2017 BTCC silly season

[JZZ30]

Have we had confirmation on the last BMR seat?

[snowen250]

Josh Price from the Clio Cup series and BMR academy is in the car, as a satellite team.

[DanielSan]

GbGaz said:

Totally agree mate, though I personally think that the big hitters were sandbagging quite a bit!! Austin looked mighty through the old hairpin though!! I couldnt make a decision on the best looking livery if you paid me,,,,,they all look bloody brilliant!

What a fiasco though with entry!! we parked up at about 11.20 (coffee and chat at services from 10.30) and were in the queue for 11.30 ...around 15 people in front of us and a massive crowd forming behind, to be told around 11.50... 'sorry guys...you're queueing in the wrong place.....we didnt think you'd be here this early....you need to get in your cars..move them and go round to another gate and start queueing again'

It didnt upset the day that much but felt piss poor at the time....imagine that on race day!! Turns out the paddock is being re tarmacced so no one could walk in the usual way and we had to park where the sunday market usually is. But comeon donington decision makers!!! you KNOW BTCC draws a big crowd,,,you KNEW we'd all be there early...as we are every year!! some forward planning would have been better,,,,maybe some signage??? the guy letting cars in/turning them away from the paddock entry clearly seen there was a queue building......and the guy on the gate told us ALL to park on the grass 'to the right' as we entered...not head to the left and round to the old sunday market site......its not like the tarmac work started as we got there....

Surely someone thought... 'media day..hmmm punters walking in at gate 'X' where we are working' ffs

To make that even worse I got there for about 20 past 12 and we went in through the paddock entrance as normal, just had to walk round the edge of where they were tarmacing.

[eastlmark]

snowen250 said:

Josh Price from the Clio Cup series and BMR academy is in the car, as a satellite team.

Its an odd one this.... was already confirmed in the Clio cup car and then suddenly moved into the Subaru. Even Clio champ Ash Sutton had to do his time with MG before getting the main team drive. Makes me think a top driver was lined up who's deal went pear shaped at the last minute as I am sure previous team driver Senna Proctor would have been the obvious choice but he must have been told early on that he was not getting it.

[DanielSan]

eastlmark said:

Its an odd one this.... was already confirmed in the Clio cup car and then suddenly moved into the Subaru. Even Clio champ Ash Sutton had to do his time with MG before getting the main team drive. Makes me think a top driver was lined up who's deal went pear shaped at the last minute as I am sure previous team driver Senna Proctor would have been the obvious choice but he must have been told early on that he was not getting it.

Or a sponsorship deal came off and he suddenly had the extra funding.