2024 BTCC Round One - Donington

[stuart thompson]

Ironically if they’d kept first round at Brands Hatch they’d be racing fine now.

[porsche962fan]

all this getting farcical

[5five]

Massive anticlimax

[Spanner monkey]

Originally Posted by porsche962fan

all this getting farcical

Well it's not like Alan Gow planned it last year when the calender was released...

[Matt K]

What a season opener. Absolute shambles

[porsche962fan]

and they really want to sell this to tiktok crowd ???? they instantly will move on

[Evantra]

Apparently one of the repair workers has been injured and an ambulance was required?

[Akrapovic]

Originally Posted by Evantra

Apparently one of the repair workers has been injured and an ambulance was required?

Did see a gentleman sitting on the ground holding his leg. He looked uncomfortable.

[porsche962fan]

LOL even the commentators struggle to find anything to say

[Evantra]

Afternoon timetable:

https://x.com/doningtonparkuk/status...T11pmdgnSSDQzA

[Robin Marriott]

Nobody should get any points for this.

[Matt K]

Originally Posted by Robin Marriott

Nobody should get any points for this.

Exactly. A farce.

[stuart thompson]

I get that this is now a medical incident, but this is turning into a complete farce now.

[porsche962fan]

Originally Posted by Robin Marriott

Nobody should get any points for this.

argh

but Tom Ingram should get 1 point for pole

[redshoes]

Revised timetable

https://www.barc.net/wp-content/uplo...me-Pages-4.pdf

13.20 BTCC Pit Lane Open
13.30 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship 18 laps
14.10 The Vertu Motors Mini Challenge 20 mins
14.40 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain 24 laps
15.20 Legends Cars Elite Cup 10 mins
15.40 BTCC Pit Lane Open
15.50 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship 18 laps
16.30 ROKiT F4 British Championship 20 mins
17.00 Hagerty Radical Cup UK 30 mins
17.40 Legends Cars Elite Cup 10 mins
18.00 BTCC Pit Lane Open
18.10 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship 18 laps

[porsche962fan]

^

oh the joy , fans may finally get their long asked night race

[Greem]

If this race had run at the expected time they'd have red flagged it for that incident and then run a restart. With the delay this morning that was not possible, and then someone got hurt.

Not a farce, just a bunch of unexpected events. Make the best of it.

[Akrapovic]

Originally Posted by Greem

Not a farce, just a bunch of unexpected events. Make the best of it.

Indeed. I feel like the word farce is being overused. Organisers cannot control the weather, nor the gentleman who hurt himself. It sucks but it is what it is.

[InYourMirrors45]

Has Rowbottom ever driven a race without running into the back of someone?

[Evantra]

Can’t get much worse for Huff!

Good racing in the midfield - the field was noticeably thin, but can’t do much about that now.

[Greem]

I expect Huff will be going for a chat with Rowbo. Well done to Ingram, and to Deleon for not having an absolutely terrible race.

Next!

[AJD]

Cancel the race - FARCE
Run it in the wet earlier - FARCE
Run it how it just was - FARCE

Not sure what people genuinely wanted to happen there. I wouldn't like to have been in the position of making the decisions today.

[5five]

Originally Posted by InYourMirrors45

Has Rowbottom ever driven a race without running into the back of someone?

His car looked a bit sus on the front end a few laps before he donned his bowling shoes.

[stuart thompson]

Ok not a farce, but an ever growing series of unfortunate events.

[JDMROB]

Originally Posted by InYourMirrors45

Has Rowbottom ever driven a race without running into the back of someone?

No, I don’t think so.

The ironic thing is he is always the first to moan about driving standards and people who need to “calm down a little bit”