BTCC - Silverstone - Rounds 25, 26, 27

[AlexRS2782]

pomodori said:

Finally have got to see race3.

Shedden and Austin need to sort themselves out,way too much contact,2nd time the Honda nearly did what Collard got pushed into but miraculously everyone missed him.

Not impressed with Cook spinning out Plato ,who got hit by an Audi who couldn't swerve ,causing the safety car

Good luck getting Shedden to stop bumping / pushing other cars to pass as he appears to have trademarked that manoeuvre as it seems anyone else that does it gets points / fined / grid penalty but he doesnt, so in some respects it was good to see him getting a taste of his own medicine in that race once Rob Austin caught him back up after the first lap / first corner incident

Watching the highlights today, it seemed there were quite a few other drivers that did a "Sutton" and used an ample amount of the grass on that corner, including Turkington at one point too, and also Jordan that drove up the inside of one of the passats and used the rear end to punt it into a third car on the outside and clear them both out of the way at once, but there didn't appear to be any censure on those ones.

The grid penalty for Sutton looked far more like Alan Gow's usual effort to maximise / hype up the final race weekend and have at least 3 drivers tight on points for the final rounds especially seeing as Shedden was right at the front, but unfortunately it didn't go to plan

Edited by AlexRS2782 on Saturday 23 September 16:59

[The Wookie]

pomodori said:

Not impressed with Cook spinning out Plato ,who got hit by an Audi who couldn't swerve ,causing the safety car

I saw it panning out and was already on the grass trying to avoid when I was hit in the side, I swerved as much as I could

Edited by The Wookie on Saturday 23 September 23:55

[Speed Badger]

The Wookie said:

I saw it panning out and was already on the grass trying to avoid when I was hit in the side, I swerved as much as I could

Edited by The Wookie on Saturday 23 September 23:55

Like Ballotelli's 'why always me?' t shirt under his Man City shirt, you should have 'Innocent Bystander' printed on your nomex top.

Still, that Audi is kicking bottom at the minute, compared to the last couple of years, hopefully you can stay it it for next year. Or win the lottery and get a Subaru .

I'll see you at Brands, where I expect a podium!

[The Wookie]

Speed Badger said:

Like Ballotelli's 'why always me?' t shirt under his Man City shirt, you should have 'Innocent Bystander' printed on your nomex top.

Still, that Audi is kicking bottom at the minute, compared to the last couple of years, hopefully you can stay it it for next year. Or win the lottery and get a Subaru .

I'll see you at Brands, where I expect a podium!

Just bought a 'why always me' t-shirt for the weekend just in case

We've made a lot of progress with it, it's finally showing its potential! Hopefully back in it next year, I want to be a bit better prepared though going into the first round if I'm going to do it though, I think we'll have a really good season if we get it right over the winter

[Frimley111R]

Random question but in the past few years I have watched this on and off. What happened to Jason Plato. He was always up there but since the Subarus he seems to be nowhere?

[DanielSan]

Frimley111R said:

Random question but in the past few years I have watched this on and off. What happened to Jason Plato. He was always up there but since the Subarus he seems to be nowhere?

Development year last year though they did get some good results later on, and there was some weird accident damage they hadn't discovered from his crash at Brands Hatch at the start of this year that was hampering the setup on his car. Even once it was on the pace he's been a bit anonymous this season.

It does also seem he's not as good in rear wheel drive cars, a lot of his performances at Goodwood for the historic events aren't great when he's in rear wheel drive

[EDLT]

I find it amusing that, after years of moaning about RWD advantages, it turns out Plato would have been better off in a FWD car.