2019 Touring Car discussion - WTCC, BTCC etcTouring Cars

[05XR8]

Pretty cool with Audi committing to touring cars.


Also, more support from Renault Australia. Get Daniel in one for the AGP.
https://www.tcraustralia.com/renault-australia-increases-involvement-with-garry-rogers-motorsport/

 

[VulcanSpirit]

A bit late, but the BTCC has found its supplier for their new-for-2022 hybrid system.

 

[05XR8]

Oh snap!
https://www.tcraustralia.com/jordan-cox-recruited-by-grm-for-alfa-romeo-drive/

 

[05XR8]

https://www.tcraustralia.com/wall-racing-signs-fast-kiwi-for-honda-drive-at-queensland-raceway/
Another Jordan in a Honda.

 

[Spacegoat]

And Russell Ingall and Leanne Tander will both be back on the grid.

 

[jake2013guy]

And MotoGP rider Hafizh Syahrin will do both the WTCR round and the motorbike 8 Hours of Sepang in the same weekend.
https://www.autosport.com/wtcr/news/145075/motogp-rider-to-race-at-wtcr-finale-in-malaysia

 

[05XR8]

And MotoGP rider Hafizh Syahrin will do both the WTCR round and the motorbike 8 Hours of Sepang in the same weekend.
https://www.autosport.com/wtcr/news/145075/motogp-rider-to-race-at-wtcr-finale-in-malaysia

Talk about keeping one's fluids up. Jeez!

https://www.tcraustralia.com/kelly-racing-makes-driver-car-changes-ahead-of-queensland-raceway/
Good move, as it's the only move they could make.

 

[jake2013guy]

Looks like we've got some Jean-Karl Vernay this weekend in Garth Tander's car.

 

[05XR8]

https://www.speedcafe.com/2019/08/02/heimgartner-tcr-astra-qr-compensation-weights-revealed/
Weird to see the Megane with that much. Hasn't won a race yet.

 

[05XR8]

 

[Spacegoat]

Bloody hell. Even in a different car Heimgartner still has no luck. Hopefully the rest of his weekend is better.

 

[05XR8]

Yeah that's crazy. As you mentioned, at least it wasn't a collision in track.

Edit: A bit of behind the scenes

 

[05XR8]

Feed is live
https://www.tcraustralia.com/live-stream-all-the-saturday-action-from-queensland-raceway/
http://www.thenationals.com.au/

 

[05XR8]

Mush much better qualifying through the field.

Edit: Crazy close in qualy.

 

[Spacegoat]

Edit: Crazy close in qualy.

Encouraged by the pace John Martin has been showing over the past couple of rounds. Shaping up to be a good race.

 

[jake2013guy]

When is Heimgartner going to have a clean weekend? He's just been completely cursed in the series.

 

[VulcanSpirit]

The BTCC returns to Snetterton this weekend; a great start for Dan Cammish as he tops today's first Free Practice session. Top 13 separated by just under a second!

UPDATE 1: Cammish tops FP2, just 0.017 seconds ahead of Plato!

UPDATE 2: Race 1 pole for Tom Ingram and his Corolla, two-thousandths up on Cammish! Championship leader Colin Turkington starts from 5th.

 

[05XR8]

When is Heimgartner going to have a clean weekend? He's just been completely cursed in the series.

Yeah, that's out of control. Maybe change the car number to 13 for reverse psychology. Jeez.
Edit: https://www.tcraustralia.com/andre-heimgartner-out-of-sunday-race-action-at-qr/

The BTCC returns to Snetterton this weekend; a great start for Dan Cammish as he tops today's first Free Practice session. Top 13 separated by just under a second!

UPDATE 1: Cammish tops FP2, just 0.017 seconds ahead of Plato!

UPDATE 2: Race 1 pole for Tom Ingram and his Corolla, two-thousandths up on Cammish! Championship leader Colin Turkington starts from 5th.

I've missed alot. At least now I can catch up from past races, posted by Auto Sport on YouTube.

Hectic start TCR Europe

 

[Spacegoat]

Edit: https://www.tcraustralia.com/andre-heimgartner-out-of-sunday-race-action-at-qr/

Maybe Andre should forget TCR and just concentrate on the rest of the Supercars season. That's going a lot better than this.

 

[05XR8]

Maybe Andre should just forget TCR and just concentrate on the rest of the Supercars season. That's going a lot better than this.

Maybe Todd should have checked the odometer on those cars first, before buying. I'd also be looking into FIA Lemon laws.

 

[05XR8]

https://www.tcraustralia.com/jean-karl-vernay-withdrawn-from-tcr-australia-race-due-to-illness/

Edit: Pretty good race. For a minute there, I thought Aaron Cameron was using a DS4.

 

[Spacegoat]

Edit: Pretty good race. For a minute there, I thought Aaron Cameron was using a DS4.

Didn't get the opportunity to watch either of the races. Spoiled the results for myself checking Speedcafe just now. The championship battle is really heating up.

 

[05XR8]

Didn't get the opportunity to watch either of the races. Spoiled the results for myself checking Speedcafe just now. The championship battle is really heating up.

I think Russell Ingall needs a permanent seat. Leanne also proved her worth.

 

[VulcanSpirit]

Flawless victory for Ingram in today's first BTCC race. Cammish and Tordoff round off the podium.

UPDATE 1: Despite a valiant defence from Ingram in the first half, Colin Turkington prevails in Race 2, securing WSR's tenth win of the season so far ahead of Cammish and Jordan. Ingram drops down to 23rd with throttle issues, while 8th-placed Chris Smiley secures reverse-grid pole for Race 3.

UPDATE 2: After a thrilling and at times turbulent Race 3, AMD's Rory Butcher snatches victory with an ambitious move on long-time leaders Jason Plato and Ash Sutton at Brundle's. Contact between Plato and Sutton sees the BMR Subaru tapped into a spin, while the BTC Hondas of Josh Cook and pole-sitter Smiley fill out the podium.

UPDATE 3: Post-race 3 penalties for Plato and Ingram; Plato receives 15 seconds for contact with Smiley and Sutton earlier in the race, demoting him to 17th, while Ingram receives 6.7 seconds for passing under yellows. As a result of Plato's penalty, Motorbase's Ollie Jackson is promoted to 7th ahead of Ingram, though Ingram keeps his original 8th place finish.

 

[CodeRedR51]

I think Russell Ingall needs a permanent seat.

Driver of the weekend for me.

 

[05XR8]

https://www.speedcafe.com/2019/08/07/cams-responds-to-suggestions-of-alcohol-policy-breach/
Weeellll, I did mention in one of the articles, maybe JK had a good time in Brisvegas.

 

[05XR8]

Catching up on BTCC. MArk Blundell and MAtt Nealstill racing? That say something about the series and WTCR/TCR as well. Having the older drivers still racing and competitive. Ingall, Tarquini, Plato all these racers. It's a good thing.

 

[05XR8]

Tech videos came up in the VASC discussion. Now this 👍:
https://www.tcraustralia.com/video-series-release-of-four-tcr-tech-videos-with-jordan-cox/

 

[05XR8]

Fantastic opportunity. Hopefully MPC get in on this
https://www.tcraustralia.com/new-driver-test-day-for-tcr-confirmed-at-winton-raceway/

 

[jake2013guy]

Meanwhile. SEATs. Finally. Planned for Sandown next month and planned to add two more sometime.


And TCR NZ has 3 Audis confirmed. So halfway to the TCR UK car count.