BTCC 2019 silly season

[Munter]

Looks like our resident Wookie has a drive: http://www.btcc.net/2019/01/10/team-shredded-wheat...

[Robmarriott]

I'll have £100 on Tim Harvey getting his first name wrong during the commentary!

Jokes aside, it's a great move for Ollie, I don't think the Audi was/is a bad car but the Focus is definitely a big step forward.

[zeb]

very pleased for ollie to finally be in a competative car, brilliant news.

no pressure mate.......

[shikari83]

I'm hoping we'll see Mat Jackson back this year.

[The Wookie]

zeb said:

very pleased for ollie to finally be in a competative car, brilliant news.

no pressure mate.......

Thanks guys!

Haha no pressure indeed... the car feels great, I think it will be a good year. Fingers crossed!

[Drumroll]

The Wookie said:

Thanks guys!

Haha no pressure indeed... the car feels great, I think it will be a good year. Fingers crossed!

Does this mean 3 Shredded Wheat for breakfast?

[AlexRS2782]

shikari83 said:

I'm hoping we'll see Mat Jackson back this year.

Nah - How he behaved in his attempt to weasel out of a recently agreed contract with his current team in the hope he would be guarateed the role of Shedden's replacement couldn't have backfired better IMO.

Like Shedden, i don't think the BTCC lost anything from him not being on the grid / racing last season.

Good luck to Ollie for next year stepping into the Focus - hopefully it gets him more time at the correct end of the grid

[FNG]

AlexRS2782 said:

Nah - How he behaved in his attempt to weasel out of a recently agreed contract with his current team in the hope he would be guarateed the role of Shedden's replacement couldn't have backfired better IMO.

Like Shedden, i don't think the BTCC lost anything from him not being on the grid / racing last season.

Good luck to Ollie for next year stepping into the Focus - hopefully it gets him more time at the correct end of the grid

What he said - all of it. And I hope Ollie's car isn't the one that makes up the numbers while the team focus on a #1 driver.

I really liked watching Mat Jackson in his early years especially in the BMW, he let his speed do the talking and was pretty clean, but latterly he joined the dirty driving mob and I really CBF'd with that. No loss to the championship IMO.

[Wh00sher]

AlexRS2782 said:

Nah - How he behaved in his attempt to weasel out of a recently agreed contract with his current team in the hope he would be guaranteed the role of Shedden's replacement couldn't have backfired better IMO.

100% agree.

Good luck Ollie !

[colin79666]

No surprises at Dynamics. Matt Neal and Dan Cammish.
http://www.btcc.net/2019/01/16/honda-looking-to-bu...

[emicen]

Brands Hatch’s Instagram seems to be confirming Nic Hamilton in the BTCC for 2019.

Unclear if they actually mean the BTCC or on the BTCC package.

[Robmarriott]

It says 'competing' so that goes hand in hand with the speculation over the last few months. Obvious place is Motorbase car number 3, it's already been confirmed that it will be in another livery so it seems to fit.

[Kraken]

Hamilton did say quite a while ago that he would be racing in the BTCC this year. The only thing he didn't say was with who.

[Robmarriott]

http://www.nicolashamilton.com/hamilton-returns-to...

And there’s the confirmation a whole day before it’s supposed to have been announced.

[emicen]

I see his title sponsor are also sponsoring Williams F1, good to see new brands entering Motorsport as well.

[colin79666]

Smiley will be back with new funding: http://www.btcc.net/2019/02/11/btc-racing-announce...

Hamilton’s car looks brilliant!

[Robmarriott]

This mornings announcement is going to be a surprise for a lot of people!

[Killer2005]

Robmarriott said:

This mornings announcement is going to be a surprise for a lot of people!

It was. Mark Blundell

http://www.btcc.net/2019/02/13/former-f1-star-le-m...

[emicen]

Good luck to him but I don’t think this will work out well.

Mansell and Herbert both got the same, normally you have to turn safe search off in your internet browser to watch someone get banged so hard.

[Kraken]

Contract rules are a lot stricter than they were back then. I don't think he'll have any problems with the driving after a bit of testing it's just whether the car and team combination is good enough to satisfy him and his sponsors I would think.