2017 BTCC silly season

[DanielSan]

I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up back in Clio's or one of the support categories to put himself in the shop window for more sponsorship ready for a 2017 BTCC drive.

[Allyc85]

MG CHRIS said:

Btc norlin perhaps

Btc Norlin indeed!

http://overtakemotorsport.com/2016/12/20/newsham-m...

[MG CHRIS]

Allyc85 said:

MG CHRIS said:

Btc norlin perhaps

Btc Norlin indeed!

http://overtakemotorsport.com/2016/12/20/newsham-m...

Pretty good guess atleast he knows the car so has experience with it for the new team.

Didn't wsr say they would be announcing the rest of the line up within a month of announcing jordans move to the team, or are they waiting till autosport show in jan.

[MondeoMan1981]

Wix Racing with an announcement tomorrow apparently. Are they moving their sponsorship or just confirmation of Morgan?

[Sebring440]

MondeoMan1981 said:

Wix Racing with an announcement tomorrow apparently. Are they moving their sponsorship or just confirmation of Morgan?

Yes, a pre-announcement announcement. They've announced that they're going to make an announcement on 3rd Jan. Presumably still in negotiations with WIX over continued sponsorship (or not).

Yellow and black car, or red car? We shall have to wait and see.

[MondeoMan1981]

Wix Racing announcement delayed til 3rd Jan now.... As above seems to have been an announcement about an announcement.

Are they going proper two car team with Laser Tools? Wix Laser Tools Racing sounds alright...

[Sebring440]

MondeoMan1981 said:

Are they going proper two car team with Laser Tools?

Certainly not!

[Allyc85]

Smith confirmed at Eurotech, whilst Alex Martin is off to cause chaos in the Porsches..

[ols]

So, WIX Racing made an announcement about an announcement, announcing that WIX Racing is still WIX Racing...

[AlexRS2782]

Allyc85 said:

Smith confirmed at Eurotech, whilst Alex Martin is off to cause chaos in the Porsches..

That's where his brother Rupert already causes mayhem isn't it? That should be interesting this year - I wonder if they'll take each other out with their equally bad driving

[swooshiain]

AlexRS2782 said:

That's where his brother Rupert already causes mayhem isn't it? That should be interesting this year - I wonder if they'll take each other out with their equally bad driving

I think Rupert is his dad. Similarly talented, either way.

[DanielSan]

I saw them trying to manoeuvre their Range Rover out of the car park at Donington last year, guess what. Couldn't even do that simple task without nearly running into something...

[V40Vinnie]

Few announcements made today, Depper to Motorbase. Team Dynamics 'Stealth Livery' and Ant Whorton-Eales to AMD.

[brabhambt52b]

V40Vinnie said:

Few announcements made today, Depper to Motorbase. Team Dynamics 'Stealth Livery' and Ant Whorton-Eales to AMD.

and there was me thinking Depper had gone from BTCC for good - waste of a car

[DanielSan]

Didn't Dave Bartrum say they had a driver lined to to replace Jordan who'd win races not long ago

[swooshiain]

eastlmark said:

Is Depper confirmed at Eurotech? Notice E spares stickers on the Shredded wheat car, E spares being the family firm of Depper....

You win a cookie

[swooshiain]

Be interesting to see if AMD can keep improving the Audi - and it'll be interesting to see if AWE is able to make the step up in quality. I think it's fair to say that the Clio graduates in the BTCC have been a very mixed bag over the last few years.

Another good pair of liveries today as well - I really like the new Honda paintjobs, and Jordan's chrome blue BMW is the best looking Beemer since the eBay Motors livery in my eyes.

[Robmarriott]

DanielSan said:

Didn't Dave Bartrum say they had a driver lined to to replace Jordan who'd win races not long ago

Davenport has won races recently.

Surprised by Depper, it'll be interesting to see how he improves with a decent driver in his team though, both him and Smith improved a lot when Lloyd was in the third Eurotech car so he may do well with a better driver to follow.

I'm very pleased for Ant, the Audis are great looking cars and again I think having more than one car in their team, both cars will do pretty well.

[eastlmark]

swooshiain said:

eastlmark said:

Is Depper confirmed at Eurotech? Notice E spares stickers on the Shredded wheat car, E spares being the family firm of Depper....

You win a cookie

pot luck!

[N0ddie]

Turks and BMR have parted way.

http://www.motorsport.com/btcc/news/turkington-par...

Not surprising but disappointing.