2024: BTCC chat & discussion

[520TORQUES]

stevemcs said:

Milkyway said:

...or WRC

No Puma WRC then ?

It's not a works entry in WRC. Ford have been relying on MSport finding their own funding for a very long time, it's why their driver line-up is often crap as they need to bring money to get the drive.

[stevemcs]

Ricky Collard off to GT.

[Milkyway]

stevemcs said:

Ricky Collard off to GT.

Last thing that I read, was that he was partnering up with Rob in a Lamborghini.

[Sebring440]

stevemcs said:

Ricky Collard off to GT.

As you reported last Sunday, after Collard's announcement on Feb 7.

[confucuis]

Probably a bit off topic but which round of the BTCC would people recommend to go to the most?

I've been thinking about making the trip over to England for a race weekend for awhile, Brands hatch always looked like a nice place to visit!

[Thundersports]

confucuis said:

Probably a bit off topic but which round of the BTCC would people recommend to go to the most?

I've been thinking about making the trip over to England for a race weekend for awhile, Brands hatch always looked like a nice place to visit!

If your travelling from abroad Brands is very convenient for Ports and Airports. Make a Holiday of it you're half an hour from London and Kent and East Sussex have a huge amount to offer for great days out.

[FishOutOfWater]

There seems to be a lot of talk elsewhere of wsr moving to fwd 1 series. There’s a teaser shot of the MB car which looks like it might have a hatch body. But its difficult to tell. Does anyone have any info on this? There doesn’t seem to be any rwd advantage anymore so I can see that there may be a reason to go fwd … but with people talking about budgets is the money there to develop a new car? Especially with the development of switching from rwd to fwd?

[GlobalRacer]

As many have pointed out on social media the picture that MB released yesterday is exactly the same picture they released a year ago.

It's just weird lighting that leads to all the 1 series theories. The car in the picture is 100% a 3 series.

[emicen]

Gold star to MB. In a world where drivers and teams insist on behaving like needy attention seeking teenagers, pre-announcing the announcement there may be an announcement, MB have caused a meltdown with a repost of a year old photo

[Sebring440]

FishOutOfWater said:

There’s a teaser shot of the MB car which looks like it might have a hatch body.

It's certainly not a "teaser" shot, it's just a re-post of an image from the 2023 LTR livery launch.

Therefore not a hatch body!

And (as stated above), not a pre-announcement either. Just a photo from last year, but it's certainly done the job of getting people talking and speculating.

[drmotorsport]

confucuis said:

Probably a bit off topic but which round of the BTCC would people recommend to go to the most?

I've been thinking about making the trip over to England for a race weekend for awhile, Brands hatch always looked like a nice place to visit!

Brands Indy circuit you can see most of the track all in one go. I prefer the bank at the bottom of Paddock Hill where most of the action happens and you can see the next frequent overtaking spot of Druids/Graham Hill. Also very convenient for getting back into the paddock quickly..

[Milkyway]

Donington Park... At the bottom of CRANER CURVES.
( Shame the museum has gone).

Edited by Milkyway on Sunday 18th February 21:53

[FishOutOfWater]

Thanks. Tbh I didn’t really see the image I just read people discussing it in ten tenths forum.

[Lee20k]

drmotorsport said:

Brands Indy circuit you can see most of the track all in one go. I prefer the bank at the bottom of Paddock Hill where most of the action happens and you can see the next frequent overtaking spot of Druids/Graham Hill. Also very convenient for getting back into the paddock quickly..

Totally agree with the above.

[stevemcs]

Brands is a great spectators circuit

[On-Rails]

So the rumours of one Motorsport being done weren’t far wrong - a year off to focus on coming back for 2025.

[emicen]

Going to be honest, I struggle to see them coming back.

[clubracing]

So that's BMR, Dynamics, Ciceley, Hard, and One Motorsport that have either folded or pulled out of BTCC in just the last few years.

I think Alan Gow and TOCA need to change something urgently for 2025, as clearly the financials of BTCC aren't balancing out at the moment.

[GlobalRacer]

Still a decent sized grid for the current economic situation. We are in a recession after all.

[Milkyway]

Jade stating that she's trying putting a deal together....
Quote: TOP CAR & TOP TEAM.

Edited by Milkyway on Wednesday 21st February 14:03