[BTCC] BTCC Game 2023

[crmalcolm]

Now that we know this year's entry list, it's time to start the game again.

All you need to do is pick one driver per race and their finishing position is the number of points you will score. The person with the lowest score at the end of the season will win. For instance, if you pick Ashley Sutton for a race and he wins then you score 1 point... Should you choose Tom Chilton and he finishes 27th, then you score 27 points.

I've tried to keep it simple and allow you to enter now and basically forget about it for the rest of the season.

PLEASE READ THE RULES!

The Rules:
01) The player with the lowest total score at the end of the season will be the winner.
02) Pick one driver per race (first name and surname, only the driver, not the finishing position).
03) You can only choose each driver once in the season. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have not picked a driver more than once. Any duplicate picks will earn a maximum score (27 points), regardless of how many cars are entered for that race.
04) Points will be awarded based on the finishing position of the driver picked... i.e. 1st scores 1 point, down to 27 points for a 27th place finish.
05) Should a driver retire from a race, then you will score points for the equivalent position they finish in... i.e. the driver to retire first finishes 27th, therefore 27 points will be scored.
06) Should more than one driver retire on the same lap, then those drivers will score the same number of points... e.g. if five drivers retire on the first lap, each of those drivers will score 27 points.
07) Should a driver fail to start a race or be disqualified/excluded, then you will score points equivalent to the total number of cars entered for the race.
08) Should a driver be replaced or substituted, the replacement will count as your pick. For the avoidance of doubt, this game only takes the drivers into account and not the teams they drive for. For example in 2017, Dan Lloyd left 888 and the series mid-season. Josh Cook filled the gap at that team. Dennis Strandberg then joined the series to fill the gap left by Cook at Maximum Motorsport. Stewart Lines then replaced Strandberg for the rest of the year. In this situation, Strandberg was seen as the replacement for Lloyd, and Lines the replacement for Strandberg. Cook never left, so any occasion on which he was picked was unaffected.
09) In rare cases where multiple drivers are replaced at the same time, teams WILL be taken into account. For example, if Driver A leaves Team A (and the series) and Driver B leaves Team B (and the series), and Driver C joins Team A (and the series) and Driver D joins Team B (and the series), then Driver C will be seen as the replacement for Driver A and Driver D the replacement for Driver B.
10) Should a driver miss a round and not be replaced, that entry will score the maximum points for that race.
11) If a driver misses a round without being replaced and nobody picks them for that round, the above rule will be ignored.
12) For the purposes of scoring and avoidance of doubt, the results of each race will be taken from tsl-timing.com
13) Picks can only be entered, changed, updated or amended up until 00:00 BST Saturday 23rd April. Late entries will score 27 points for each round missed, regardless of pick.
14) Scores will be updated as soon as possible after each event.
15) If scores are tied at the end of the game, the player who picked a winning driver the most times will be ranked higher. If tied players pick winning drivers the same number of times, the player who picked the most second place finishers will be ranked higher. If players are still tied, picks of third place finishers (and so on) will be used to break the tie.
16) If scores are still tied after the above process then whoever picked a winning driver earliest in the season will be ranked higher. If there is still a tie, the process will be repeated for second place finishers then third place finishers, and so on.
17) If scores are still tied after the above two rules have been followed, the player who submitted their picks the earliest will be ranked higher.
18) Most of these rules are included for clarity and are really only for me to worry about. Players should not, and do not need to, change their picks during the season.
19) This game has been posted on multiple forums.
20) Please post all picks in this thread as follows:

1) Donington Park - Driver Name
2) Donington Park -
3) Donington Park -
4) Brands Hatch -
5) Brands Hatch -
6) Brands Hatch -
7) Snetterton -
8) Snetterton -
9) Snetterton -
10) Thruxton -
11) Thruxton -
12) Thruxton -
13) Oulton Park -
14) Oulton Park -
15) Oulton Park -
16) Croft -
17) Croft -
18) Croft -
19) Knockhill -
20) Knockhill -
21) Knockhill -
22) Donington Park -
23) Donington Park -
24) Donington Park -
25) Silverstone -
26) Silverstone -
27) Silverstone -


Then for finals day, the following will be applied:

During the season, the worst scoring three drivers in the order they are selected will make up your three picks for Brands Hatch rounds 28, 29 and 30. If you have tied drivers taking you over the three, the first three selected will make up your selection.

