BTCC 2021 — Snetterton June 12/13

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With Snetterton just two weeks away, I'm reminded it will include the "Top-Ten Showdown" method of qualifying, which was featured at that track for the first time last year.

https://www.btcc.net/2021/06/03/snettertons-top-te...

What are the thoughts on this method of qualifying? Does it favour the elite teams/drivers with the much shorter "normal" qualifying? Or does it add an extra bit of excitement and suspense?

Good to see (an amount) of spectators back (hopefully).

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Ash Sutton's having to get a new engine fitted this evening. He wasn't happy with it all afternoon.

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Wish said:

Just watched race 2 - how can Sutton’s car be legal to go from p15 ?

P11 on the grid, not P15.

And he won because he's the best driver, with an exceptional car. Nothing illegal about it.

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Here's a good pic of the Wookie and Ash on the podium (Race 2 yesterday).

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SpudLink said:

He has looked to be a class above the field since his first season. The question is, where is there for him to go? The BTCC has such a high profile, is there really an incentive to international touring car racing?

International touring car racing? As you've said, not as "high-profile" as the BTCC which has an international following. That's the reason Laser Tools got out of WTCC and into the BTCC. Seems to have worked for them!