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Old 25 Apr 2018, 12:17 (Ref:3817313)   #1
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BTCC 2018 - Rounds 4, 5, 6 - Donington Park
Time for the second weekend of the season!

Last year Rob Austin was on pole (though Sutton went quicker) with race wins for Moffat, Ingram and Turkington (after a penalty for Shedden).

Any predictions? I hope Motorbase can get some better results this weekend; they looked so promising at Brands with all 3 drivers but never really got the results to show it. Dynamics have a lot of work to do too after a fairly underwhelming season opener.
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Old 25 Apr 2018, 12:21 (Ref:3817315)   #2
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Weather looks very unsettled (again) for this weekend. Prepare for rain on both days...
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Old 25 Apr 2018, 12:29 (Ref:3817318)   #3
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After so much good weather the past two weeks, it’s going to rain again in time for the tin top boys? Ah well
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Weather looks very unsettled (again) for this weekend. Prepare for rain on both days...
It's Donington. Therefore, prepare for rain....
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Old 25 Apr 2018, 13:27 (Ref:3817329)   #5
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Just had my pre race weekend fix watching Motorbase doing their shakedowns. So kind of them to come and entertain me before work.
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Old 25 Apr 2018, 13:28 (Ref:3817330)   #6
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Based on Brands form and weather Oli J for another podium seems a realistic prospect.

Are we due for JP to move on to engine excuses yet or will it be tyres again? 😉
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Old 25 Apr 2018, 13:28 (Ref:3817331)   #7
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It's Donington. Therefore, prepare for rain....
Rain mixed with a bit of plane fuel. Nice and greasy.
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Old 26 Apr 2018, 09:51 (Ref:3817480)   #8
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Rain mixed with a bit of plane fuel. Nice and greasy.
Always entertaining.
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Old 26 Apr 2018, 11:35 (Ref:3817493)   #9
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My Money is on Sheddon and Matt Jackson to pick up a win apiece, with Plato winning race 3.
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My Money is on Sheddon and Matt Jackson to pick up a win apiece, with Plato winning race 3.
I would say that all of these possibilities are just as likely, yes!
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After so much good weather the past two weeks, it’s going to rain again in time for the tin top boys? Ah well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXatLOWjr-k

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Old 26 Apr 2018, 15:07 (Ref:3817518)   #12
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My Money is on Sheddon and Matt Jackson to pick up a win apiece, with Plato winning race 3.
Matt Jackson? Welcome to backwards time travel.... or are you Tim Harvey?! 🤣
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https://www.touringcartimes.com/2018...onington-park/

Sutton now with the Swindon engine
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Jason Plato getting his excuses in really early for this weekend.

He is not sure where the front of his car is!
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Old 26 Apr 2018, 19:20 (Ref:3817557)   #16
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He is not sure where the front of his car is!
It's normally in from front of you.

If it's behind you then the day isn't going well
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Old 27 Apr 2018, 08:35 (Ref:3817660)   #17
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At Brands, Tordoff managed to put a Motorbase Ford up the sharp end of the grid for qualifying — in a session where no one had ballast. That's top form. I expect him to go well again now championship ballast has taken effect. The Hondas of Neal, Cammish and Nash should also be up at the pointy end.

Of course, rain could change all of that. Remember the loopy wet qualifying at Donington a couple of seasons back?
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Old 27 Apr 2018, 09:01 (Ref:3817668)   #18
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forecast is now dry on sunday.
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Meh these keyboard warriors.

Matt Jackson is a great driver, and although he was rather anonymous on the opening race weekend, I have every faith that he will come good again. Just like Sheddon and Plato, you should never right him off, and I reckon all three will be on the podium at Donington.
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Meh these keyboard warriors.

Matt Jackson is a great driver, and although he was rather anonymous on the opening race weekend, I have every faith that he will come good again. Just like Sheddon and Plato, you should never right him off, and I reckon all three will be on the podium at Donington.
You're not being serious are you? You do know why Matt Jackson didn't feature at Brands? (Or Shedden for that matter...) Plus, based on what we've ,earned so far, even though he will be there, I personally agree that Plato has a much chance of winning a race as the other two!
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You're not being serious are you? You do know why Matt Jackson didn't feature at Brands? (Or Shedden for that matter...) Plus, based on what we've ,earned so far, even though he will be there, I personally agree that Plato has a much chance of winning a race as the other two!
I think a fair amount of 'tone' to the messages has been lost.

Note that steve referred to Matt and Sheddon - not Mat and Shedden. I'm pretty certain that we won't really see fictitious drivers on the podium, let alone drivers who are no longer in the series.

Plato on the other hand - he's told us that he has had his Eureka moment, so if his results don't improve soon then serious questions must surely be asked?
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Plato was pretty close to Turkington in 2016, occasionally running ahead of him, so what’s happened in those two years since?
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Plato was pretty close to Turkington in 2016, occasionally running ahead of him, so what’s happened in those two years since?
He needs the input from an ophthalmic specialist to help him find the front of his car! Or so he says, or words to that effect.
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His skills don’t seem adaptable as they used, and it’s not helped that the whole field is a lot closer together these days
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Yep, the field is a lot closer and the difference is that final few tenths, which either comes through fine tuning/engineering the car and/or the driver - so clearly there is something missing somewhere and that half a second covers almost half the grid at some rounds.
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