2016 BTCC silly season

[The Wookie]

MG CHRIS said:

Well done wokkie on the amd drive the s3 is one of the nicest looking cars on the grid hope it goes better than the protons. Going on from the protons what is dan welch up to this year heard rumours of keeping the same cars to a focus from motorbase?

Cheers! Bloody hope it does! No idea, don't talk to anyone that's still at the team, I'm sure they'll manage to drag something together

[MG CHRIS]

The Wookie said:

MG CHRIS said:

Well done wokkie on the amd drive the s3 is one of the nicest looking cars on the grid hope it goes better than the protons. Going on from the protons what is dan welch up to this year heard rumours of keeping the same cars to a focus from motorbase?

Cheers! Bloody hope it does! No idea, don't talk to anyone that's still at the team, I'm sure they'll manage to drag something together

Well hope you have a better time at amd looks a lot more professional team and the car is one of the best looking cars on the grid.

[MG CHRIS]

There is also talk that we may just see the vw passats/cc on the grid this year after all.

[StoatInACoat]

The Wookie said:

No probs at all, obviously! The permanent chaos of that year pretty much precluded anything sensible or organised so we should manage something a bit better this time round!

Anyway I was more or less permanently pissed off that year so it wouldn't have been much fun unless you could handle half an hour solid of bitter sarcasm!

Oh I don't know, I've never known of another driver mill round a wet, cold, mucky campsite just to say hello to a bunch of drunk people with only a picture of a battered Peugeot for reference! Best of luck for this year

[The Wookie]

StoatInACoat said:

Oh I don't know, I've never known of another driver mill round a wet, cold, mucky campsite just to say hello to a bunch of drunk people with only a picture of a battered Peugeot for reference! Best of luck for this year

Posers the lot of them

I've upgraded my buggy over the winter with knobbly tyres so at least I'm less likely to narrowly avoid sideswiping a parked car on my way back!!

Cheers

[DanielSan]

MG CHRIS said:

There is also talk that we may just see the vw passats/cc on the grid this year after all.

Only team I can think that might be interested in the cars would be Welch motorsport

[MG CHRIS]

DanielSan said:

MG CHRIS said:

There is also talk that we may just see the vw passats/cc on the grid this year after all.

Only team I can think that might be interested in the cars would be Welch motorsport

bkr that were going to run them in the now defunct btec series they did plan to enter this year but at the time wasn't any tbl hence being in the btec series now there are a few floating around so maybe a chance to pick up a pair with help from bmr.

[lewisbatch]

Just a refresh

Honda Yuasa Racing, Honda Civic Type R - Gordon Shedden
Honda Yuasa Racing, Honda Civic Type R - Matt Neal
Honda Yuasa Racing, Honda Civic Type R - Andy Neate
Team BMR, Subaru Levorg - Jason Plato
Team BMR, Subaru Levorg - Colin Turkington
Team BMR, Subaru Levorg - Warren Scott
Team BMR, Subaru Levorg - James Cole
888 Race Engineering, MG6 - Josh Cook
888 Race Engineering, MG6 - Ashley Sutton
Motorbase Performance, Ford Focus ST - Andrew Jordan
Motorbase Performance, Ford Focus ST - Mat Jackson
Motorbase Performance, Ford Focus ST - TBA?
West Surrey Racing, BMW 125i - Sam Tordoff
West Surrey Racing, BMW 125i - Jack Goff
West Surrey Racing, BMW 125i - Rob Collard
Eurotech Racing, Honda Civic Type R - Jeff Smith
Eurotech Racing, Honda Civic Type R - Martin Depper
Eurotech Racing, Honda Civic Type R - TBA
Power Maxed Racing, Chevrolet Cruze - Hunter Abbott
Power Maxed Racing, Chevrolet Cruze - TBA
Speedworks Motorsport, Toyota Avensis - Tom Ingram
Speedworks Motorsport, Honda Civic Type R - Matt Simpson
AMD Tuning, Audi S3 - Ollie Jackson
Ciceley Motorsport, Mercedes A Class - Adam Morgan
Laser Tools Racing, Mercedes A Class - Aiden Moffat
Handy Motorsport, Toyota Avensis - Rob Austin
Handy Motorsport, Toyota Avensis - TBA
JWT Performance/Maximum Motorsport, Ford Focus ST - Stewart Lines
Team Parker Racing, Ford Focus ST - Alex Martin
Team Hard, Toyota Avensis - Chris Smiley
Team Hard, Toyota Avensis - Jake Hill
Welch Motorsport, ??? - Dan Welch

So still 4 more seats left to fill. Wondering if Aron Smith is going to pop up anywhere? Dave Newsham?

[Janesy B]

Newsham is doing rallycross.

[Northern_Monkey]

lewisbatch said:

Just a refresh

Motorbase Performance, Ford Focus ST - TBA?
Handy Motorsport, Toyota Avensis - TBA

Neither of these seats exist

[emicen]

lewisbatch said:

