BTCC Knockhill - Spoilers
BTCC Knockhill - Spoilers
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FourWheelDrift

Original Poster:

92,284 posts

313 months

Sunday 16th August 2009
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Well not sure if it is a spoiler as everyone knows it, but Matt Neal is a complete knob. He's so keen to have people off the track he's even willing to do it and let others through past him and the one he's pushing off. I've been watching race 3 and he's done it to Paul O'Neill and James Thompson.

Does he have some incriminating photographic evidence on Alan Gow, or is Alan all "missed it, I was looking the other way"?

pincher

10,527 posts

246 months

Sunday 16th August 2009
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Plato's got the measure of him though smile

CivicMan

2,211 posts

230 months

Sunday 16th August 2009
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THE man! What a 3rd race!!


Ebo100

506 posts

233 months

Sunday 16th August 2009
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That was a fantastic race by Plato, back of the grid to second - fantastic

Mat Hammond

1,044 posts

238 months

Sunday 16th August 2009
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FourWheelDrift said:
Well not sure if it is a spoiler as everyone knows it, but Matt Neal is a complete knob. He's so keen to have people off the track he's even willing to do it and let others through past him and the one he's pushing off. I've been watching race 3 and he's done it to Paul O'Neill and James Thompson.

Does he have some incriminating photographic evidence on Alan Gow, or is Alan all "missed it, I was looking the other way"?
I agree Neal has done this for years...

He is not a thinker....

350GT

73,668 posts

284 months

Sunday 16th August 2009
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Still can't get BTCC in the US! Can't find it online either... The ITV site seems to not like me!
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RJB_666

1,677 posts

224 months

Sunday 16th August 2009
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Matt Neal does this every race. He cannot overtake without making contact. Thommo had no chance in the Civic such a small car in comparison. It annoys me when there are drivers like Thommo and Plato who can race fantastically without the need of contact. There are other drivers that don't make contact.

Wasn't impressed by the team orders either.

FourWheelDrift

Original Poster:

92,284 posts

313 months

Sunday 16th August 2009
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350GT said:
Still can't get BTCC in the US! Can't find it online either... The ITV site seems to not like me!
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Firefox + Foxypoxy plugin + Google search for "free proxies" + find UK IP and put it in Foxyproxy + ITV website = streaming BTCC.

But really, I can't believe you want to watch it. smile

350GT

73,668 posts

284 months

Sunday 16th August 2009
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I have foxy proxy... However all the free proxies really ae pantaloons. They work one day, not the next... If anyone has a free proxy I can use I'd be very grateful! wink

FourWheelDrift

Original Poster:

92,284 posts

313 months

Sunday 16th August 2009
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That's why they are free and have to get new ones everyday, you have to keep finding new ones when the operators find out they are open and stop their use smile

350GT

73,668 posts

284 months

Sunday 16th August 2009
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FourWheelDrift said:
That's why they are free and have to get new ones everyday, you have to keep finding new ones when the operators find out they are open and stop their use smile
Ah.. thought it was some sort of service, not a dodgy backdoor thing!

FourWheelDrift

Original Poster:

92,284 posts

313 months

Sunday 16th August 2009
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You can get ones that provide a service, they aren't free though smile

Whitefly Swatter

1,131 posts

228 months

Monday 17th August 2009
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Bring back John Cleland he and Matt Neal used to have some panel bashing parties !

pincher

10,527 posts

246 months

Monday 17th August 2009
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RJB_666 said:
Matt Neal does this every race. He cannot overtake without making contact. Thommo had no chance in the Civic such a small car in comparison. It annoys me when there are drivers like Thommo and Plato who can race fantastically without the need of contact. There are other drivers that don't make contact.

Wasn't impressed by the team orders either.
As much as I like and admire Plato, he's not exactly averse to a bit of barging is he?

jellison

12,803 posts

306 months

Monday 17th August 2009
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Yep Neal is not in the same class as Gio or Plato. They can make the cars do things (with there utter commitment) that is just plan beyond most of the rest (bar the odd day). Knockhill is a hugely technical place and needs huge ball. Neals tactic are laughable.

If he was not such a big M*therhubbard someone would have felled the Dick years ago.

I did like Thomo giving it back to the Prick after he tried to have him clean off.

GIO will be a MASSIVE lose next year (if he does not stay - and why would he when hea has so much more talent that the rest, bar maybe Plato), where will he go, WTCC, DTM (Beemer coming in soon?).

CivicMan

2,211 posts

230 months

Monday 17th August 2009
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jellison said:
GIO will be a MASSIVE lose next year (if he does not stay - and why would he when hea has so much more talent that the rest, bar maybe Plato), where will he go, WTCC, DTM (Beemer coming in soon?).
Might be a seat at Ferrari?!! Interesting to see how an ex F1 driver copes with the BTCC, even more interesting to see how Gio would cope in an F1. Just for fun even!

FourWheelDrift

Original Poster:

92,284 posts

313 months

Monday 17th August 2009
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He did some straight line aero work for Ferrari when Badoer was out injured in 2001, so he's know to them.

John D.

20,995 posts

238 months

Monday 17th August 2009
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Whitefly Swatter said:
Bring back John Cleland he and Matt Neal used to have some panel bashing parties !
No, no. Bring back Steve Soper too wink

jellison

12,803 posts

306 months

Monday 17th August 2009
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CivicMan said:
jellison said:
GIO will be a MASSIVE lose next year (if he does not stay - and why would he when hea has so much more talent that the rest, bar maybe Plato), where will he go, WTCC, DTM (Beemer coming in soon?).
Might be a seat at Ferrari?!! Interesting to see how an ex F1 driver copes with the BTCC, even more interesting to see how Gio would cope in an F1. Just for fun even!
I'm sure Gio would have been a VERY good frontline F1 driver.

Massa will back soon anyway wink Be interesting to see how he would go round Fiorano though.

I hope he stay next year. Mind if I was him I want to drive a DTM or V8 Supercar.

Johnny will take a few races to get to grips with the argy bargy!

ian_gate

37 posts

220 months

Monday 17th August 2009
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I dont know how many of you were actually at the race but saying Matt Neal is incapable of making clean overtakes is absolutely rediculous. The speed he was able to carry and the moves he pulled off on the run up to carlube corner, especially in race 2, was some of the best driving i have ever seen. The contact between Matt and James Thompson was merely a case of two competitive drivers not wanting to give eachother any racing room. Shame someone had to come off second best but there were an awful lot of worse moments throughout the three races.

Hats off to plato for an excellent race three but the race ending was disappointing with team orders coming into play.

All in all was one of the best race weekends i have ever been to.