TCR UK 2024

[v8supes]

Yeah but how many will make it to the end of the race? Reliability last year was fairly poor.

[coffinpilot]

Originally Posted by Evantra

Didn’t think Wilson was meant to be back either!

Darelle Wilson said that he'd run in the Astra on occasion if he couldn't get a driver in, and it don't clash with the Porsches.

[redshoes]

Originally Posted by SSmith

That contradicts previous statements made by that team, that are then contradicted by the entry list! Goodness knows what exactly is going on.

I think at this level of motorsport you have to take pre-season press releases with a pinch of salt. "Team plans to" usually means "team would like to", not "team definitely will".

So many drivers have race-by-race deals, and plans can and do change. Take the published entry list as a rough approximation on who will actually turn up.

[coffinpilot]

Originally Posted by v8supes

Yeah but how many will make it to the end of the race? Reliability last year was fairly poor.

I wonder of that's the real reason they've shortened the races?
Even with three races and qual they're on track for less time than last season with 2 races qual and practice.

[redshoes]

https://www.touringcartimes.com/2024...-brands-hatch/

Add in Powell and Bloch as late entries
2 – Will Powell – 77 Sport – Honda Civic Type R FK7
12 – Cedric Bloch – Sport 77 – Audi RS 3 LMS

[coffinpilot]

19 car grid - a decent turnout.
Decent job by the TCR folk - only disappointment being a couple of BTCC dropouts not opting for the series.

[touring fan01]

imagine how many there would have been if they didnt put in a sub class for the not current cars

[coffinpilot]

Originally Posted by touring fan01

imagine how many there would have been if they didnt put in a sub class for the not current cars

The DW Vauxhall Astra is a 2017 car. But then again, BTCC has two Vauxhall Astras built over the winter of 2016/17.....

[touring fan01]

Originally Posted by coffinpilot

The DW Vauxhall Astra is a 2017 car. But then again, BTCC has two Vauxhall Astras built over the winter of 2016/17.....

i meant cars that are not current gen 2 spec

[v8supes]

Its good to have a gen 1 class imo, adds to the grid and the cars are not out of place.

[SSmith]

I don't think the lack of newer cars is too big an issue. I think it reflects how TCR UK has found where it fits in in the market - a club series with a few semi-professional entries. Yes, its a step down from the last couple of years, but factoring in economics and drivers moving on, it is ok. Its also an enormous improvement on the grids from 2018-2021.

I do however find it a shame that "Gen 2" cars like the Audi RS 3 LMS Gen II (of which we had 5 at some rounds last year, and just 1 this year) as well as a lot of the Hyundai contingent haven't returned.

Applying the same "Gen 2" and "Gen 1" criteria as this season - here are the numbers for 2023.

2023 Rd. 1 - 24 cars (19 Gen 2; 5 Gen 1)
2023 Rd. 2 - 20 cars (16 Gen 2; 4 Gen 1)
2023 Rd. 3 - 22 cars (17 Gen 2; 5 Gen 1)
2023 Rd. 4 [Knockhill] - 17 cars (15 Gen 2; 2 Gen 1)
2023 Rd. 5 - 21 cars (16 Gen 2; 5 Gen 1)
2023 Rd. 6 - 21 cars (17 Gen 2; 4 Gen 1)
2023 Rd. 7 - 21 cars (15 Gen 2; 6 Gen 1)
2023 Average - 20.8 cars (16.4 Gen 2; 4.4 Gen 1)
2023 Average (removing the unrepresentative Knockhill round) - 21.5 cars (16.7 Gen 2; 4.8 Gen 1)

2024 Rd. 1 - 19 cars (11 Gen 2; 8 Gen 1)

Therefore, compared to last year's average grid size, TCR UK has lost 5-6 "Gen 2" cars and gained 3-4 "Gen 1" entries.

The lost "Gen 2" cars comes from the economic situation, drivers who historically struggle for budget struggling again, and a couple of drivers have moved to different series. The gained "Gen 1" cars predominantly come from amateur/club racers who now have a dedicated trophy to race for and can race against people of a similar ability.

[stuart thompson]

15 cars qualified today.

[v8supes]

What did DW do to get DQ from qualifying? He didnt come out for the race..

[redshoes]

Been out so haven't caught up with the results yet

Originally Posted by stuart thompson

15 cars qualified today.

https://noticeboard.brscc.co.uk/noti...+Announcements
Car 18 – Simon Mauger – Withdrawn
Car 11 – Alex Jones – Withdrawn
Car 111 – Ryan Bensley – Withdrawn
Additional Entry: Car 7 – Will Powell – Honda Civic Tyre R FK7 TCR – GO-FIX HONDA BT SPORT777

Originally Posted by v8supes

What did DW do to get DQ from qualifying? He didnt come out for the race..

https://noticeboard.brscc.co.uk/wp-c...Car-50-TCR.pdf
Competitor failed to nominate tyres prior to the start of competition of qualifying on the Race Tyre Control app, in contravention of Championship
Regulation 5.21.8.

