Did you get a "draft" down the back straight in that round? Don't understand the figures if you did!

The problem I have with BTCC at the moment is that the rules as they are can make a car completely uncompetitive for an entire weekend (Honda this weekend for example). And that makes BTCC completely uninteresting.

Everyone comes from a point of view. I have a soft spot for the Honda's, as they are built in my home town, and I will never not be amazed that little. old pershore has mustered something a little more high octane than a local market. Also Pirtek was kind enough to put up with me abling round the garage and generally getting in everyones way during race 2 (a big thank you, as I was chuffed in my own little way). I also have to say Flash seems a pretty personable chap.

Unfortunately there are lies, damned lies and statistics and whilst the speed traps tell half the story, the other half is that in race 3 (as a good example) especially toward the end ad the S2000 tyres went away, Shedden would be alongside a BMW coming out of a corner only to be outdragged. I think Messrs Plato and Jackson would have stayed away, but at any other meeting this year, he would have been past those 3 series' at the end.

As someone said above it is entertaining, and Alan Gow has his 3 way finale. After all it is his business and livlihood, with many participants livlihoods involved in the series being commercially successful as well as winning. I guess the 'soap opera' element of a bunch of feuding drivers probably helps too, but I may be reading into that too much.

But ultimately whilst I am entertained I guesd, there is a twinge of uneasiness that its not [i]quite[\i] real, and the hand of god as there to ensure parity in the points table.

That said its no worse than any other major motorsport in that respect really I guess.

Pardon me for having an opinion or daring to actually post it!

What is your solution then because the way the BTCC is going it will kill itself with the bhing, backbiting, moaning etc.

It isn't good to see top line drivers a) being slagged off all the time & b) punting each other off when the opportunity arises.

It is getting boring race after race, day after day.

Budgets can be set & capped as is being done in F1 so why not do it in the BTCC? If Bernie can do it then no reason why Alan Gow can't sort it out.

Too much Haribo & Tesco's sandwiches methinks

I dont recall having said that the BTCC was/is crap. The racing, when they race is good to watch. Always has been. I made no direct reference to Silverstone because I saw very little of the racing.

Why is a budget cap funny? If you are so clever what is your solution or don't you have one?

What I said was the bhing, moaning, punting each other off is getting boring as is the constant whinging on PH.

As for other categories - this is a BTCC thread so why go off on a tangent? It's immaterial IMO.

Good luck in final round

I echo the poster asking for boost level read outs per round, that is way more interesting than top speed through a speed trap. But we will never know that info from Gow. Regardless of what people think of Plato and Neal
what about Sheddon? lovely bloke fair racer, good racer yet spent 3 races having to defend on the straights and in the corners at one point against last years Civic with a guy who is only on second race weekend in BTCC... something wasn't right... Sheddon didn't suddenly wake up slow, it's was his car... unfair regardless of who you support frankly.

In the Formula Renault was there a Jake Dalton racing? Started 18th finished 8th. If so I'm in the same class as him at college.

Someone from the back finished higher up? Must have been fixed.

This AGAIN? As was mentioned earlier in the thread, touring cars has its own section in the blue book regarding track limits, contact and other things. Plato is correct, you have to have all four wheels off the track several times before you get a drive through.