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31 Oct 2002, 11:24 (Ref:418295) | #1 | ||
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Vauxhall Retain Muller and Thompson for 2003
to be announced tommorow at the motorshow if autosport.com is to be believed
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31 Oct 2002, 11:48 (Ref:418316) | #2 | ||
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noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
mr neal deserves mullers seat, is muller going for how many times can he can come second????? Last edited by sazzle; 31 Oct 2002 at 11:49. |
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31 Oct 2002, 12:18 (Ref:418345) | #3 | ||
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No, i'd say he's going for the title again....
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31 Oct 2002, 13:22 (Ref:418468) | #4 | |
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This is the happiest moment in my life I cannot believe Yvan Muller has stayed for Touring Cars instead of going to SEAT in the ETCC I still cannot believe it In your face SAZZLE
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31 Oct 2002, 13:32 (Ref:418482) | #5 | ||
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Not bothered about Muller if he wants to come 2nd for the 3rd year in a row that is up to him but it's great to know that James will be back to defend his title and have a good chance of retaining it, although I think the MG's and Honda's will be giving Vauxhall a hard time next season.
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31 Oct 2002, 14:24 (Ref:418536) | #6 | ||
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i agree. its great to have a champion back for once!
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31 Oct 2002, 14:40 (Ref:418544) | #7 | ||
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What about Matt Neal and Paul O'Neill in the second two car Astra Coupe factory team?
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31 Oct 2002, 15:06 (Ref:418554) | #8 | ||
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It's official now
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31 Oct 2002, 15:51 (Ref:418583) | #9 | ||
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Great to see Thompson return to defend his title!!First time since Ryckard Rydell in the Volvo, champion of 1998!!
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31 Oct 2002, 17:24 (Ref:418653) | #10 | |
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Excellent! This is one thing I didn't think would happen so I'm well pleased! One thing is for sure - there'll be fireworks next year!
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31 Oct 2002, 19:26 (Ref:418736) | #11 | |
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Suprised Yvan's stuck around, but I had a feeling James would stay on.
At least we'll have one BTCC champion on the grid in 2003, and to have the reigning champ is even better. |
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31 Oct 2002, 19:28 (Ref:418740) | #12 | |
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Yvan Never leaves hi number 1 fan
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31 Oct 2002, 20:31 (Ref:418797) | #13 | ||
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Great news, really glad to hear that. Things are looking good for next year. Now, how many months do we still have to wait?????
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31 Oct 2002, 20:47 (Ref:418819) | #14 | ||
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This year I think Muller will take the championship
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1 Nov 2002, 00:51 (Ref:418998) | #15 | ||
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great news!!!! i have a question, why are the vauxhalls always left hand drive??????
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1 Nov 2002, 09:15 (Ref:419162) | #16 | |
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Most UK circuts go clockwise (i.e. mostly right hand turns). A left hand drive car is better balanced when turning right.... apparantly
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1 Nov 2002, 10:45 (Ref:419214) | #17 | ||
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The cars are left hand drive because the driver weight has to be as low down and far back as possible and it gives them a better veiw past the A pillar when driving round the circuits which are right handed(as said before)
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1 Nov 2002, 16:28 (Ref:419539) | #18 | |
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so I suppose they are really the Opel works team then...
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aaaaaaaaaah very cunning! why don't the other manufacturers do this or are they proud to be British? (yes i know Hondas Japanese but they are built in Swindon!)
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2 Nov 2002, 16:50 (Ref:420246) | #20 | |
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Interesting thoughts… but Vauxhall haven’t always been left hookers. The Cavalier was RHD - I thought Vauxhall went LHD when the development of the Vectra was Opel led. Not sure about LHD going round right hand tracks better – do the current rules allow the drivers position to be further back than on the road car - as per Super Touring?
On a similar but slightly different point, I have always wondered why the vast majority of sports racing cars are RHD, no matter where they come from (Ferrari, Alfa, Porsche etc). I know that Audi and Panoz haven’t followed this trend but Caddy did. By the way these RHD cars are designed to run at Le Mans, a right hand track….. (sorry if I’ve gone too far away from Touring cars!). |
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Confirming the point of Sazzle, at a recent Vauxhall test day CCC's mark Hales test drove and dropped into the kitty litter one of the 888 Astras, in the report he stated that the reason for being LHD was to allow the driver to see past the A pillar due to the drivers seat being further back than on the standard car !!!
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2 Nov 2002, 21:36 (Ref:420387) | #23 | |
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The seat and steering wheel position should be the same as the road car.
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7 Nov 2002, 14:26 (Ref:423821) | #24 | ||
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the cars are really opel, because vauxhalls are not built in this country anymore. Maybe thats another reason why they are LHD when the cavalier was in the championship the cars were built in the UK and therefore RHD.
Perhaps the other teams should adopt this and maybe vauxhall wont run away with the championship again! |
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