2016 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car ChampionshipTouring Cars

[Furinkazen]

So from ToCA apparently:

“The administrator hereby advises he will no longer accept any entry associated with Andy Neate.”

Neate claims his "heart wasn't in it".

 

[Furinkazen]

MG 1-2. Lolwut. What did they do to those cars over the off season?

 

[GTP_Ingram]

MG 1-2. Lolwut. What did they do to those cars over the off season?

My initial thought is that they've gone and stuck some decent drivers in it this year..


*runs and hides*

 

[Bo]

MG 1-2. Lolwut. What did they do to those cars over the off season?

Re-engineered them from the ground up. The cars were never much back in the KX days, and last years' were a mess. New RML parts suiting it very well.

 

[Furinkazen]

James Coal....

Dan Lloyd is back from Thruxton in a Eurotech Honda.

 

[VXR]

I hope they can keep it up. It's nice seeing MG having any kind of success from the mess they've had to endure in the last ten years, plus Triple 8's red and white always looks good on touring cars.

 

[AudiMan2011]

Ingram on pole for Thruxton ahead of Moffat. Neal 3rd on max ballast.

Spoiler: Times

2016 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship – Qualifying – Thruxton:

1 Tom INGRAM (GBR) Speedworks Motorsport 1m16.161s
2 Aiden MOFFAT (GBR) Laser Tools Racing +0.033s
3 Matt NEAL (GBR) Halfords Yuasa Racing +0.086s
4 Josh COOK (GBR) MG Racing RCIB Insurance +0.416s
5 Ashley SUTTON (GBR) MG Racing RCIB Insurance +0.566s
6 Adam MORGAN (GBR) WIX Racing +0.650s
7 Jeff SMITH (GBR) Eurotech Racing +0.665s
8 Andrew JORDAN (GBR) Motorbase Performance +0.684s
9 Aron SMITH (IRL) BKR +0.703s
10 Sam TORDOFF (GBR) Team JCT600 Racing with GardX +0.726s
11 Gordon SHEDDEN (GBR) Halfords Yuasa Racing +0.772s
12 Jack GOFF (GBR) Team IHG Rewards Club +0.828s
13 Colin TURKINGTON (GBR) Silverline Subaru BMR Racing +0.928s
14 Mat JACKSON (GBR) Motorbase Performance +0.951s
15 Jake HILL (GBR) RCIB Insurance Racing +1.076s
16 Daniel LLOYD (GBR) Eurotech Racing +1.091s
17 Martin DEPPER (GBR) Eurotech Racing +1.092ss
18 Robert COLLARD (GBR) Team JCT600 Racing with GardX +1.300s
19 Hunter ABBOTT (GBR) Power Maxed Racing +1.355s
20 Daniel WELCH (GBR) Goodstone Racing +1.368s
21 Jason PLATO (GBR) Silverline Subaru BMR Racing +1.483s
22 Michael EPPS (GBR) RCIB Insurance Racing +1.515s
23 Matt SIMPSON (GBR) Speedworks Motorsport +1.536s
24 Rob AUSTIN (GBR) Handy Motorsport +1.719s
25 Ollie JACKSON (GBR) AmD Tuning.com+2.492s
26 Alex MARTIN (GBR) Dextra Racing +2.544s
27 Kelvin FLETCHER (GBR) Power Maxed Racing +2.667s
28 Warren SCOTT (GBR) SilverlineSubaru BMR Racing +2.718s
29 James COLE (GBR) Silverline Subaru BMR Racing +2.984s
30 Mark HOWARD (GBR) BKR +3.949s
31 Stewart LINES (GBR) Maximum Motorsport +4.455s
32 Chris SMILEY (GBR) TLC/RCIB Insurance Racing NO TIME

 

[Furinkazen]

No Subaru's racing today. Genuinely hoping the engines get sorted for Oulton.

 

[Bo]

Things really aren't going well for BMR.

The grid looks interesting today, I think the podium places in all three races are pretty wide open.

 

[R0ssingt0n]

Tom Ingram would make a great commentator! Cracking pole lap from him too

 

[Furinkazen]

This is like NASCAR pack racing.

 

[R0ssingt0n]

Been a while since I've watched a BTCC race, still as exciting as I remember

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

Aiden Moffat off the road, normality is resumed (Even if it is through a puncture).

 

[Furinkazen]

This is like NASCAR pack racing.

And here is the big one.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

Matt Neal is an idiot. If you can't get to the pitlane don't bloody pit. Don't try to drive through a car. Stupid.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Well, MG and Honda have had a disaster.
Maybe they'll have to tell them to do a tyre change in the next two races.

 

[Clark]

There's always a chance of an issue like that when the have tracks where the pit lane is on the wrong side of the last corner.

 

[Furinkazen]

Great win Morgan. These tyres though...

 

[AudiMan2011]

Dunlop needs to sort these tires fast.

 

[Furinkazen]

Dunlop should have got the hard tyres for today.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Dunlop should have got the hard tyres for today.

They do.

 

[Scaniabebe]

Dunlop needs to sort these tires fast.

It'll be difficult for them to do anything immediately for today specifically, it's just a combination of the track and temperatures which add almost unknown quanities for the tyres - they should probably reduce the race distance though.

 

[Clark]

Is there anything they could do like Pirelli did with F1? Limit the teams on how extreme the cars could be set up?

 

[Jimlaad43]

Cook was lucky he got popped up and spun right, if the hit was a bit different he would have been front first into the pitwall end, which would have been a lot worse.

 

[Bo]

Matt Neal is an idiot. If you can't get to the pitlane don't bloody pit. Don't try to drive through a car. Stupid.

I see your anti-Honda bias is still going strong.

It was a racing incident. Neal had cars on his outside and cars on his inside, he initially tried to turn into the pit entrance but just kept it straight when the others piled up the inside. There was enough space on the inside for contact to be avoided.

 

[Furinkazen]

I see your anti-Honda bias is still going strong.

It was a racing incident. Neal had cars on his outside and cars on his inside, he initially tried to turn into the pit entrance but just kept it straight when the others piled up the inside. There was enough space on the inside for contact to be avoided.

If he wasn't going to pit he should have stayed left after the chicane.

 

[Bo]

If he wasn't going to pit he should have stayed left after the chicane.

He tried to make the pit initially, but his car wasn't turning. That's why he made it halfway across the track before he had cars swarming him. Just a bad series of events triggered by the puncture.

This F4 race is quite something, half of them think they've jumped into a touring car race.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

There's always a chance of an issue like that when the have tracks where the pit lane is on the wrong side of the last corner.

Nearly every track has the pit lane on the inside of the last corners.

The only ones I can think of that aren't is Knockhill, Oulton and snetterton.

 

[Furinkazen]

Theory: It's not Dunlops fault. It's RML parts putting more load on the cars. No issues for AMD, HARD, or Welch all on GPRM parts.

 

[AudiMan2011]

Theory: It's not Dunlops fault. It's RML parts putting more load on the cars. No issues for AMD, HARD, or Welch all on GPRM parts.

Are the BKR cars on the RML or GPRM parts?