I will provide updates during the season regarding which three drivers are in the frame for each entrant.

The entry list to select from:

1-Tom Ingram
3-Tom Chilton
14-Ronan Pearson
22-Nick Halstead
4-Colin Turkington
12-Stephen Jelley
33-Adam Morgan
24-Jake Hill
6-Rory Butcher
37-Ricky Collard
42-George Gamble
27-Dan Cammish
32-Daniel Rowbottom
77-Sam Osborne
116-Ashley Sutton
11-Andrew Watson
40-Árón Taylor-Smith
88-Mikey Doble
16-Aiden Moffat
66-Josh Cook
70-Will Powell
17-Dexter Patterson
99-Jade Edwards
19-Bobby Thompson
123-Dan Lloyd
28-Nicolas Hamilton
96-Jack Butel

[S griffin]

1) Donington Park - Ingram
2) Donington Park - Sutton
3) Donington Park - Hamilton
4) Brands Hatch - Turkington
5) Brands Hatch - Hill
6) Brands Hatch - Gamble
7) Snetterton - Patterson
8) Snetterton - Halstead
9) Snetterton - Lloyd
10) Thruxton - Thompson
11) Thruxton - Cammish
12) Thruxton -
13) Oulton Park - Rowbottom
14) Oulton Park - Butel
15) Oulton Park - Pearson
16) Croft - Collard
17) Croft - Watson
18) Croft - Doble
19) Knockhill - Powell
20) Knockhill - Cook
21) Knockhill - T-Smith
22) Donington Park - Chilton
23) Donington Park - Jelley
24) Donington Park - Moffat
25) Silverstone - Osborne
26) Silverstone - Butcher
27) Silverstone - Morgan

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by S griffin

1) Donington Park - Ingram
2) Donington Park - Sutton
3) Donington Park - Hamilton
4) Brands Hatch - Turkington
5) Brands Hatch - Hill
6) Brands Hatch - Gamble
7) Snetterton - Patterson
8) Snetterton - Halstead
9) Snetterton - Lloyd
10) Thruxton - Thompson
11) Thruxton - Cammish
12) Thruxton -
13) Oulton Park - Rowbottom
14) Oulton Park - Butel
15) Oulton Park - Pearson
16) Croft - Collard
17) Croft - Watson
18) Croft - Doble
19) Knockhill - Powell
20) Knockhill - Cook
21) Knockhill - T-Smith
22) Donington Park - Chilton
23) Donington Park - Jelley
24) Donington Park - Moffat
25) Silverstone - Osborne
26) Silverstone - Butcher
27) Silverstone - Morgan

Edwards in round 12?

[BTCC frog]

1) Donington Park - Jake Hill
2) Donington Park - Nick Halstead
3) Donington Park - Will Powell
4) Brands Hatch - Ricky Collard
5) Brands Hatch - Jade Edwards
6) Brands Hatch - Tom Chilton
7) Snetterton - Adam Morgan
8) Snetterton - Sam Osborne
9) Snetterton - Aron Taylor-Smith
10) Thruxton - Josh Cook
11) Thruxton - Dan Rowbottom
12) Thruxton - Aiden Moffat
13) Oulton Park - Stephen Jelley
14) Oulton Park - Dexter Patterson
15) Oulton Park - Ronan Pearson
16) Croft - Colin Turkington
17) Croft - Dan Lloyd
18) Croft - Bobby Thompson
19) Knockhill - Ash Sutton
20) Knockhill - George Gamble
21) Knockhill - Nic Hamilton
22) Donington Park - Tom Ingram
23) Donington Park - Dan Cammish
24) Donington Park - Mikey Doble
25) Silverstone - Rory Butcher
26) Silverstone - Jack Butel
27) Silverstone - Andrew Watson