Just a refresh

Honda Yuasa Racing, Honda Civic Type R - Gordon Shedden
Honda Yuasa Racing, Honda Civic Type R - Matt Neal
Honda Yuasa Racing, Honda Civic Type R - Andy Neate
Team BMR, Subaru Levorg - Jason Plato
Team BMR, Subaru Levorg - Colin Turkington
Team BMR, Subaru Levorg - Warren Scott
Team BMR, Subaru Levorg - James Cole
888 Race Engineering, MG6 - Josh Cook
888 Race Engineering, MG6 - Ashley Sutton
Motorbase Performance, Ford Focus ST - Andrew Jordan
Motorbase Performance, Ford Focus ST - Mat Jackson
Motorbase Performance, Ford Focus ST - TBA?
West Surrey Racing, BMW 125i - Sam Tordoff
West Surrey Racing, BMW 125i - Jack Goff
West Surrey Racing, BMW 125i - Rob Collard
Eurotech Racing, Honda Civic Type R - Jeff Smith
Eurotech Racing, Honda Civic Type R - Martin Depper
Eurotech Racing, Honda Civic Type R - TBA
Power Maxed Racing, Chevrolet Cruze - Hunter Abbott
Power Maxed Racing, Chevrolet Cruze - TBA
Speedworks Motorsport, Toyota Avensis - Tom Ingram
Speedworks Motorsport, Honda Civic Type R - Matt Simpson
AMD Tuning, Audi S3 - Ollie Jackson
Ciceley Motorsport, Mercedes A Class - Adam Morgan
Laser Tools Racing, Mercedes A Class - Aiden Moffat
Handy Motorsport, Toyota Avensis - Rob Austin
Handy Motorsport, Toyota Avensis - TBA
JWT Performance/Maximum Motorsport, Ford Focus ST - Stewart Lines
Team Parker Racing, Ford Focus ST - Alex Martin
Team Hard, Toyota Avensis - Chris Smiley
Team Hard, Toyota Avensis - Jake Hill
Welch Motorsport, ??? - Dan Welch

So still 4 more seats left to fill. Wondering if Aron Smith is going to pop up anywhere? Dave Newsham?

There's only 30 TBLs in common distribution and 2 loaners.

[lewisbatch]

Northern_Monkey said:

lewisbatch said:

Just a refresh

Motorbase Performance, Ford Focus ST - TBA?
Handy Motorsport, Toyota Avensis - TBA

Neither of these seats exist

My understanding that Handy Motorsport acquired a 2nd TBL in Jan? With Belcher taking a sabbatical and bringing in another driver?

[Marc W]

But they've since announced that they are no longer going to run a second car.

[Northern_Monkey]

lewisbatch said:

Northern_Monkey said:

lewisbatch said:

Just a refresh

Motorbase Performance, Ford Focus ST - TBA?
Handy Motorsport, Toyota Avensis - TBA

Neither of these seats exist

My understanding that Handy Motorsport acquired a 2nd TBL in Jan? With Belcher taking a sabbatical and bringing in another driver?

As Marc said, those plans were shelved to the TBL went back to TOCA

[alsaautomotive]

As above with Simon. There were firm plans in place to build another new Avensis with the old one taking part in the first three events, but I believe they were unable to put a deal together with the driver Simon had in mind.

Great news with Ollie being back on the grid

Really looking forward to seeing what Rob can do in 'our' car!

[swin190]

lewisbatch said:

Just a refresh

Honda Yuasa Racing, Honda Civic Type R - Gordon Shedden
Honda Yuasa Racing, Honda Civic Type R - Matt Neal
Honda Yuasa Racing, Honda Civic Type R - Andy Neate
Team BMR, Subaru Levorg - Jason Plato
Team BMR, Subaru Levorg - Colin Turkington
Team BMR, Subaru Levorg - Warren Scott
Team BMR, Subaru Levorg - James Cole
888 Race Engineering, MG6 - Josh Cook
888 Race Engineering, MG6 - Ashley Sutton
Motorbase Performance, Ford Focus ST - Andrew Jordan
Motorbase Performance, Ford Focus ST - Mat Jackson
Motorbase Performance, Ford Focus ST - TBA?
West Surrey Racing, BMW 125i - Sam Tordoff
West Surrey Racing, BMW 125i - Jack Goff
West Surrey Racing, BMW 125i - Rob Collard
Eurotech Racing, Honda Civic Type R - Jeff Smith
Eurotech Racing, Honda Civic Type R - Martin Depper
Eurotech Racing, Honda Civic Type R - TBA
Power Maxed Racing, Chevrolet Cruze - Hunter Abbott
Power Maxed Racing, Chevrolet Cruze - TBA
Speedworks Motorsport, Toyota Avensis - Tom Ingram
Speedworks Motorsport, Honda Civic Type R - Matt Simpson
AMD Tuning, Audi S3 - Ollie Jackson
Ciceley Motorsport, Mercedes A Class - Adam Morgan
Laser Tools Racing, Mercedes A Class - Aiden Moffat
Handy Motorsport, Toyota Avensis - Rob Austin
Handy Motorsport, Toyota Avensis - TBA
JWT Performance/Maximum Motorsport, Ford Focus ST - Stewart Lines
Team Parker Racing, Ford Focus ST - Alex Martin
Team Hard, Toyota Avensis - Chris Smiley
Team Hard, Toyota Avensis - Jake Hill
Welch Motorsport, ??? - Dan Welch

So still 4 more seats left to fill. Wondering if Aron Smith is going to pop up anywhere? Dave Newsham?

Heard a rumour that aron will be driving in the ELM series

[btcc123]

[quote=The Wookie]I've had a good look at the car and all the ingredients are there; it's light, it's longish wheelbase, it's aerodynamic, it's got a willie poole shell so is stiff, and it's got a Swindon engine with excellent cooling. I remember it being a rocket down the straights even when Robb Holland had it, so there's nothing wrong with it in a straight line.

Well Wookie the season has not even started yet and you say you have a longish stiff willie so I am sure you will have a great season and wish you the best of luck.

[Save Ferris]

I read somewhere that Jack Clarke was seen at Power Maxed last week.

[AMD87]

Save Ferris said:

I read somewhere that Jack Clarke was seen at Power Maxed last week.

You mean this?
https://twitter.com/ukpmr/status/70793724613405900...

[Save Ferris]

AMD87 said:

You mean this?
https://twitter.com/ukpmr/status/70793724613405900...

Ahhhhh, this is one of those, 'don't believe everything anything you read on the internet' moments!

(I think it was on Ten/Tenths, but without the pic!)