BTCC 2019 Donington Park Round 4,5,6

[Robmarriott]

Three weeks seems like a long time since the first round!

Looks like rain tomorrow until at least 3pm so I would think both practice sessions and possibly qualifying will be wet (or at least greasy), which won't give much away about who is quick.

Sunday looks to be alright, overcast and cold, which will be horrible if you're there, but no rain forecast so hopefully it'll stay dry and we can actually see some proper performance from every car.

I'm going to predict a Honda win in all three races, Tordoff, Cammish, Cook.

[Kraken]

If it's wet I'd expect to see Sutton on pole. In the dry Honda or BMW. I think the BMW is the best all round car out there but they haven't had any testing (AFAIK) on a longer circuit yet so the mixed running could hurt them.

[knowitall]

Kraken said:

If it's wet I'd expect to see Sutton on pole. In the dry Honda or BMW. I think the BMW is the best all round car out there but they haven't had any testing (AFAIK) on a longer circuit yet so the mixed running could hurt them.

They tested at Thruxton last week.

[Kraken]

Should have helped them a bit with the high speed that wouldn't have got at Brands but compared to the teams that went to Spain and other UK circuits they're still a long way down on miles. I expect them to utterly dominate most of the season though.

[mcholeboy_59]

Let's see if the new BMW is still ridicluous in a straight line. If So, changes have to be made surely.

Hopefully tingram will get a bit more out of the new corolla aswell..

Should be a good'un

[Kraken]

I think it was deceptive at Brands. Everyone talks about the overtake at Brands but it was against one of the slowest cars in a straightline on the grid.

On the speed trap the top BMW (Jordan) was only 0.5mph faster than the next best car. The same gap as between Ingram and Neal for example and smaller than the gap between Jackson and Jelley.

I may well be talking bks (wouldn't be the first time) but it didn't give me the impression of a car that was dominating in purely a straightline. Suttons comments should be taken with a large pinch of salt given how pegged back his car is to compensate for it's turning ability.

[anonymous-user]

Hamilton seems to have spun more times than actually completing laps

[Robmarriott]

I hate qualifying sessions like this, rain after the fast lap means the whole session is boring.

[BMR]

Not a greatly entertaining session. But as Tim Harvey questioned in commentary, anyone know who was last on pole by 0,64 seconds?

[Pericoloso]

Can't find a full grid yet but top 10....

Turkington
Cook
Sutton
Smiley
Tordoff
Ingram
Cammish
Neal
Oliphant
Collard

[37chevy]

Pericoloso said:

Can't find a full grid yet but top 10....

Turkington
Cook
Sutton
Smiley
Tordoff
Ingram
Cammish
Neal
Oliphant
Collard

TSL Timing is always your friend

https://www.tsl-timing.com/event/191703/session/qu...

[Pericoloso]

Thanks for that.....Wookie next in 11th and top Ford......

[stevemcs]

They are on the grid ... it'll be turkington or sutton in race 1

[emicen]

Some big hits there!

Shades of Baku in the recovery of Adam Morgan’s car.

[EDLT]

Pericoloso said:

Thanks for that.....Wookie next in 11th and top Ford......

I think you jinxed him.

[oobster]

Hamilton crashed

[anonymous-user]

Don’t think you’ll be seeing Morgan or Jordan’s cars out again today

[EDLT]

Was Hamilton's crash shown? I didn't see it.

[swooshiain]

EDLT said:

Was Hamilton's crash shown? I didn't see it.

One distant replay from behind - couldn't tell if he spun on his own or was tapped from behind.

[JonChalk]

tux said:

Don’t think you’ll be seeing Morgan or Jordan’s cars out again today

Can't see how that hasn't bent and broken Jordan's roll cage, given the amount the door was in.