Thanks for running this again

[steve_r]

1) Donington Park - Ashley Sutton
2) Donington Park - Ricky Collard
3) Donington Park - Árón Taylor-Smith
4) Brands Hatch - Rory Butcher
5) Brands Hatch - Aiden Moffat
6) Brands Hatch - George Gamble
7) Snetterton - Colin Turkington
8) Snetterton - Jake Hill
9) Snetterton - Adam Morgan
10) Thruxton - Josh Cook
11) Thruxton - Dan Cammish
12) Thruxton - Will Powell
13) Oulton Park - Tom Ingram
14) Oulton Park - Dan Lloyd
15) Oulton Park - Ronan Pearson
16) Croft - Tom Chilton
17) Croft - Andrew Watson
18) Croft - Nicolas Hamilton
19) Knockhill - Stephen Jelley
20) Knockhill - Dexter Patterson
21) Knockhill - Mikey Doble
22) Donington Park - Daniel Rowbottom
23) Donington Park - Nick Halstead
24) Donington Park - Jade Edwards
25) Silverstone - Bobby Thompson
26) Silverstone - Sam Osborne
27) Silverstone - Jack Butel

[Greem]

Hooray! Team Rando here again:

1) Donington Park - Will Powell
2) Donington Park - Aiden Moffat
3) Donington Park - Adam Morgan
4) Brands Hatch - Nicolas Hamilton
5) Brands Hatch - Jake Hill
6) Brands Hatch - Jack Butel
7) Snetterton - Dexter Patterson
8) Snetterton - Tom Ingram
9) Snetterton - George Gamble
10) Thruxton - Ronan Pearson
11) Thruxton - Nick Halstead
12) Thruxton - Dan Lloyd
13) Oulton Park - Tom Chilton
14) Oulton Park - Stephen Jelley
15) Oulton Park - Josh Cook
16) Croft - Bobby Thompson
17) Croft - Daniel Rowbottom
18) Croft - Rory Butcher
19) Knockhill - Ashley Sutton
20) Knockhill - Jade Edwards
21) Knockhill - Dan Cammish
22) Donington Park - Árón Taylor-Smith
23) Donington Park - Sam Osborne
24) Donington Park - Colin Turkington
25) Silverstone - Andrew Watson
26) Silverstone - Ricky Collard
27) Silverstone - Mikey Doble

[Steel Wheels]

After my years sabbatical unlike most BTCC teams I’m back ?

1) Donington Park - 1-Tom Ingram
2) Donington Park - 40-Árón Taylor-Smith
3) Donington Park - 70-Will Powell
4) Brands Hatch - 116-Ashley Sutton
5) Brands Hatch - 17-Dexter Patterson
6) Brands Hatch - 22-Nick Halstead
7) Snetterton - 27-Dan Cammish
8) Snetterton - 123-Dan Lloyd
9) Snetterton - 28-Nicolas Hamilton
10) Thruxton - 66-Josh Cook
11) Thruxton - 16-Aiden Moffat
12) Thruxton - 99-Jade Edwards
13) Oulton Park - 33-Adam Morgan
14) Oulton Park - 37-Ricky Collard
15) Oulton Park - 77-Sam Osborne
16) Croft - 4-Colin Turkington
17) Croft - 12-Stephen Jelley
18) Croft - 96-Jack Butel
19) Knockhill - 24-Jake Hill
20) Knockhill - 42-George Gamble
21) Knockhill - 14-Ronan Pearson
22) Donington Park - 32-Daniel Rowbottom
23) Donington Park - 19-Bobby Thompson
24) Donington Park - 11-Andrew Watson
25) Silverstone - 6-Rory Butcher
26) Silverstone - 3-Tom Chilton
27) Silverstone - 88-Mikey Doble

[S griffin]

Originally Posted by crmalcolm

Edwards in round 12?

