Lewis Hamilton in the BTCC ?

[The Wookie]

Pericoloso said:

I'd wager 80% of the posters in the F1 forum have no idea what Wookie does on Sundays .

To be fair it’s not like the 20% will give a fk either

[stevemcs]

They would be too confused as to why overtaking isn't happening during pitstops and that cars can get within 0.000001mm within each others.

[Smiljan]

Pericoloso said:

I'd wager 80% of the posters in the F1 forum have no idea what Wookie does on Sundays .

Many also think Croft is a commentator and not a circuit up north .

I think we all know, he’s not exactly shy in making it known,

[zeb]

British superbikes has a round at assen in holland. BTCC could do a round in monaco, thats the only way you'll see lewis!

Can just see wookie having a pint at cafe de paris !

[DanielSan]

zeb said:

British superbikes has a round at assen in holland. BTCC could do a round in monaco, thats the only way you'll see lewis!

Can just see wookie having a pint at cafe de paris !

I'd give the back 10 cars 4 corners max round Monaco before there was a much smaller grid for the 2nd and 3rd races

[The Wookie]

zeb said:

British superbikes has a round at assen in holland. BTCC could do a round in monaco, thats the only way you'll see lewis!

Can just see wookie having a pint at cafe de paris !

Pint and a club sandwich at the café de paris is nice enough outside the F1 weekends but the bars and cafes in the roads down by the start-finish tend to be a bit more habitable during!

That said if you're feeling flush enough to get ripped off for a €30 bottle of Rose it's worth trying to blag it into the Hermitage balcony bar after the race to laugh at all the hilariously overdressed Russians dad dancing with hookers

Seriously though driving Monaco is an ambition I'll probably never achieve now unfortunately. When I was in Carrera Cup I actually passed up an opportunity to do a Supercup round when they were short of numbers. Still kick myself for that as it wasn't even a big budget for it.

[The Wookie]

DanielSan said:

I'd give the back 10 cars 4 corners max round Monaco before there was a much smaller grid for the 2nd and 3rd races

I'd go for full track blockage and red flag by the third or fourth lap of Race 2 starting at about P10

[Gary29]

L Hamilton will never compete in BTCC as long as I've got a hole in my arse FFS.

4/10 for trolling, see me.

[RB Will]

As much as I want to think he has a lack of interest in racing other things, worried his ego might get bruised etc etc I think he probably wouldn’t do it as he wouldn’t want to come in and make his brother look crap

[colin79666]

BTCC outings by former F1 drivers don’t always go to plan. See Blundell last year or Mansell who is usually remembered for his spectacular crash.

I doubt Lewis would risk his reputation or even if his sponsors would let him.

[stevemcs]

Mansell was on a good run until Needles pushed him into the bridge, he had 2 cracks remember, in the Mk1 Mondeo which wasn't the best car to another run in the Mk2 Mondeo.

[trackdemon]

RB Will said:

As much as I want to think he has a lack of interest in racing other things, worried his ego might get bruised etc etc I think he probably wouldn’t do it as he wouldn’t want to come in and make his brother look crap

He's doing a fine job of that all by himself. There's reasons he's a BTCC driver, and I doubt driving ability is high up the list

[Jaaack]

stevemcs said:

Mansell was on a good run until Needles pushed him into the bridge, he had 2 cracks remember, in the Mk1 Mondeo which wasn't the best car to another run in the Mk2 Mondeo.

Far from Tiff's fault, that. Mansell didn't wind the lock off fast enough which speared him violently into Tiff's path and left him nowhere to go. Quite funny to watch the interview afterwards with Nige moaning about it

[notslopes]

FourWheelDrift said:

When he retires the only thing he'll be driving will be a fashion and music empire.

This is spot on

[aka_kerrly]

It would be rather hilarious to listen to a post race interview from Lewis after he has been punted off track by Mr Plato on the second corner of his debut race

[Falconer]

First few races he’d be run off the road and would have a whinge about the contact.
However, although I’m no fan ,and with all respect to the likes of Turkington and Sutton and others he would then outclass anyone in BTCC and would would win all 3 races most weeks making BTCC as boring as F1.

[RB Will]

I dunno about that. Lewis isn’t shy about tactical contact or forcing people off the track so should fit right in.
Be surprised if he blew them away too. Just because the BTCC guys are not in F1 doesn’t mean they are naff drivers. I think it’s been shown above that all F1 drivers previously to dip their toe into BTCC have been rather mediocre.

[ArnageWRC]

RB Will said:

Just because the BTCC guys are not in F1 doesn’t mean they are naff drivers. I think it’s been shown above that all F1 drivers previously to dip their toe into BTCC have been rather mediocre.

The thinking is that F1 drivers are the best drivers in motorsport!! Not really....there are drivers in other series who are just as good, if not better. People are too keen to put F1 on a pedestal for everything.

[The Wookie]

I think it’s interesting looking at the British GT Quali with Jenson, I don’t know how close the sessions were in terms of track conditions but Jenson about a second off Rob Collard who was the fastest Am

Rob a good BTCC driver although has a day job and relatively new to GT3, Jenson only just jumped in the GT3 but has plenty of experience in similar cars and knows the track well

Keeny well versed in British GT and a quick pro was fastest and about two seconds up the road.

[stevemcs]

ArnageWRC said:

RB Will said:

Just because the BTCC guys are not in F1 doesn’t mean they are naff drivers. I think it’s been shown above that all F1 drivers previously to dip their toe into BTCC have been rather mediocre.

The thinking is that F1 drivers are the best drivers in motorsport!! Not really....there are drivers in other series who are just as good, if not better. People are too keen to put F1 on a pedestal for everything.

Lets see lewis in a Red Bull and see how he goes, the Mercedes has been dominant for so many years he has been gifted most of his wins. In BTCC any car on the grid can win.