C3.3 You will have all practice times disallowed. I will permit you to start the race(s) from the back of the grid with a 10 second delayed start,

Don't know why he didn't start

[fergus_r]

I'm not sure how it appeared on the livestream but, trackside, that was a good race today.

Carl Boardley had a good moan about the Lynx & Co in his post-race (circuit comms) interview...

[v8supes]

Yeah the racing was great yesterday, better than anything the BTCC has offered up for a few years.

[Evantra]

Originally Posted by fergus_r

I'm not sure how it appeared on the livestream but, trackside, that was a good race today.

Carl Boardley had a good moan about the Lynx & Co in his post-race (circuit comms) interview...

The battle at the front was great but the field was noticeably small otherwise. I imagine that group of four / five will get to the front of the reverse grid race pretty quickly.

What did he say?

[coffinpilot]

It was more what Boardley didn't say, by kind of saying he had damage at the front and back of the car and that the car in front was big.

DW chose not to run because of the tyre rule change. Didn't seem very happy in the paddock, didn't fancy asking him!

[fergus_r]

Originally Posted by Evantra

The battle at the front was great but the field was noticeably small otherwise. I imagine that group of four / five will get to the front of the reverse grid race pretty quickly.

What did he say?

I can't remember entirely, but it was referring to the speed of the Lynx & Co, and then he had a pop at some of the driving standards behind him too.

Edit: see above

[Akrapovic]

Does TCR UK post the weekend schedules anywhere? I can't find the usual web or PDF style schedules for what time to actually watch races.

[Andrew Abbott]

You can find the timetable via the BRSCC website, as they are organising the overarching event:

https://brscc.co.uk/wp-content/uploa...-May-FINAL.pdf

[samchevron]

They posted this back on the 2nd May...

I guess this was the day that the timetable was sent out by the BRSCC?

https://www.facebook.com/tcrukseries...u4NPpvqXJtk7xl

[redshoes]

Entry list for Snetterton

1	CARL BOARDLEY	CBM WITH HART GT	CUPRA LEON COMPETICION TCR
7	WILL POWELL	GO-FIX HONDA BY SPORT77	HONDA CIVIC TYPE R FK7 TCR
11	ALEX JONES	DRIVER	HONDA CIVIC TYPE R FK7 TCR
16	CALLUM NEWSHAM	JH RACING	HYUNDAI I30 N TCR
17	BRAD HUTCHISON	MPH RACING	CUPRA LEON COMPETICION TCR
18	SIMON MAUGER	MAUGER MOTORSPORT	CUPRA TCR
19	JEFFREY ALDEN	MATRIX MOTORSPORT WITH DW RACING	AUDI RS3 LMS TCR SEQ
20	VIKTOR ANDERSSON	PRO ALLOYS RACING	LYNK & CO 03 TCR
22	RICK KERRY	EDF MOTORSPORT	CUPRA TCR
27	WILLIAM BEECH	DRIVER	VOLKSWAGEN GOLF GTI TCR
28	BRADLEY THURSTON	SPORT77	HONDA CIVIC TYPE R FK7 TCR
77	MARK SMITH	RICHMOND FIRE MOTORSPORT	CUPRA TCR
99	JOSEPH MARSHALL-BIRKS	ROB BOSTON RACING	AUDI RS3 LMS TCR GEN II
100	STEVEN LAIDLAW	CAPTURE MOTORSPORT	HYUNDAI I30 N TCR
115	LUKE SARGEANT	R.S VEHICLE SALES WITH AREA MOTORSPORT	CUPRA LEON COMPETICION TCR
117	ADAM SHEPHERD	AREA MOTORSPORT WITH SHEPHERD MOTORS	CUPRA LEON COMPETICION TCR
285	DARRON LEWIS	DLR WITH JH RACING	HYUNDAI I30 N TCR

[coffinpilot]

I can't see that being the grid. Jones isn't racing until Silverstone I think? Thurston posted this week that his FK7 will be ready later on, Oulton IIRC.
TCR posted 19 names last time and 14 ran, I wonder how many of these are not going to be there?

[SSmith]

Originally Posted by coffinpilot

I can't see that being the grid. Jones isn't racing until Silverstone I think? Thurston posted this week that his FK7 will be ready later on, Oulton IIRC.
TCR posted 19 names last time and 14 ran, I wonder how many of these are not going to be there?

Viktor Andersson is entered for TCR Europe at Zolder this weekend. I also seem to recall Thurston coming back at Oulton and Jones was described as "latter half of the season" so presumably is Silverstone.

Take those three out the equation and the grid would be 14.

Also interesting to see Jeff Alden listed as racing an Audi RS 3 LMS TCR SEQ rather than the Opel Astra.