Yeah, must have deleted that accidentally

[sjb114]

1) Donington Park - Tom Ingram
2) Donington Park - Dan Cammish
3) Donington Park - Bobby Thompson
4) Brands Hatch - Dan Rowbottom
5) Brands Hatch - Tom Chilton
6) Brands Hatch - Andrew Watson
7) Snetterton - Tom Chilton
8) Snetterton - Jade Edwards
9) Snetterton - Ricky Collard
10) Thruxton - Josh Cook
11) Thruxton - Aron Taylor-Smith
12) Thruxton - Will Powell
13) Oulton Park - George Gamble
14) Oulton Park - Adam Morgan
15) Oulton Park - Stephen Jelley
16) Croft - Colin Turkington
17) Croft - Aiden Moffat
18) Croft - Dan Lloyd
19) Knockhill - Jake Hill
20) Knockhill - Ronan Pearson
21) Knockhill - Dexter Patterson
22) Donington Park - Ash Sutton
23) Donington Park - Nick Halstead
24) Donington Park - Jack Butel
25) Silverstone - Rory Butcher
26) Silverstone - Sam Osborne
27) Silverstone - Nic Hamilton

Thanks again for running this ��

[SSmith]

1) Donington Park - Tom Ingram
2) Donington Park - George Gamble
3) Donington Park - Nicolas Hamilton
4) Brands Hatch - Tom Chilton
5) Brands Hatch - Jade Edwards
6) Brands Hatch - Bobby Thompson
7) Snetterton - Ronan Pearson
8) Snetterton - Nick Halstead
9) Snetterton - Ricky Collard
10) Thruxton - Josh Cook
11) Thruxton - Aiden Moffat
12) Thruxton - Adam Morgan
13) Oulton Park - Ashley Sutton
14) Oulton Park - Dexter Patterson
15) Oulton Park - Stephen Jelley
16) Croft - Colin Turkington
17) Croft - Dan Rowbottom
18) Croft - Dan Lloyd
19) Knockhill - Jake Hill
20) Knockhill - Will Powell
21) Knockhill - Andrew Watson
22) Donington Park - Dan Cammish
23) Donington Park - Aron Taylor-Smith
24) Donington Park - Mikey Doble
25) Silverstone - Rory Butcher
26) Silverstone - Sam Osborne
27) Silverstone - Jack Butel

[Evantra]

1) Donington Park - Jake Hill
2) Donington Park - Tom Ingram
3) Donington Park - Tom Chilton

4) Brands Hatch - Bobby Thompson
5) Brands Hatch - Ricky Collard
6) Brands Hatch - Dexter Patterson

7) Snetterton - Ash Sutton
8) Snetterton - Nick Halstead
9) Snetterton - Jack Butel

10) Thruxton - Josh Cook
11) Thruxton - Aron Taylor Smith
12) Thruxton - Dan Rowbottom

13) Oulton Park - Dan Lloyd
14) Oulton Park - Will Powell
15) Oulton Park - Stephen Jelley

16) Croft - Colin Turkington
17) Croft - Nic Hamilton
18) Croft - Adam Morgan

19) Knockhill - Rory Butcher
20) Knockhill - Aiden Moffat
21) Knockhill - Ronan Pearson

22) Donington Park - George Gamble
23) Donington Park - Andrew Watson
24) Donington Park - Mikey Doble

25) Silverstone - Dan Cammish
26) Silverstone - Jade Edwards
27) Silverstone - Sam Osborne

Feels like a lot more bad weekends than good ones, hopefully proven wrong!

[Evantra]

I love the solidarity of having Josh Cook at the first race of Thruxton!

