to the Autosport listing, with 2 drivers to be announced.

crmalcolm · 8 Feb 2023, 15:56 (Ref:4143152)

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Originally Posted by Mike Harte

crm, there is a 5th Cupra to be added to the Hard squad according to the Autosport listing, with 2 drivers to be announced.

I've noticed that - but I am not sure if it is fully accurate (it might well be though).

The 5th Cupra seems to be linked to the Boardley TBL, but I have not (AFAIK) seen anything confirming that TBL as being used for a 5th Cupra entry.

There are also records showing only four Cupras being built (so far) so it is unclear if HARD. is a 4, 5, 6 or 7 car entry at the moment and what the make up of cars will be.

All of the publicity from HARD. so far has only referred to four cars / drivers.

Edit: The same publication also previously 'confirmed' -
"Hard has expanded to four TBL entrants’ licences for 2023.

While Thompson is the first driver confirmed for the squad’s line-up this winter, Hard has a multi-year deal in place with Aron Taylor-Smith."

Evantra · 8 Feb 2023, 18:04 (Ref:4143167)

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Originally Posted by Evantra

I guess a rebranding / relaunching could be quantified as this huge announcement.

"Something new is coming"...

https://twitter.com/btc_racing/statu...037749255?s=21

billy bleach · 8 Feb 2023, 18:29 (Ref:4143169)

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Originally Posted by Evantra

"Something new is coming"...

https://twitter.com/btc_racing/statu...037749255?s=21

Mercedes?

coffinpilot · 8 Feb 2023, 18:42 (Ref:4143173)

Strike Coates from the list, some Britcar in a TCR car and a contract signed to race in a TOCA series, not BTCC. Wonder if it is the Carerra Cup. Announcement soon according to someone from Dragon Motorsport.

Evantra · 8 Feb 2023, 19:01 (Ref:4143177)

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Originally Posted by billy bleach

Mercedes?

Well there's a GT3 announcement for British GT at 9:00 in the morning...

Jiiiiiiim · 8 Feb 2023, 19:21 (Ref:4143180)

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Originally Posted by Evantra

Well there's a GT3 announcement for British GT at 9:00 in the morning...

They were testing a GT Merc at Oulton today, so that seems to fit.

stuart thompson · 8 Feb 2023, 19:52 (Ref:4143186)

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Originally Posted by Evantra

Well there's a GT3 announcement for British GT at 9:00 in the morning...

Century’s is tomorrow’s announcement

Ant25 · 8 Feb 2023, 21:16 (Ref:4143193)

Anyone else see napa’s post?

porsche962fan · 8 Feb 2023, 21:41 (Ref:4143196)

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Originally Posted by SSmith

Turkington confirmed

https://www.autosport.com/btcc/news/...ason/10429315/

have a feeling he will be badly outclassed by Hill as Turks is past his prime now

Hill seems to be able to get much more out of the car when it's not in its optimal window , if he didn't had some stupid DNF or that DQ last year while finishing on podium he would very likely had the title

Evantra · 8 Feb 2023, 22:25 (Ref:4143203)

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Originally Posted by porsche962fan

if he didn't had some stupid DNF or that DQ last year while finishing on podium he would very likely had the title

He also made a number of self-inflicted mistakes, but yes, he was probably the quickest out there last year with the BMW underneath him.

crmalcolm · 9 Feb 2023, 05:03 (Ref:4143223)

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Originally Posted by Ant25

Anyone else see napa’s post?

The one that says 'good night team'?

Ant25 · 9 Feb 2023, 06:55 (Ref:4143229)

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Originally Posted by crmalcolm

The one that says 'good night team'?

Yeah think they may of been playing with there new car?

crmalcolm · 9 Feb 2023, 11:17 (Ref:4143253)

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Originally Posted by porsche962fan

if he didn't had some stupid DNF or that DQ last year while finishing on podium he would very likely had the title

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