[BTCC] Oulton Park, 17/18 June 2023, Rounds 13/14/15

[Jon411]

Hill has used his one lap of hybrid already

[porsche962fan]

poor Dick Bennets

[Evantra]

I’d quite like to see Hill get the triple!

[Matt K]

Originally Posted by Evantra

I’d quite like to see Hill get the triple!

I definitely wouldn't! :P

[Jon411]

Taylor-Smith being an absolute menace this race

I'll admit I am surprised the BMW has held up so well on the hard tyre.

[thetool]

Originally Posted by Jon411

Hmmm... could be an interesting manshall's decision considering what they did to Hill at Donington

Stewards. Marshals just report incidents.

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by Trebor902

everyone thinks that gorm is the best thing since sliced bread.

So I didn't quite realise what you were referring to here, and initially thought it was a typo

Originally Posted by Trebor902

Hand the championship advantage to gormy prick Hill.

But I now see what you were referring to - an insult towards a driver that is clearly not warranted.

I am still surprised that nobody saw the BMW (already the most competitive car in the field) doing well at the track (with the possible exception of Croft) that suits it the most out of all that the series visits.

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by Trebor902

Ingram absolute idiot.

What did he do that was idiotic?

[porsche962fan]

and even when he has bad luck Sutton has luck in it, cause in happened in race 3 where it hurts least

Bobby another victim of fragile suspension

[Matt K]

With BMWs so fast here, I can see Sutton and Ingram being in a huge trouble after Croft.

[Matt K]

Originally Posted by porsche962fan

and even when he has bad luck Sutton has luck in it, cause in happened in race 3 where it hurts least

Bobby another victim of fragile suspension

Can't see him being that lucky this season, he's already had three sh.tty races, whereas Ingram's consistency is absolutely impeccable.

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by porsche962fan

Bobby another victim of fragile suspension

[AnnoyedMoose]

Originally Posted by Trebor902

Ingram absolute idiot.

Looked fine to me. He's perfectly entitled to make a move like that. Sutton shouldn't have kept accelerating when there was no gap.

[porsche962fan]

Sutton 218
Tingram 212
Hill 192
Turkington 183
Cammish 160

[JDMROB]

Ingram was a bit over dramatic with his dash to block Sutton but Sutton should have either stood his ground and turned Ingram into the pit wall or back out. The wrong choice was what he did and tried to avoid contact with Ingram and steered himself into the wall. Racing incident in my opinion. Sutton will look back and say he should have backed out I’d have thought. Ingram may get a slap on the wrist for his aggressive blocking.

Another disappointing meeting in my opinion if I’m honest. And the support racing was less than exciting too.

BMWs have definitely had some help since Thruxton.

[Matt K]

Wouldn't call it disappointing, pretty good races this weekend in my opinion. Although the difference between the hard and soft tyre is way too big, that's not racing.

[Jon411]

If the BMW had more help than the start line restrictions (which they had before Thruxton) but no one really noticed as they were not winning then they would have been higher in Qualifying - not 2, 7, 10 and 12... they have run on the softs rather than the mediums and it's been warm and dry on a track they have won at by much bigger margins in the past.


I am sure if there was more then Harvey would have been wittering on about it considering he's normally quick to get in a mention of anything like that affecting the perceived RWD advantage everywhere.

[techspeed]

Congratulations to Turkington, I hope anybody who doubts his overtaking skills will think again today. It's good for the championship that one of it's best and most successful drivers is also one of the most modest and quietest.

[Evantra]

Originally Posted by AnnoyedMoose

Looked fine to me. He's perfectly entitled to make a move like that. Sutton shouldn't have kept accelerating when there was no gap.

And he did the exact same thing to Hill at Donington, so can’t play the victim here!

[Evantra]

Rowbottom relieving a verbal warning again… seems like he has been to see the stewards every meeting so far this year.

[billy bleach]

Have the Fords been slowed down? Looked back to their old selfs today

[Evantra]

Cammish not happy with the safety car in R3 - presumably must be about the late signal and perhaps being overtaken by others who didn’t slow?

https://twitter.com/dancammish/statu...T11pmdgnSSDQzA

[crmalcolm]

A testament to how well Sutton and Ingram have performed so far this season when you look at the relative strength of their cars:

[Sodemo]

Originally Posted by Jon411

If the BMW had more help than the start line restrictions (which they had before Thruxton) but no one really noticed as they were not winning then they would have been higher in Qualifying - not 2, 7, 10 and 12... they have run on the softs rather than the mediums and it's been warm and dry on a track they have won at by much bigger margins in the past.


I am sure if there was more then Harvey would have been wittering on about it considering he's normally quick to get in a mention of anything like that affecting the perceived RWD advantage everywhere.

Even if there has been some behind the scenes tinkering, its not like the public ever gets to hear about it. I know these technical bulletins are meant to be common knowledge in the paddock but that info doesn't always make it to the public domain. Plus there have been performance changes in the past that have just been plain not disclosed.

However I digress, I doubt any changes have been made, just a warm day at a track that has suited BMW in the past.

[Matt K]

Originally Posted by Evantra

Rowbottom relieving a verbal warning again… seems like he has been to see the stewards every meeting so far this year.

Yeah, some of his maneouvres have been pretty embarrassing this year.