[Jay87]

Donington - Hill
Donington - Morgan
Donington - Powell
Brands - Cammish
Brands - Double
Brands - Osborne
Snetterton - Turkington
Snetterton - Watson
Snetterton - Edwards
Thruxton - Moffat
Thruxton - Cook
Thruxton - Jelley
Oulton - Ingram
Oulton - Collard
Oulton - Thompson
Croft - Rowbottom
Croft - Taylor Smith
Croft - Halstead
Knockhill - Sutton
Knockhill - Pearson
Knockhill - Patterson
Donington - Gamble
Donington - Hamilton
Donington - Lloyd
Silverstone - Butcher
Silverstone - Butel
Silverstone - Chilton

[Petoli]

1) Donington Park - Mikey Doble
2) Donington Park - Sam Osborne
3) Donington Park - Ricky Collard
4) Brands Hatch - Ronan Pearson
5) Brands Hatch - Dan Lloyd
6) Brands Hatch -Jack Butel
7) Snetterton - Stephen Jelley
8) Snetterton - Nick Halstead
9) Snetterton - Andrew Watson
10) Thruxton - Dexter Patterson
11) Thruxton - Jake Hill
12) Thruxton - Will Powell
13) Oulton Park - Colin Turkington
14) Oulton Park - Nicolas Hamilton
15) Oulton Park - George Gamble
16) Croft - Adam Morgan
17) Croft - Aron Taylor-Smith
18) Croft - Bobby Thompson
19) Knockhill - Aiden Moffat
20) Knockhill - Josh Cook
21) Knockhill - Rory Butcher
22) Donington Park -Dan Cammish
23) Donington Park - Jade Edwards
24) Donington Park - Daniel Rowbottom
25) Silverstone - Ashley Sutton
26) Silverstone - Tom Chilton
27) Silverstone - Tom Ingram

[Chequered Pass]

1) Donington Park - Jake Hill
2) Donington Park - Tom Ingram
3) Donington Park - Sam Osborne
4) Brands Hatch - Dan Rowbottom
5) Brands Hatch - Rory Butcher
6) Brands Hatch -Nicholas Hamilton
7) Snetterton - Colin Turkington
8) Snetterton - Stephen Jelley
9) Snetterton - George Gamble
10) Thruxton - Josh Cook
11) Thruxton - Dan Cammish
12) Thruxton - Jack Butel
13) Oulton Park - Dan Lloyd
14) Oulton Park - Adam Morgan
15) Oulton Park - Mikey Doble
16) Croft - Ash Sutton
17) Croft - Aiden Moffat
18) Croft - Jade Edwards
19) Knockhill - Bobby Thompson
20) Knockhill - Tom Chiltern
21) Knockhill - Nick Halstead
22) Donington Park - Aaron Taylor Smith
23) Donington Park - Will Powell
24) Donington Park - Andrew Watson
25) Silverstone - Ronan Pearson
26) Silverstone - Dexter Patterson
27) Silverstone - Ricky Collard

[crmalcolm]

1) Donington Park - Jade Edwards
2) Donington Park - Jack Butel
3) Donington Park - Mikey Doble
4) Brands Hatch - Sam Osborne
5) Brands Hatch - Will Powell
6) Brands Hatch - Josh Cook
7) Snetterton - Rory Butcher
8) Snetterton - George Gamble
9) Snetterton - Árón Taylor-Smith
10) Thruxton - Colin Turkington
11) Thruxton - Ricky Collard
12) Thruxton - Adam Morgan
13) Oulton Park - Daniel Rowbottom
14) Oulton Park - Tom Chilton
15) Oulton Park - Nicolas Hamilton
16) Croft - Dan Cammish
17) Croft - Jake Hill
18) Croft - Nick Halstead
19) Knockhill - Bobby Thompson
20) Knockhill - Dexter Patterson
21) Knockhill - Aiden Moffat
22) Donington Park - Ronan Pearson
23) Donington Park - Dan Lloyd
24) Donington Park - Stephen Jelley
25) Silverstone - Ashley Sutton
26) Silverstone - Andrew Watson
27) Silverstone - Tom Ingram

[crmalcolm]

The first set of results has now been confirmed.

Taking an early lead is Evantra, on 19 points.
In addition to being at the bottom of the table, I also have the first confirmed entry for R28 (pending changes to grid size).
With Edwards being placed 27 in R1, that becomes my pick for R28.


Evantra 19
sjb114 21
Jay87 29
BTCC frog 34
Ssmith 36
Petoli 37
Chequered Pass 37
S griffin 39
Steel Wheels 48
Greem 57
steve_r 61
crmalcolm 75

[S griffin]

Not a great to the season for me

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by sjb114

1) Donington Park - Tom Ingram
2) Donington Park - Dan Cammish
3) Donington Park - Bobby Thompson
4) Brands Hatch - Dan Rowbottom
5) Brands Hatch - Tom Chilton
6) Brands Hatch - Andrew Watson
7) Snetterton - Tom Chilton
8) Snetterton - Jade Edwards
9) Snetterton - Ricky Collard
10) Thruxton - Josh Cook
11) Thruxton - Aron Taylor-Smith
12) Thruxton - Will Powell
13) Oulton Park - George Gamble
14) Oulton Park - Adam Morgan
15) Oulton Park - Stephen Jelley
16) Croft - Colin Turkington
17) Croft - Aiden Moffat
18) Croft - Dan Lloyd
19) Knockhill - Jake Hill
20) Knockhill - Ronan Pearson
21) Knockhill - Dexter Patterson
22) Donington Park - Ash Sutton
23) Donington Park - Nick Halstead
24) Donington Park - Jack Butel
25) Silverstone - Rory Butcher
26) Silverstone - Sam Osborne
27) Silverstone - Nic Hamilton

Thanks again for running this ??

I should have checked earlier, but you have Chilton twice and no entry for Doble.

As per rule 3 - 'Any duplicate picks will earn a maximum score (27 points), regardless of how many cars are entered for that race.'

[crmalcolm]

Results for Brands Indy are in:

For the round,
S griffin-26
Evantra-30
Jay87-35
BTCC frog-38
Ssmith-39
Steel Wheels-39
Greem-42
crmalcolm-45
Petoli-47
steve_r-47
Chequered-52
sjb114-77


Which means overall,
Evantra-49
Jay87-64
S griffin-65
BTCC frog-72
Ssmith-75
Petoli-84
Steel Wheels-87
Chequered Pass-89
sjb114-98
Greem-99
steve_r-108
crmalcolm-120



In terms of the final round, the following selections are in the frame:

Jay87 - Powell
S griffin - Hamilton - Gamble
BTCC frog - Powell - Edwards
Ssmith - Hamilton - Edwards
Petoli - Doble
Steel Wheels - Taylor-Smith - Powell - Halstead
Chequered Pass - Osborne - Rowbottom
Greem - Morgan - Hamilton
steve_r - Sutton - Collard - Gamble
crmalcolm - Edwards - Butel - Doble
sjb114 - Rowbottom - Watson

[S griffin]

Got a win with Turkington in R1!

[sjb114]

Originally Posted by crmalcolm

I should have checked earlier, but you have Chilton twice and no entry for Doble.

As per rule 3 - 'Any duplicate picks will earn a maximum score (27 points), regardless of how many cars are entered for that race.'

Ah, good spot, completely missed that myself! Not a great start to the season for myself, so don’t suppose a Collard style rant will get it changed will it

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by sjb114

Ah, good spot, completely missed that myself! Not a great start to the season for myself, so don’t suppose a Collard style rant will get it changed will it

I'll create a second entry for you with Doble in place of the 2nd Chilton, just for comparison purposes.

[crmalcolm]

sjb114 - assuming that the second Chilton entry was amended to Doble, the points total for the season would be 83 at the moment.

[crmalcolm]

Results from Snetterton.
First - the score for the week:

Entry	Score
steve_r	14
Chequered Pass	34
BTCC frog	38
Evantra	42
Steel Wheels	43
Jay87	48
Petoli	49
crmalcolm	49
Ssmith	51
Greem	52
sjb114 (unofficial)	57
S griffin	62
sjb114	67